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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2025

Filed by URBAN WOODLANDS COMMUNITY GARDENS INC DBA THE LOTUS GARDEN.

Totals

Total revenue
$19,977
Total expenses
$18,110
Contributions and grants received
$16,558
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Membership dues (line 3)
$3,395
Investment income (line 4)
$24
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
$0
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$0
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
$0
Other revenue (line 8)
$0
Total assets, end of year
$53,454
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$53,454
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,794

Program services were 76.2% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2025

Primary exempt purpose

Providing a community garden for quiet enjoyment, gardening, and education

  • CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A .18 ACRE ROOFTOP GARDEN FOR COMMUNITY ENJOYMENT. The garden is planted with a wide variety of trees, ornamentals, perennials and shrubs, and contains fish ponds with aquatic plants, a labelled herb garden and small seating areas. In 2025, 185 new community members joined the garden and 297 renewed their membership. Of those, 89 donated $50 or more which comprised 60% of our membership revenue. Membership is nominally a $20 donation, $10 for seniors. The garden is open to all on Sundays when two gardeners are in attendance.

    Expenses $7,847

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION In 2025 we welcomed 11 school and adult groups comprising about 125 individuals in total. We also participated in New York Open House and had 300 visitors that day. We hosted three annual garden events including a Halloween party for all neighborhood children and their care givers attended by about 100 people; a Kids Arts and Crafts Day open to all and attended by 40 people; and our Summer Solstice Garden Reception attended by about 90 community members. We maintain a website.

    Expenses $2,754

  • CREATION OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTIVELY GARDEN AND TO VOLUNTEER We provided 36 active Gardener Members opportunities to garden by providing plants, supplies and tools. We utilized 20 community member volunteers interested in gardening who assisted with watering, composting, bulb planting, and cleanup. We provided Community Service Credits totaling 250 hours for 25 High School volunteers who helped with welcoming visitors during Sunday open hours, sweeping paths and steps, replacing plot edging, weeding, carrying heavy items, laying mulch on paths, cutting up pruning debris, and other garden tasks.

    Expenses $3,193

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part IV

  • Karen Gershenhorn

    Co-president; Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Eve Kahn

    Co-president; Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Kenneth Karpel

    Treasurer; Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Julie Lasky

    Secretary, Communications Comm. Chair, Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Louise Kindley

    Membership Committee Chair; Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Pam White

    Horticultural Committee Chair; Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Rachel Weinstein

    Program Committee Chair; Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Monica Willis

    Fundraising Committee Chair ; Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2025
Filed
13 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202621039349200817

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