Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$40,839

Total expenses

$74,036

Contributions and grants received

$1,330

Grants paid

$63,874

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$39,509

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,468,948

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,468,948

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$63,874

Management and general expenses

$10,162

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$63,874

Program services were 86.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• GATHER NEW HAVEN: GATHER IS ADDING A HABITAT CONSERVATION TRACK TO OUR GROWING ENTREPRENEURS (GES) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR NEW COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP MANAGER, CHRISTIAN VICK. VICK BRINGS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, SUPPORTING OUR VISION OF A ROBUST CORPS OF EFFECTIVE AND COMMITTED ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS REFLECTING NEW HAVENS DEMOGRAPHICS. PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN NEW SKILLS AND EXPLORE CAREER AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES AND OPEN SPACE WHILE OFFERING VIABLE INCOMES.THIS NEW TRACK WILL FOCUS ON NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION, PUBLIC ACCESS, AND NATURE INTERPRETATION. GES WILL PARTICIPATE IN WEEKLY WORKSHOPS ABOUT THE ECOSYSTEMS WHERE THEY WILL WORK, BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, HABITAT MANAGEMENT, TOOL USE/WORK SKILLS, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (USING VENTURE LABS ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS). TEENS ON THIS TRACK WILL PERFORM HABITAT AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT WORK IN OUR NATURE PRESERVES.BY IMPLEMENTING THE CONSERVATION TRACK, GATHER AIMS TO EMPOWER YOUTH TO DEVELOP AS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS AND ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING, WHILE IMPROVING ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING IN AND IMPROVING PUBLIC ACCESS TO OUR NATURE PRESERVES. PARTICIPANTS GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THAT HELP PREPARE THEM FOR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, THE WORKFORCE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND TO BECOME STEWARDS OF THEIR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. GROWING ENTREPRENEURS ADDRESSES YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, THE RACE-BASED OPPORTUNITY GAP, AND THE NEED TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS.THE CONSERVATION TRACK ALLOWS GATHER TO MORE THOROUGHLY INTEGRATE THE GE PROGRAM WITH OUR COMMUNITY GARDENS, URBAN FARMS, AND NATURE PRESERVES.

  Expenses $10,000

• 10,000 HAWKS FUNDING: TARGETED NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH INCLUDE ONE OF CONNECTICUTS STATE-DESIGNATED EJ COMMUNITY, SURROUND TWEED-HVN AIRPORT AND ARE HEAVILY EXPOSED TO AIR POLLUTANTS FROM MULTIPLE MAJOR SOURCES. ACCORDING TO OUR PILOT PROJECT, THE AIRPORTS RECENT INCREASE OF BOEING 737 JET TRAFFIC HAS IMPACTED THE AREAS AIR QUALITY. THE CURRENT AND PROPOSED INCREASE OF AVIATION OPERATIONS CREATES URGENT CONCERN FOR RESIDENTS HEALTH. OUR PLAN IS TO PLACE ADVANCED, EPA-CALIBRATED MONITORS STRATEGICALLY AROUND THE AIRPORT PERIMETER TO DISTINGUISH THE SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTION OF JET EMISSIONS AT TWEED-HVN AIRPORT. ACQUIRE AND DEPLOY ADVANCED AIR-QUALITY SENSORS FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING COLLECT AND ANALYZE RESULTING DATA, ASSESS CORRELATIONS WITH JET TRAFFIC AND OTHER TWEED OPERATIONS PUBLISH AND PRESENT REPORTS OF FINDINGSUSE ACCURATE, DEFENSIBLE DATA IN COMMUNITY-LED DECISION-MAKING REGARDING TWEED EXPANSION GENERATE A WORKING DATABASE OF ACCURATE AND APPROPRIATELY ANALYZED RELEVANT DATA ON LOCAL KEY AIR POLLUTANTSASSESS THE CURRENT IMPACT OF TWEEDS OPERATIONS ON LOCAL AIR QUALITY, AND PREDICT (BY EXTRAPOLATION) THE EFFECT OF PROPOSED AIRPORT EXPANSION ON THESE EXPOSURESINFORM LOCAL RESIDENTS OF COMMUNITY EXPOSURE TO THE DETECTED AIR POLLUTANTS DRAW ATTENTION TO THE NEED FOR ONGOING AIR QUALITY MONITORING IN THE AREA BECAUSE OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON COMMUNITY HEALTH.ENCOURAGE DATA-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING WITH REGARD TO EXPANSION OF TWEED-HVN OPERATIONS.

  Expenses $10,000

• CPEN WEST RIVER WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP: THREE DAYS A WEEK RIVERINE NATURE EDUCATION AND ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN IN GRADES K-6. FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLERS, CLIMATE LITERACY CITIZENS SCIENCE WATER RELATED PROJECTS.PROVIDE CANOEING PROGRAMS THAT TEACH WATER SAFETY, BASIC CANOEING SKILLS, AND RECREATION CANOE TRIPSTHREE EVENING TIMES FOR EIGHT WEEKS OVER THE SUMMER. CLASSROOM LESSONS ABOUT RIVERINE NATURE, INCLUDING PLANTS AND ANIMALS BOTH IN THE WATER AND ALONG THE RIVERS EDGEFIELD LESSONS APPLYING CLASSROOM LEARNING CANOE TRIPS TO EXPLORE OTHERWISE INACCESSIBLE PARTS OF THE RIVER CLASSROOM LESSONS ABOUT WATER QUALITY MONITORING AND INVERTEBRATE IDENTIFICATION CANOE TRIPS TO SAMPLE WATER QUALITY AND INVERTEBRATE POPULATIONS IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE RIVER TEACH BASIC WATER SAFETY AND CANOEING SKILLS PROVIDE REGULAR OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATIONAL CANOE TRIPS ON THE WEST RIVERPARTICIPANTS IN THE PROJECT WILL UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE NATURAL RESOURCES THAT NEW HAVENS RIVERS AND HARBOR PROVIDE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING THEM.

  Expenses $9,800

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, 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. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• 10000 HAWKS

  $10,000

• COMMUNITY PLACEMAKING ENGAGEMENT NE

  $9,800

• GATHER NEW HAVEN

  $9,800

• NEW HAVEN LEON SISTER CITY PROJECT

  $7,500

• NEW HAVEN ECOLOGY PROJECT

  $7,000

• NEW HAVEN URBAN RESOURCES INITIATTI

  $7,000

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

11 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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