GATHER NEW HAVEN

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C400

Classification

1000

Street

495 BLAKE ST UNIT C

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Mission and programs · 2024

• GARDENING AND NATURE PRESERVESCOMMUNITY GARDENING: 45 COMMUNITY GARDENS ACROSS THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN, PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPLIES. WE WORK WITH NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS, TENANT ASSOCIATIONS, BLOCK WATCHES, SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, SCHOOLS, YOUTH GROUPS, AND THE ELDERLY. BY SUPPORTING COMMUNITY VEGETABLE GARDENS, WE HELP PROVIDE PRODUCTIVE HUBS OF ACTIVITY THAT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY IN MANY WAYS. THE GARDENS CLEAN UP THE SOIL, BEAUTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND PROVIDE AN AVENUE FOR HEALTHY EXERCISE, STRESS RELIEF, ENHANCED EMOTIONAL WELLBEING, SOCIALIZING, AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT. IT ALSO BECOMES A FAMILY OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER AND TEACH SUSTAINABLE LIVING WHILE ENJOYING DELICIOUS HOME GROWN BOUNTY. MANY OF THE GARDENS ARE IN RESOURCE-POOR, LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS PROVIDING ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD THAT IS FREE OR LOW-COST, THUS EASING THE STRAIN ON HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS AND HELPING WITH DISEASE PREVENTION.FARM STAND:WEEKLY SATURDAY FARM STAND AT FERRY STREET FARM AND FREE FOOD DISTRIBUTION AT FAIR HAVEN LIBRARY THAT RUN FROM MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND THROUGH OCTOBER. FRESH VEGETABLES AND HERBS GROWN ORGANICALLY ON OUR URBAN FARM SITES, AS WELL AS OCCASIONAL OFFERINGS FROM LOCAL PARTNERS SUCH AS LOCAL HONEY, MUSHROOMS, AND FRUIT, THIS PROGRAM HELPS MAKE NUTRITIOUS, SUBSIDIZED AND AFFORDABLY-PRICED FOOD AVAILABLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS RIGHT WHERE IT'S GROWN. DOUBLE SNAP AND STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S FARMER'S MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM CHECKS (DISTRIBUTED TO QUALIFYING LOW-INCOME SENIORS AND WIC PARTICIPANTS). EXCESS FRESH PRODUCE IS PROVIDED TO COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRIES.NATURE PRESERVES:SINCE 1986 GATHER NEW HAVEN HAS ACQUIRED APPROXIMATELY 80 ACRES OF LAND WHICH IS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE OPEN SPACE. THESE HABITATS INCLUDE TIDAL WETLANDS, COASTAL UPLAND FOREST AND GRASSLAND, TRAPROCK RIDGE, RIPARIAN FOREST AND FRESH WATER WETLANDS. OUR GOALS FOR THESE PRESERVED LANDS ARE TO MAINTAIN THEM IN A NATURAL STATE AND TO RESTORE AREAS DEGRADED BY HUMAN IMPACT TO HIGH QUALITY BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEW HAVEN RESIDENTS AND THE NEW HAVEN ENVIRONMENT. WE ALSO ENGAGE SCHOOL GROUPS IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND VOLUNTEERS IN WORKING ON THE PRESERVES TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN TRAILS AND PRACTICE STEWARDSHIP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $208,223 · Revenue $5,890

• WELLNESS PROGRAMFARM BASED WELLNESS: THE FARM-BASED WELLNESS PROGRAM BENEFITS LOW-INCOME FAMILIES OF NEW HAVEN WHO FACE RISKS FOR CHRONIC DIET RELATED DISEASE. THIS PROGRAM GREW OUT OF FAIR HAVEN COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE'S DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM. PARTICIPANTS ARE REFERRED FROM HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND LIVE WITHIN 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE. THEY PARTICIPATE IN 16 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS OF HANDS-ON EDUCATION ON THE FARM IN THIS FAMILY BASED WELLNESS PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM CONTINUES ON A MONTHLY BASIS DURING THE OFF-SEASON. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE BASKETS OF FRESH, ORGANIC FARM PRODUCE ON A WEEKLY BASIS FOR THE SEASON, AND ATTEND ONE TWO-HOUR, ON-FARM EDUCATIONAL SESSION WEEKLY. DURING THOSE SESSIONS, MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN COOKING CLASSES AND ARE GIVEN NUTRITION INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUTRIENT-DENSE FOODS THAT THEY HARVEST THAT WEEK, WITH CULTURALLY-RELEVANT RECIPES FOR THEM TO TRY AT HOME. THEY ARE TAUGHT HOW TO PLANT, HARVEST, AND TEND THE VEGETABLES, WHICH GIVES THEM THE ADDED HEALTH BENEFIT OF BEING PHYSICALLY ACTIVE. IN ADDITION, MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN EXERCISE CLASSES AND RECEIVE GUIDED MEDITATION PRACTICE TO ADDRESS ALL COMPONENTS OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS. GRADUATES FROM THE FBWP ARE ENCOURAGED TO HAVE THEIR OWN VEGETABLE PLOT IN ONE OF OUR ACTIVE GARDENS.COMMUNITY HEALTH AMBASSADORS:THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AMBASSADOR (CHA) PROGRAM GREW FROM THE FARM-BASED PROGRAM (FBWP), WITH THE INTENTION TO PROVIDE LONG TERM OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADERSHIP AND INVOLVEMENT FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY GRADUATED FROM THE FBWP AND WISH TO DEEPEN THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH OUR WORK. WE PROVIDE WINTER TRAINING IN LEADERSHIP, HEALTH ADVOCACY, AND PEER TO PEER MENTORSHIP, PROVIDING THE TOOLS NECESSARY FOR HEALTH AMBASSADORS TO WORK IN VARIOUS ASPECTS TO SUPPORT THE FBWP AND CURRENT PARTICIPANTS. EVERY WINTER, EXEMPLARY WOMEN FARM-BASED WELLNESS PROGRAM GRADUATES UNDERGO TRAINING AND PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOPS TO EMPLOY THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND LEARN BEHAVIOR CHANGE METHODOLOGIES TO BECOME THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMMUNITY CHANGE-MAKERS. THE FOLLOWING SPRING, THEY RETURN TO THE FARM-BASED WELLNESS PROGRAM AS LEADERS AND HELP THE NEXT GENERATION OF PARTICIPANTS. THEY ALSO PROVIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT AND RUN ADDITIONAL EXERCISE PROGRAMMING. THIS EXPERIENCE DEVELOPS JOB SKILLS AND OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS DEVELOPING THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AMBASSADORS LIVE.

  Expenses $131,264 · Grants $13,355 · Revenue $27,035

• SCHOONER DAY CAMP: SCHOONER DAY CAMP PROVIDES LAND AND SEA-BASED PROGRAMMING ON NEW HAVEN'S UNIQUE COASTLINE THROUGH SAILING LESSONS AND SHORELINE HABITAT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. CAMPERS LEARN ABOUT THE HABITATS AND ECOSYSTEMS OF THE LONG ISLAND SOUND, THE WATER SYSTEMS OF THE LONG ISLAND SOUND, POLLUTION, AND SUSTAINABILITY, ALL WHILE HAVING FUN IN THE SUMMER SUN. SCHOONER CAMP TAKES PLACE YEARLY BETWEEN JUNE - AUGUST AT GATHER'S LONG WHARF NATURE PRESERVE. THE PROGRAM SERVES 80 CAMPERS PER WEEK, WITH A GOAL OF 50% BEING SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBLE. SCHOONER SUMMER CAMP BRINGS TOGETHER 350 YOUTHS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6-16 FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS OF NEW HAVEN TO DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP AND LIFE SKILLS THROUGH SAILING LESSONS, LEARNING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH OTHER CAMP ACTIVITIES. GROWING ENTREPRENEURS:THE GROWING ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM WAS STARTED IN 2016 TO PROVIDE GREEN JOBS AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TRAINING TO LOW-INCOME YOUTH IN NEW HAVEN. STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM LEARN ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT AFFECT THEIR COMMUNITIES, COMPLETE PROJECTS AT COMMUNITY FARMS AND GARDENS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND LEARN BUSINESS/ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS THROUGH SMALL BUSINESS VENTURES LIKE SELLING PRODUCE AND VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS. THROUGH THEIR WORK AND WEEKLY EXPERIENTIAL PROFESSIONAL SKILLS WORKSHOPS, THE STUDENTS LEARN IMPORTANT SKILLS THAT EMPLOYERS ARE ASKING FOR - CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING, WORKING IN TEAMS, COMPUTER SKILLS - AND PRACTICE PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BEHAVIORAL SKILLS THAT ENHANCE THEIR INTERACTIONS, SCHOOL AND JOB PERFORMANCE, AND CAREER PROSPECTS SUCH AS ADAPTABILITY, INTEGRITY, COOPERATION, AND WORKPLACE DISCIPLINE.

  Expenses $373,873 · Revenue $178,062

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $800,527

  Expenses

  $988,636

  Contributions

  $560,160

  Grants paid

  $13,355

• 2023

  Revenue

  $993,011

  Expenses

  $1,061,962

  Contributions

  $807,458

  Grants paid

  $10,281

• 2022

  Revenue

  $771,024

  Expenses

  $724,668

  Contributions

  $599,718

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,064,434

  Expenses

  $756,692

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,135,048

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $554,769

  Expenses

  $773,833

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,844,764

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $511,386

  Expenses

  $592,876

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,807,438

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $570,994

  Expenses

  $554,491

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,855,373

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $509,276

  Expenses

  $430,102

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,846,388

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $595,793

  Expenses

  $566,567

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,750,751

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $299,902

  Expenses

  $264,139

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,706,813

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $194,216

  Expenses

  $186,271

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,677,773

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $140,930

  Expenses

  $119,391

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,667,758

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $126,598

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,659,438

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN

  $65,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT THE RESTORATION, CONSERVATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE QUINNIPIAC MEADOWS/FARGEORGE NATURE PRESERVE.

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN

  $20,000

  2023 · TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN

  $18,000

  2023 · TO SUPPORT THE PROTECTION AND CARE OF THE QUINNIPIAC MEADOWS/FARGEORGE NATURE PRESERVE, AS WELL AS TO SUPPORT ENHANCEMENTS TO THE GROWING ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM, SCHOONER SCHOLARSHIPS, EXPANSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMING AND LAND ACQUISITION.

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $15,042

  2023 · CULTIVATING LONG ISLAND SOUND STEWARDS

• REI COOPERATIVE ACTION FUND

  $10,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• REI COOPERATIVE ACTION FUND

  $10,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NEW HAVEN GREEN FUND INC

  $9,800

  2023

• NEW HAVEN GREEN FUND INC

  $7,500

  2024

• JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND

  $7,489

  2022 · IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC

  $6,000

  2023 · SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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