2024-05-15T20:58:54-07:00 2023-06-30 990 2022-07-01 843768675 URBAN OASIS INC URBA 4435578303 2812 Clifton Avenue Baltimore MD 21216 Arica Gonzalez Executive Director/President 4435578303 2024-05-15 Arica Gonzalez 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Arica Gonzalez 3230 Carlisle Ave Baltimore MD 21216 255958 0 4221 X www.theurbanoasis.org X 2015 MD Community development, alley gating and greening. 8 8 1 2 0 0 156189 255958 0 0 0 0 0 0 156189 255958 125 0 0 0 42706 78349 3955 0 0 60797 160384 107583 238733 48606 17225 0 17225 0 0 0 17225 Community development, alley gating and greenery. 0 0 16037 16037 0 The Oasis Teens Environmental program allow teen to voluntarily participate in environmental work. The 9 teens dedicated 5 Hours each week to participate in this program. Their jobs were to regularly pick up trash on the four blocks and vacant lot that make up the boundaries of The Urban Oasis, mow the lawns of 16 homes on Clifton Avenue, and cultivate community gardens within the Panway community, the Hanlon community, and Hilton Elementary School. Through this program, the youth learn social responsibility, and play an active part in cultivating produce to be used for Farmer's markets, generating revenue for the community. This program was done in collaboration with the 3200 Carlisle Block Association and the Victorine Q. Adams Community Garden. Grant funding to cover the cost of the program was provided by Baltimore City's BMore Beautiful Program. 10622 10622 0 The Community Table serves as an excellent way for residents of the community to get to know each other and chat over a shared meal. Live music from a local band helps the atmosphere to feel more intimate, and we are able to strengthen our bonds as a community throughout the event. Healthy food options, the ability to learn about the people in the neighborhood, and live performances cause this yearly event to push us forward in our mission, vision, and values as an organization and as a community. The Community Table proves that a shared meal creates closer connections! 10543 10543 0 The Juneteenth Festival Celebration at The Urban Oasis included local artists, organizations, and businesses sharing cultural presentations focused around black culture, art, history, and entrepreneurship. It is a free event, open to the public, giving opportunities for placemaking within our community, use of the community's outdoor green space, while promoting economic development and the arts. 88518 88518 0 The Urban Oasis built up the physical environment to promote infrastructural development that would help the community use its outdoor green spaces. This included paving and building up infrastructure that would make the outdoor space more accessible and safer for residents and visitors to the community. This was done through paving, lighting, greening, gating, creating storage, and planting greenery. 15504 15504 0 Events and Festivals at The Urban Oasis provide free outdoor activities to help the community to utilize its outdoor green space, promote entrepreneurship and financial development, provide educational opportunities to people of all age ranges, allow exposure to the arts, and increase accessibility to amenities for the community. Besides the Juneteenth and Hispanic Heritage Month Festivals, these include a Harvest Festival ($3,210), Hispanic Heritage Month Festival ($2,594), Holiday Festival ($7,707), Earth Day Festival ($1,493), and Summer Sounds Outdoor Concert Series ($500) 1649 1649 0 Health & Wellness at The Urban Oasis provided online virtual health classes of yoga, Zumba, and aerobics for the residents of the community. 95860 95860 0 Operating Costs for the organization included salaries, office expenses, payroll services and taxes, accounting, insurance, and marketing. We were able to grow in each of these areas as an organization compared to the previous year. 201531 201531 0 238733 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 MD X Delterese George 4432262457 2812 Clifton Avenue Baltimore MD 21216 Arica Gonzalez Executive Director 80 0 X X X 62120 0 0 Geraldine Taylor President 1 0 X 940 0 0 Jacquelyn Green Vice-President 0.25 0 X 0 0 0 Delterese George Treasurer 2 0 X 0 0 0 Maisha Douyoncov Secretary 0.25 0 X 0 0 0 Vernice Turner Board Member 0.25 0 X 0 0 0 James Eaglin Board Member 0.25 0 X 0 0 0 Siamone Martin Board Member 0.25 0 X 0 0 0 Maria Smaldone Board Member 0.25 0 X 0 0 0 63060 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 255958 0 255958 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 255958 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59770 59770 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18579 18579 0 0 0 0 5952 5952 0 0 0 0 2123 2123 130 130 6832 6832 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2199 2199 0 0 0 0 0 0 275 275 Program: Juneteenth Festival 10543 10543 0 0 Program: Oasis Teens Environmental 16037 16037 0 0 Program: The Community Table Thanksgiving Dinner 10622 10622 0 0 Program: Holiday Festival 7707 7707 0 0 97964 97964 238733 238733 0 0 0 17225 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17225 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 17225 0 0 0 17225 0 17225 17225 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 0 0 X 0 0 94495 156189 255958 506642 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94495 156189 255958 506642 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 506642 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94495 156189 255958 506642 1 1 0 0 X Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b Our committee meetings were reported on during our monthly board meetings. The board would then vote and approve the committee reports. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The general 990 form was provided to the Board of directors, then the Executive Director and Treasurer completed the form together. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c For conflicts of interest that would arise, board members would abstain from voting if there was a perceived conflict of interest. The conflict of interest policy is reviewed regularly throughout the year at our beginning of the year board meetings and at our annual board retreat. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The salary of the Executive Director was decided upon by the board after deliberation and comparing salaries for similar positions in Baltimore, MD. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization makes all of its documents available for review upon request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e The Urban Oasis provides regular programming for community participation in its development. Beyond the programs already listed previously, this programming also included a Harvest Festival ($3210), Hispanic Heritage Month Festival ($2594), Earth Day Festival ($1493), Summer Sounds Concert Series ($500), Health & Wellness Programming ($1649), and infrastructural development projects to improve the community's outdoor gathering and green space ($88,518). Form 990, Part XII, Line 1 We had hired an independent accountant to help us with our financials, but our Executive Board deliberated and agreed that they were not accurately reporting the goings-on of our organization and that they could not give an accurate account as to how they were allocating our funds. We terminated their services and filed for an extension to submit our taxes. This filing how now been complied with the help of our Executive Director, Treasurer, and the members of our Executive Board. We had hired an accounting team to help our organization to manage and track our financials, but the Executive Board agreed that the accounting team was not accurately reporting on the goings-on of our organization. We ceased to work with them. The Executive Director, Treasurer, and Executive Board then needed to file an extension so that we could properly account for all of our financials and complete the required filing.