2024-03-26T11:04:25Z 2021-12-31 990 2021-01-01 721562616 CALIFORNIA NATIVE GARDEN FOUNDATION CALI 76 Race Street San Jose CA 95126 Alrie Middlebrook Executive Officer 2024-03-26 2021 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Alrie Middlebrook 76 Race St San Jose CA 95126 332388 false X https://cngf.org X 2004 CA To roll out a new land-use model in order to leverage urban spaces for education, workforce development and climate resiliency, through partnerships. In this way, we can build food security and food sovereignty for our communities, while restoring local ecology, and giving youth the ethic and the skills for a more sustainable future. 8 7 4 5000 0 36341 13220 172347 314168 0 33097 5000 241785 332388 0 0 60241 157398 0 3990 174746 170793 234987 328191 6798 4197 38532 42893 14470 14634 24062 28259 To roll out a new land-use model in order to leverage urban spaces for education, workforce development and climate resiliency, through partnerships. In this way, we can build food security and food sovereignty for our communities, while restoring local ecology, and giving youth the ethic and the skills for a more sustainable future. false false 207339 263741 Design/Build/Manage: We design, build, and manage approximately 15 native and sustainable regenerative food gardens per year. Approximately 20% are teaching gardens at schools which we use CNGF volunteer labor to help build. The remaining 80% are private homes, churches or small businesses. Clients served: The schools we have built gardens for have approximately 750 students. Our private clients are approximately 45 people per year, churches are 250 people per year, and or businesses are 15people per year. 30528 34993 Nature Camp: Our summer camp is held at our Sustainable Sites.org internationally certified ELSEE (Environmental Lab for Sustainability and Ecological Education) teaching gardens. We are the only certified teaching garden recognized in Santa Clara County, with 200 bench marks that protect ecosystems services in our urban environment. We taught between 50 students for seven weeks. Camp begins at 9am and ends at 3pm. We also offer early drop and late pick up options for working families. Besides at ELSEE, the classes are also taught at Hester Farms, a nearby teaching, training and research farm largely managed by volunteers and overseen by professional staff. The teachers are college students majoring in Early Childhood Education, Environmental Science, Biology, or the Arts. The program is managed by a professional pre-K and a specialist in 6-12-year-old outdoor learning. Over the years, CNGF has developed up to 100 lesson plans in outdoor STEAM education, specifically designed to be taught in a SITES-certified outdoor classroom. Once a week, the campers take field trips led by a naturalist who studied with Native American tribes and takes campers and families to city and county parks with natural plant communities and riparian habitat. We received a grant from the City of San Jose - Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services Department for scholarships for kids who live in gang areas. Last year we gave 60 scholarships. Kids earn Earth Heroes Nature Badges in propagating, tree planting, analyzing soils, aquaponics, journal keeping, inviting friends, beekeeping, composting, growing native plants, and cooking with nature. We offer 13 free events each month for Camper families. When signing up campers for weekly camps, we offer free open houses for kids and their families with tours, activities and free pizza and salad made with food plants that we grow and harvest. _ 5976 12550 Plant Sales/Farmers Market 1044 2884 244887 true false false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 true 4 true false false false false false false false false X 8 7 false false false false false false false true true false false false true false false false false false false false CA X Alrie Middlebrook 4085640724 76 Race St San Jose CA 95126 X Melissa Blum Board Secretary 2.50 X 0 0 0 Steven Sanders Board Treasurer 2.50 X 0 0 0 Allegra Watson Director 2.50 X 0 0 0 Sanhita Datta Director 2.50 X 0 0 0 Alrie M Middlebrook Executive Director 40.00 X 0 0 0 Arike van de Water Director 2.50 X 0 0 0 Harvey Darnell Director 2.50 X 0 0 0 Nancy Hirstein Smith President of the Board 2.50 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 13220 13220 Nature Camp 900099 12550 12550 Farmers Market 900099 2884 2884 Educare/First 5 900099 34993 34993 Design/Build/Manage 900099 263741 263741 314168 COVID Relief 900099 900099 5000 5000 5000 332388 314168 5000 0 140998 140998 16400 16400 46202 36900 5312 3990 660 660 1939 1939 9410 9410 15100 15100 14133 14133 Design/Build/Manage Materials 49929 49929 Nursery Operations 18449 18449 Utilities 6220 6220 Auto expenses 6708 6708 2043 2043 328191 244887 79314 3990 2823 3598 19309 22495 4900 5800 11500 500 11500 11000 38532 42893 380 544 14090 14090 14470 14634 X 2823 3598 21239 24661 24062 28259 38532 42893 4197 X false false false X 0 0 0 0 56697 38403 27444 24951 13220 160715 11608 27343 36888 70929 279175 425943 68305 65746 64332 95880 292395 586658 0 0 0 586658 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68305 65746 64332 95880 292395 586658 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 X 11500 500 11000 11000 7176 State payroll tax 1,800 1800 Accrued wages 5114 14090 Part IX, Line 11g Design/Build/Manage contract services: $36,900 Marketing and Admin contract services: $5,312 Fundraising contract services: $3,990 Part VI, Line 19 . Part VI, Section B, Line 11b No review was or will be conducted. Part VI, Section C, Line 19 CNGF made its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public only upon request during the tax year. Our returns were mailed but were not processed because they were supposed to sent electronically, of which we were unaware. Then, we attempted to submit them electronically, but they were rejected because our tax exempt status had been suspended due to the returns not having been processed.