2024-10-10T17:28:57-07:00 2024-06-30 990 2023-07-01 752546504 GARDENERS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GARD 2146758473 901 Greenbriar Lane Richardson TX 75080 Donald Lambert Executive Director 2146758473 2024-10-10 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Donald H Lambert 901 Greenbriar Lane Richardson TX 75080 23382 0 X www.gardendallas.org X 1994 TX We educate and empower people to strengthen and serve their community through community gardening and urban agriculture. 2 2 0 100 0 0 6241 7640 15827 15720 56 22 2322 0 24446 23382 0 0 0 0 1457 0 0 0 0 11431 5900 12888 5900 11558 17482 838351 855833 0 0 838351 855833 Gardeners in Community Development (GICD) educates and empowers people to work together on food production community gardens and urban agriculture projects to benefit themselves and their community. 0 0 4720 10831 Food Production and Distribution: Our garden projects are physically designed, and participants are trained, so that the amounts of vegetables grown exceed personal needs of the grower, in order that a significant portion of the yield can be donated to needy community members through sharing and food pantries, and also, that some can be sold to cover personal gardening expenses. Most participants, about 65 families, are themselves impoverished, live in neighborhoods with high levels of food insecurity, and about 35 of these are recent immigrants and refugees. Currently, in 3 food projects these growers tend their own plots, and annually over 150 volunteers provide necessary assistance. Three of these projects donated over 7,500 pounds to food pantries, benefiting up to 450 persons each week. Produce sales at local farmers markets raised more than $12,000 that partially covered program and participants expenses. In addition, volunteers in our greenhouses grew several thousand vegetable and herb plants for garden projects across the region, many of which were sold to our project supporters to help cover production costs. 590 0 Sustainable Garden Systems: Successful community food projects require that we build resilience in the design of projects, and that we build the capacity of participants so that they are organized and trained to create manage projects for the long-run. We use regenerative practices the conserve energy and matter, and continuously build healthy soil. Using deep mulches of chipped tree trimmings and straw, organic amendments, weed suppressing and soil building cover crops, disease resistant plants, and ecological diversity, has brought lasting success. The East Dallas Community Garden continues to thrive as a project for Cambodian market gardeners now in its 35th year. The Live Oak Community Garden, is doing well at 30 years, and both Hope and Our Saviour gardens are successfully passing their 17th years. 590 0 Food Production Support and Education: We share our experience so that others can manage successful food projects. Much of this is through an open invitation for educational tours, and learning opportunities through hands-on volunteering. Many of our 150 or so volunteers each year have never gardened before, and are eager to learn about soil, how to plant and harvest, what to grow, benefits of mulching, how to water, etc. This opportunity to learn, out in a real garden, attracts youth, small children, an folks that are beginning gardeners. During the past year over 60 people attended these work and learn sessions. During this past year we have mentored a group managing a greenhouse, and helped groups involved in donating to food pantries. We continued a mini-farm where refugee gardeners can observe best practices in soil management, weed control, crop selection, harvesting, and other appropriate practices in on-going real time. At our farmers market booth weekly we share production information about locally grown food, and sell best varieties of herbs and vegetables transplants. 0 0 0 5900 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 X Donald Lambert 2146758473 901 Greenbriar Lane Richardson TX 75080 X Rebecca Smith board member 20 0 X 0 0 0 Donald Lambert executive director 20 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7640 0 7640 Plot use fees 624210 3200 3200 0 0 Marketing project 624210 12520 12520 0 0 0 0 0 0 15720 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23382 15742 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 5403 5403 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 Project Supplies 405 405 0 0 5900 5900 0 0 26095 33555 530273 540295 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 281983 0 281983 281983 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 838351 855833 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 838351 855833 0 0 838351 855833 838351 855833 17482 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 11224 6982 4516 6241 6640 35603 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11224 6982 4516 6241 6640 35603 12817 22786 166 57 48 57 22 350 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35953 0 0.63377 0.74325 X 0 281983 281983 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 281983 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Reviewed by board of directors before filing, or by designated representative. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 As per the organization bylaws the salary of the executive director can only be set by independent voting members of the board and the executive director is authorized to hire and set staff salaries with board review and approval. Currently there are no paid members or staff. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 There were no requests made during this filing period. We would comply if requested.