Organizations Filed Purposes:
Connecting children to nature to create a more beautiful, resilient, and just world.
Develop and maintain a public children's garden for education.
Camps, Summer and School Break: In 2018, ICG provided 486 summer camp opportunities to children. The purpose of our summer camp program is to engage children entirely through sensory exploration of their environment, M-F, from 9am-4pm, for 9 weekly camps through the summer. We served 83 separate children in half-day camps for 3-5 yr olds, 181 in full-day camps for 6-9 year olds and 53 in full-day camps for 10-13 year olds. Two school break camps were also held during fall school holidays, serving 21 children.
Garden Site: ICG provided a 3-acre public garden open every day of the year from dawn to dusk, ADA accessible, including hosting multiple public events and numerous programs throughout the year, and supporting non-formal environmental learning through casual visitation. In 2019, ICG recorded 6,018 visits as a result of direct programming and events, additionally more than 60,000 casual visits are estimated to occur during the year. The garden is open free to the public during daylight hours.
Garden Programs: TUF: ICG's Teen Urban Farmer (TUF) apprentice program employed 14 "at risk" teens identified by Youth Employment Services (YES), a federally funded program through the City of Ithaca, for 6 weeks at 20 hrs/wk, Monday-Thursday. TUF is a teen employment program that seeks to prepare teens to enter the workforce, with a special focus on skill building and awareness raising related to employment opportunities within horticulture and related fields. Garden/Family Programs: All of our family programs have the shared purpose of engaging the whole family in the garden, through various themed programs, with the ultimate goal of inspiring environmental stewardship.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Liz Kinast | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Gen Meredith | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Dan Krall | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Perry | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Kartik Sribarra | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Sonja Skelly | President | 1 | $0 |
| Joyce Barney | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Harriet Becker | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Adam Schaye | Vice President | 1 | $0 |
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public 990 form dataset) from:
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