Growing Home, Inc.
Growing Home, Inc.
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About this organization
Mission
Growing Home’s mission is to operate, promote, and demonstrate the use of organic urban agriculture as a vehicle for job training, employment, and community development. Our unique employment training program uses farming to teach transferable skills to individuals with barriers to employment, giving them the opportunity to secure full-time, stable jobs. Through our USDA-certified organic farms, we also seek to provide healthy, fresh food and food education to our neighbors in Englewood.
About
GROWING HOME'S FARM-BASED EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM AIMS TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS, LOW EDUCATION, LACK OF WORK HISTORY, AND OTHER EXTREME BARRIERS TO WORKFORCE ENTRY. EACH YEAR, FROM APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER, THEY ENROLL INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO GAIN JOB SKILLS AND SECURE LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT. THROUGH HANDS-ON FIELD WORK, CLASSROOM TRAINING, AND INDIVIDUALIZED CASE MANAGEMENT, THEIR 14-WEEK PROGRAM PROVIDES THE TOOLS, SKILLS, AND SUPPORT PARTICIPANTS NEED TO FIND AND KEEP GOOD JOBS.GROWING HOME ALSO USES THEIR FARMS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE, HEALTHY FOOD AND FOOD EDUCATION TO RESIDENTS OF GREATER ENGLEWOOD. THEY GROW NEARLY 200 VARIETIES OF VEGETABLE, WHICH THEY SELL AT AFFORDABLE PRICES AT THEIR WEEKLY WOOD STREET FARM STAND AND OTHER LOCAL MARKETS. THROUGH COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS, FARM TOURS, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, GROWING HOME HELPS THEIR CUSTOMERS AND FAMILIES INTEGRATE NUTRITIOUS CHIOCES INTO THEIR LIFESTYLES.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing specifies the mission of the non-profit as “Growing home's mission is to operate, promote, and demostrate the use of organic urban agriculture as a vehicle for job training, employment, and community development.”.
When explaining its duties, they were described as: “Growing home is a nonprofit organic farm that provides employment training and organic produce in the greater englewood community of chicago”.
- The state in which the non-profit is authorized to operate legally is IL.
- According to the filing, the address of the non-profit for the year 2020 is 825 WEST 69TH STREET 2ND FLOOR, CHICAGO, IL, 60621.
- The non-profit has reported 26 employees on their form for the year 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $261,572.
- The organization has 18 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1993.
- The organization pays $1,165,443 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $251,068 in fundraising expenses.
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