Carroll Gardens Association Inc

“Cga provides the board members via e-mail the draft irs form 990 for review. The board members are given the opportunity to review and submit comments. Any comments or questions are addressed by management with the preparers of the draft. Once comments or questions are fully addressed, the draft is then presented to the board members for acceptance approval for filing with the irs.”

“The board members are required to complete a disclosure of any conflict of interest or potentially a conflict of interest. If any, the board member will be recused from participating in discussions and voting on matters related to conflict.”

“The governing documents, financial statements and conflict of interest policy are available upon request at 201 columbia st, brooklyn, ny 11231. Its form 990 is also available at www.guidestar.org.”

“The form 990 was amended to reflect the amounts in the auditeed financial statements for the fiscal year ended june 30, 2024. With this, the following line items changed from the initial filing: a. Form 990 part i, lines 8-22, part iii, lines 4a-4e, part viii, lines 1- 12, part ix, lines 5-25, part x, lines 3(b) - 33(b), part xi lines 1-10, and part xii, lines 2b-2c. B. Form 990, schedule a, part ii c. Form 990, schedule b, part i d. Form 990, schedule d, part ix, part x, part xi, and part xii”

“Our mission is to foster a community where residents and families of all income levels in southwest brooklyn's neighborhoods can live, work, and thrive. Carroll gardens association, inc. (cga) fulfills this mission by preserving and developing affordable housing, enforcing quality housing management practices, promoting small business economic development, and providing and linking residents to social services and resources to improve the quality of their lives.”

“Perhaps more than anything else, expanding the employment and training opportunities available to residents of the community and helping them increase their earning power, is at the heart of our vision for southwest brooklyn. Our efforts to realize this vision are organized around the objective to improve residents' access to employment and training opportunities throughout the metropolitan region. Carroll gardens association provides free computer training to dozens of individuals annually. The computer training program is a seven-week course that provides participants with instruction on basic computer skills, the use of the internet, and lessons on microsoft word, excel, and powerpoint. After successful completion of the training program, participants receive a certificate of completion that they could show to prospective employers. Sessions for the computer training program are held at the cga training center. The cga training center includes space for a computer lab and a classroom type setting. In addition to the free computer training program, a variety of educational workshops are held regularly at the cga training center.”

“Cga's entrepreneur assistance program offers resources to small businesses through workshops and one-on-one counseling with those who wish to start a business or expand an existing business. The partnership will also make government resources to assist small businesses available to our community. In particular, cga works with the nyc small business services (nyc sbs) to offer 1-on-1 counseling to area residents, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. Cga was selected as one of six community based organizations by the center for family life to participate in the new york city worker cooperative development initiative. The initiative, a multi year intensive training, equips staff with the needed skills and resources for cga to launch a worker cooperative incubation program.”

“This process has not changed from prior year.”