Greater Newark Conservancy Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2011 to Jun 30, 2012

Signed

Dec 31, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.3

Gross Receipts

$1,792,449

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

The Community Greening Program works with over 1,000 Newark families, businesses, organizations and schools to improve neighborhoods with street plantings, pocket parks, community gardens and urban farms where residents can raise their own fresh, healthy food. An annual city gardens contest recognizes the efforts of dedicated citizen gardeners who strive to improve their properties and blocks. Another initiative is teaching horticulture and nutrition to the city's poorest children and families at public housing projects, encouraging them to create their own gardens to provide accessible, inexpensive sources of nutritious food.

Activity 3

The Conservancy's Job Training Program consists of three main components: the Newark Youth Leadership Project ("NYLP"), Newark Prisoner Re-entry Initiative ("NPRI") and the Newark Clean and Green Program. The NYLP annually provides 60 to 70 Newark high school students with job training experience, leadership development, exposure to different career options, and opportunities for pursuing a college education. NYLP is conducted year round, with school year and summer components. The Newark Clean and Green Program annually works with 200 recently incarcerated Newark residents to help them make the transition from prison to gainful employment. Training focuses on a variety of horticultural and landscaping skills. Throughout the program, participants clean and green vacant, city-owned lots in Newark to establish pocket parks, community gardens and urban farms. The NPRI is a job placement program for former prison inmates. The goal of this program is to decrease recidivism in the Newark community and to equip participants with the skills and confidence necessary to succeed in successive job searches.

Filer

EIN

22-2691309