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EIN 23-2828676 • 501(c)3 • Frederick, PA
Profile
Our purpose was to provide horticultural therapy with a focus on youth at risk, mentally and physically challenged, and senior citizens.
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
Liabilities / Assets
Score unavailable
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Liabilities / Revenue
62nd percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
32nd percentile
Higher net margin than 32% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
81st percentile
Higher top officer pay than 81% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
10th percentile
Faster asset growth than 10% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
14th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 14% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Down$0
Down $252 (-100%) from 2022
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2022
Net Assets
Down$0
Down $252 (-100%) from 2022
Revenue
Down$2,965
Down $5,035 (-63%) from 2022
Expenses
Down$3,217
Down $4,531 (-58%) from 2022
Net Income
Down-$252
Down $504 (-200%) from 2022
Most recent year
2023 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
Our purpose is to provide horticultural therapy with a focus on youth at risk, mentally and physically challenged, and senior citizens. In addition we provide community workshops and outreach programs promoting chemically free gardening and healthy and responsible environmental practices. We also conduct classes in recycling, renewing and reusing our earths resources. We are invited by teachers to do these classes in kindergarten up through high school level.
Our purpose was to provide horticultural therapy with a focus on youth at risk, mentally and physically challenged, and senior citizens.
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Our community outreach programs promote being physically active, healthy eating, and the fun and benefits of growing our own food. We enthusiastically educate these future gardeners in growing organic and chemical free gardens. We teach them about the advantages of composting, being environmentally responsible and earth friendly gardeners. While being physically active we also encourage team work, social skills and reaching goals. The Growing Center also offers adult monthly stress reductions classes. We offer gardening information, a horticultural therapy activity and a meditation/reflection segment. The Parents of Murdered Children are parents who have lost a child through an act of violence. These parents come to us for bereavement support. We have designated an area of our Healing Garden to these families to create memorial gardens. This gives the families a place other then a cemetery to reflect on loving memories they have of their child. We incorporate the stories of these tragic deaths into our youth at risk programs. While we weed these particular gardens we talk about making good choices in life, the grief of the families and the life cut short. It is a sobering lesson that makes an impression on these at- risk young adults. The Growing Center conducts annual workshops for the American Cancer Society. Our workshops are for cancer survivors and their families. We use stress reduction and calming horticultural therapy sessions. These are well attended and very successful outreach programs. | $0 | $0 |
| Horticultural therapy uses physical and psychological approaches, conducted in a natural non-threatening environment, such as a garden or greenhouse, surrounded by plants flowers and kind0caring instructors. Horticultural therapy considers all the senses | $0 | $0 |
| Our community outreach programs promote being physically active, healthy eating, and the fun and benefits of growing our own food. We enthusiastically educate these future gardeners in growing organic and chemical free gardens. We teach them about the advantages of composting, being environmentally responsible and earth friendly gardeners. While being physically active we also encourage team work, social skills and reaching goals. The Growing Center also offers adult monthly stress reductions classes. We offer gardening information, a horticultural therapy activity and a meditation/reflection segment. The Parents of Murdered Children are parents who have lost a child through an act of violence. These parents come to us for bereavement support. We have designated an area of our Healing Garden to these families to create memorial gardens. This gives the families a place other then a cemetery to reflect on loving memories they have of their child. We incorporate the stories of these tragic deaths into our youth at risk programs. While we weed these particular gardens we talk about making good choices in life, the grief of the families and the life cut short. It is a sobering lesson that makes an impression on these at- risk young adults. The Growing Center conducts annual workshops for the American Cancer Society. Our workshops are for cancer survivors and their families. We use stress reduction and calming horticultural therapy sessions. These are well attended and very successful outreach programs. 0 0 2 Horticultural therapy uses physical and psychological approaches, conducted in a natural non-threatening environment, such as a garden or greenhouse, surrounded by plants, flowers and kind, caring instructors. Horticultural therapy considers all the senses.Allow me to give you an idea of what a typical schedule of horticultural therapy programs is like on an average weekday at The Growing Center. Morning programs from 8:30 AM until noon consist of 8-12 alternative education students, along with their teacher and counselor. They could be potting plants, working on a maintenance project such as mulching or pulling weeds in the greenhouses. These youth at risk participants learn to work as a team to improve their social skills, self-image and completing a goal. During this same time a group of 10-12 emotionally challenged participants, along with their program specialist, would be in the Healing Garden enjoying a nature walk or they could be in another greenhouse working with plants. In the afternoon 8-10 senior citizens from a senior center volunteer for two hours. On weekdays after school, high school students from environmental science/ biology classes volunteer their time, and in return learn about organic growing methods and agriculture conservation techniques. Two evenings a week during the hours of 6-8:30 PM we have various church youth groups, civic organizations, garden clubs and scout troops volunteer to work on various projects. During an average week we have 60-100 participants visit The Growing Center. This does not include our classroom visits to schools and assisted living facilities. | $0 | $0 |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda M Boyer | Executive Director | - | $0 | - | - |
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