Plant the Seed

“The board chair, treasurer,executive director, and bookkeeper review the form 990 to ensure accuracy. The executive director also submits the 990 - once complete - to givingmatters.com of the community foundation of middle tennessee for public review.”

“Officers, directors, trustees, and key employees discuss potential conflicts of interest whenever relevant during employee interviews, board, and executive committee meetings.”

“Board of directors establishes the compensation for the executive director. Board will conduct an annual performance review and approve a salary increase, where recommended, for the executive director in june of each year.”

“The executive director makes recommendations on compensation, and the board reviews and approves the recommendations. The executive director conducts annual performance reviews for all employees, and then makes recommendations for salary increases, which are subject to board approval.”

“All organization documents are available upon request by the general public.”

“Plant the seed inspires and empowers young people through garden-based learning - connecting them to the land, their education and one another. Plant the seed provides hands-on garden-based learning within community organizations, such as metro nashville public schools and head start. Our programming is fully integrated into the learning objectives for predominantly under-resourced pre-kindergarten and elementary aged students throughout nashville. We conduct site assessments at each location, build age-appropriate growing environments, orient teachers and youth development staff to the garden and train them in the way it can enhance their classroom or youth development programming objectives, develop seasonally relevant, garden-based lessons for each of our approximately 1,300 students at least once a week. Additionally, plant the seed has developed a 138-page toolkit to guide other pre-k and elementary education program in establishing garden-based learning that can be integrated into their curriculum, classroom, and school. Plant the seed provides hands-on garden-based learning within 5 metro nashville public schools and is entering a second-year partnership with north head start.”

“Ppp funds received forgiven 51,447 change in net assets due to a/r change -5,551 total 45,896”