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 had 62 volunteers during 7/1/22 thru 6/30/23. They helped with garden care, garden builds and community engagement and garden kit assembly.”

“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 the community organizations, such as metro nashville public schools, and community gardens. Our programming is fully integrated into the learning objectives for predominantly under-resourced prekindergarten and elementary aged students throughout davidson county, tennessee. We conduct site assessment 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 1,400 students at least once a week. During school year 2022-2023, plant the seed developed 32 unique lessons for the 4th grade garden education curriculum. Plant the seed also partnered with a local non-profit, friends of mill ridge park, to deliver 6 unique workshops for children with the community that we serve. Plant the seed also expanded the garden education spaces at 2 different sites.”

“Ppp funds received forgiven 0 adj due to data migration issues & endowment chg 0 chg due to data migration -202 total -202”