2011-11-14T10:33:43-08:00 2010-12-31 Macdonald Page & Co LLC 30 Long Creek Dr South Portland ME 04106 990 2010-01-01 043607322 Cultivating Community CULT 2077614769 PO Box 3792 Portland ME 04104 Craig Lapine 2011-11-14 Peter Montano 2077745701 2010 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z 649473 false false X www.cultivatingcommunity.org X 2001 ME To strengthen communities by growing food, preparing youth leaders and new farmers, and promoting social and environmental justice. 11 10 65 510 0 219386 96331 14084 534255 11 76 13618 10637 247099 641299 0 0 205536 365146 0 2536 78876 248056 284412 613202 -37313 28097 17955 64354 46513 64460 -28558 -106 To strengthen communities by growing food, preparing youth leaders and new farmers, and promoting social and environmental justice. false false 544288 535560 Cultivating Community's work is focused by critical questions in three areas:* Community food security: How can we ensure that everyone has access to the best diet-local, sustainably produced food-regardless of location or income?* Community empowerment: How can we ensure that all community members-especially historically marginalized community members such as immigrants and youth-have the tools to improve their own lives and the greater community?* Community sustainability: How can we model and foster ways of living that will sustain us while allowing future generations to flourish? Sustainable agriculture is the engine that drives how we address these three questions. Our community food work includes growing produce and making it available to low-income consumers through free and reduced price CSA shares and through the emergency food system. We also convene farm stands and support farmers markets in low-income neighborhoods where customers can leverage their Federal nutrition benefits including SNAP (formerly Food Stamps), WIC, and SFMVP (Senior Farm Share in Maine). Our community empowerment work encompasses a refugee farmer training program that helps immigrant families move closer to self-sufficiency through training and farm enterprise development. Our growing season youth programs-Youth Growers, GROW Interns, Culinary Crew, and more-apply a food system lens to helping youth develop their skills as workers, citizens, leaders, and stewards. And our many school partnerships support teachers and students who see food and farm work as a way to develop skills in leadership and stewardship. Our community sustainability work encompasses the fact that we grow right where people live and eat, using only sustainable-and, wherever possible, certified organic-practices. 544288 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false true 15 0 true 65 true false false false false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false false X 11 10 false false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false ME X Craig Lapine 2077614769 PO Box 3792 Portland ME 04104 Ted Spitzer 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Sarah Bullett 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Pious Ali 1.00 X 0 0 0 Penny Jordan 1.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Stoddard 1.00 X 0 0 0 Linden Thigpen 1.00 X 0 0 0 Leslie Oster 1.00 X 0 0 0 Elena Schmidt 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Craig Lapine 40.00 X X 60143 0 10678 Amy Bruning 1.00 X 0 0 0 Amanda Beal 1.00 X 0 0 0 60143 10678 0 false false false 0 96331 96331 Fees & Contracts Gov Agencies 522546 522546 Farmer's Mkt - Earned Inc 11709 11709 534255 76 76 0 0 0 0 17506 8174 9332 9332 0 0 Other Income 1305 1305 1305 641299 535560 9408 0 0 0 0 70821 70821 0 245946 236914 9032 0 23615 20238 3377 24764 4847 19917 0 0 12126 4456 7670 0 0 0 122784 110699 12085 3220 2380 840 0 0 0 12252 9591 2661 13190 12180 1000 10 0 379 62 317 0 0 0 2828 726 2102 youth program 4828 4828 vehicle expenses 10639 9012 1627 training/workshop supplies 5395 5243 152 Professional Development 5595 5195 400 garden & farm expenses 35625 35611 14 19195 11485 5184 2526 613202 544288 66378 2536 4755 43192 16 58 0 5514 7122 0 0 0 0 0 15095 3744 5917 11351 1753 2631 0 0 0 0 17955 64354 12968 29280 33545 35180 46513 64460 X -28558 -106 -28558 -106 17955 64354 X 28097 355 X false false false false false X 163696 230850 117824 219386 96331 828087 271 1816 4895 14084 525697 546763 0 0 0 163967 232666 122719 233470 622028 1374850 0 48411 23798 72209 48411 23798 72209 1302641 5 4 18 11 76 114 0 5 4 18 11 76 114 0 1305 1305 163972 232670 122737 233481 623409 1376269 0.94650 0.94780 0.00010 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 9351 9351 5744 3744 2000 11351 Fiscal Sponsorships 16530 Farmers Markets Liability 18650 35180 Part XI, Line 8 Part XI, Line 8: Other Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances opening bal equity $ -0 X false Fundraisers 17506 17506 8174 17506 17506 8174 8174 9332 Market Ventures Inc BOD member 15087 wrote a business plan false The Treasurer of the Board is the President of Market Ventures, Inc. Cultivating Community hired them to write a business plan and incurred an expense of $15,087 in the year 2010. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available available upon request Form 990, Part VI, Line 11 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: Form 990 Review Process Form 990 tax return is thoroughly reviewed by the Executive Director and the Treasurer of the Board of Directors before it is filed.