Programs

  • Urban Farming and Youth Education Initiative

    FREEDOM FARMS CONDUCTED AN RFP THAT RESULTED IN A COHORT OF 13 GRANTEE ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING $780,000 IN FUNDING TO ESTABLISH AND EXPAND URBAN FARMS; LAUNCHED A PILOT YOUTHBUILD GROWERS PROGRAM TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT GARDENING AND THE OUTDOORS; INVESTED IN DEVELOPMENT OF A GROCERY STORE IN THE HISTORICAL AND FOOD INSECURE NEIGHBORHOOD OF LEIMERT PARK, SET TO OPEN NOVEMBER 2024.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $1.3M

  • Project Jubilee Workforce Development

    PROJECT JUBILEE CONDUCTED A SECOND COHORT OF PAID WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WELLNESS SUPPORT WITH 30 TRANSITION AGED YOUTH WHO TRAINED IN THE FIELDS OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, URBAN FARMING, OR FOOD SERVICE/BARISTA, AND RESULTED IN AN IMPRESSIVE 92% GRADUATION RATE.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $350.6K

  • Read Lead Freedom Schools Program

    READ LEAD FREEDOM SCHOOLS CONDUCTED A THIRD YEAR OF FREE SUMMER LITERACY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING SERVING 30 K-8 STUDENTS, AND EXPANDED PROGRAM TO YEAR-ROUND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING TO SUPPORT 100 K-8 STUDENTS STUDENTS.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $470.3K