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the project
Farm School NYC is a collective of farmers, gardeners, food justice advocates and activists offering NYC residents comprehensive training in urban agriculture.
Lily Kesselman Photography
Our Work
Since 2010, Farm School NYC has educated hundreds of adults through a 20-course, hands-on curriculum taught by experts in the field. Courses cover a wide range of topics from social justice issues, to urban planting techniques, to grassroots community organizing. Through engaging,
place-based education, our classes cultivate future leaders in NYC's food justice movement.
Our Challenge
Due to increasing demand on limited resources, Farm School NYC did not receive a renewal of the federal grant that funded more than 90% of our budget for our first three years. This as an opportunity to return to our grassroots beginnings, rethink an outmoded grant-heavy fundraising model and reconnect to our community. We need your help!
Tamara Bogolasky Photography
Your Role
We are launching a special campaign to raise $180,000 to support our work in 2015:
- holding 20 classes
- educating 200+ students
- supporting 15 skilled apprentices in urban farms across the city
- offering our city’s best farmers much-needed supplemental income by sharing their knowledge
Moreover, we will be overturning old models of organization and developing a plan to build a sustainable, community-supported school to serve our city for years to come.
Tuition income, grants, strategic partnerships and other efforts will help round out next year’s budget, but we need your help!
the steps
On December 3, 2014, Farm School NYC will begin the first course of its 2015 school year, Training of Trainers. Twenty courses -- from Food Justice to Botany, Irrigation to Propagation -- will soon follow, employing more than 20 expert urban farmers and educating 200+ students.
Lily Kesselman Photography
Our initial fundraising efforts on ioby will support:
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Teacher Compensation: Our sliding scale tuition makes classes accessible to all New Yorkers, and our teacher competitive compensation offers professional farmers much needed supplemental income. We need funds immediately to help us make up the gap.
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Administration: Our staff hires instructors, secures class space, registers and supports students, guides our 15 farm apprentices, and engages and serves the school's large community of alumni, committee members, volunteers and supporters.
- Strategic Planning: Our executive board of farmers and food justice activists needs support to create the more sustainable, less grant-dependent, community-supported Farm School NYC of the future.
why we're doing it
Lily Kesselman Photography
New York City is a place with growing wealth and health disparities, where access to healthy food is tenuous for many, and communities can be fractured by social, economic and racial injustice.
Urban farms provide a host of benefits--they increase access to healthy, affordable food in underserved neighborhoods; they help reduce crime and create safer, greener public spaces; they redirect rainwater to lessen the impact on our failing waste water management systems; they help rid city soils of pollutants through composting and remediation; they create job and entrepreneurship opportunities; they are cornerstones of vibrant, engaged communities. Farm School NYC is committed to offering comprehensive, professional training to educate the future leaders of our city’s farms and food-based initiatives.
Alumni have gone on to staff and lead agricultural projects throughout the city, state and beyond.
budget
DISBURSEMENT BUDGET (as of 11/2/15):
| RAISED = | $10,895.00 |
| ioby Platform Fee | $35.00 |
| Payment Processing Fee (3%) | $316.31 |
| TOTAL TO DISBURSE = | $10,543.69 |
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EXPENSE |
Amount |
IOBY Funds will reimburse us for: |
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Personnel + Faculty |
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Program Director (part-time + benefits) |
14,310 |
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Faculty |
32,000 |
10,000 |
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Strategic Planning Support |
10,000 |
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Equipment, Printing + Supplies |
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Course Supplies |
800 |
543.69 |
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Phone / Voicemail / Mobile |
720 |
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Additional Expenses (travel, space rental, etc.) |
2,170 |
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TOTAL 2015 BUDGET: |
60,000 |
10,543.69 |
REVISED BUDGET:
| SUBTOTAL = | 25000.00 |
| ioby Platform Fee | 35.00 |
| 3rd Party Payment Processing Fee (3%) | 750.00 |
| TOTAL TO RAISE = | 25785.00 |
ORIGINAL BUDGET:
2015 BUDGET
Personnel + Faculty
Program Director (full-time) 69,640
Program Assistant (full-time) 54,640
Faculty 46,690
Strategic Planning Support 10,000
Bookkeeper / Fiscal Sponsorship 14,080
Conferences + Meetings
Student Field Trips (2x year) 2,800
Conferences, Meetings and Travel 4,000
Equipment, Printing + Supplies
Computer equipment 2,100
Phone / Voicemail / Mobile 3,360
Class supplies and materials 4,540
Ofiice supplies and materials 4,600
Space Rental
Office Rental 15,600
Indoor Classroom Rentals 6,000
Garden Classroom Rentals 11,950
TOTAL 2015 BUDGET: 250,000
IN-KIND / PLEDGED TO DATE
Projected Tuition Income (38,716)
In-Kind Office Space (15,600)
In-Kind Garden Classroom Space (11,950)
PLEDGED TO DATE: (66,266)
2015 FUNDRAISING GOAL: 183,734
| SUBTOTAL = | 183734.00 |
| ioby Platform Fee | 35.00 |
| 3rd Party Payment Processing Fee (3%) | 5512.02 |
| TOTAL TO RAISE = | 189281.02 |
updates
Double Your Gift to Farm School NYC!
Posted 12/02/2014 - 1:59pm
It's #GivingTuesday so double your gift to Farm School NYC!
Buy your $10 Groupons here, then apply its $20 value to Farm School here.
(You can buy up to 10 Groupons, and each one will be matched dollar for dollar!)
It's easy!
- Click on the Groupon link and purchase giving codes for $10 each, you can purchase up to 10 for $100 total which is worth $200 to Farm School NYC!
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Make your gift. Go to https://ioby.org/project/save-
farm-school-nyc and click "Donate to this Project!" Each giving code that you purchased from Groupon is worth $20. You can choose to give as much as you'd like, but each code must be entered as a separate donation. - Look over your Donation Cart and hit "Checkout."
- Redeem your code. On the Checkout page, enter your giving code and click "continue to next step." If you entered your giving code correctly, you should see $20 applied to your donation. Continue checking out and thank you for your support!
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Conversation
12/02/2014 - 12:51pm farmschoolnyc project leader
12/02/2014 - 4:27pm SustyQ