FRIENDS OF SIMSBURY FARMS INC
EIN 81-0846643 · Single Organization Support (W11)
What they do
FRIENDS of SIMSBURY FARMS, INC., is AN IRS APPROVED 501(C)(3) CHARITY THAT SUPPORTS THE TOWN of SIMSBURYS FARMS COMPLEX BY RAISING FUNDS for IMPROVEMENTS to THE FARMS COMPLEX THAT THE TOWN WOULD NOT FUND. THIS is DONE THROUGH FUNDRAISING and DONATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC IN FURTHERANCE of OUR MISSION STATEMENT. WE GENERALLY RAISE ABOUT $20,000 PER YEAR NET of EXPENSES. ALL PROJECTS NEED THE APPROVAL of THE TOWN of SIMSBURYS BOARD of SELECTMEN. ANY FUNDS NECESSARY to COMPLETE THE PROJECTS ARE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR CHARTIY to THE TOWN to PAY for THE APPROVED PROJECTS. ONE of THE TOWN OFFICIALS is ON OUR BOARD of DIRECTORS AS A LIASON to THE TOWN. ALL OTHER DIRECTORS ARE VOLUNTEERS.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2016
- Location
- PO BOX 992, SIMSBURY, CT 06070-7292
- County
- Hartford
- In care of
- % RONALD PATTERSON