ROOTS & DREAMS AND MUSTARD SEEDS INC
EIN 82-3012805 · Community Improvement & Capacity Building N.E.C. (S99)
What they do
Mission - Increasing Working Class Participation and Ownership of The Land, Natural Resources, Economy, Culture and Government! Roots & Dreams and Mustard Seeds Inc. Believes That Economic Participation and Ownership is Key to The Empowerment of Our Most Vulnerable Community Members. This Type of Participatory Cooperative Model Aspires to True Equity and Justice, Where Everyone Has A Voice In Their Work, Housing, Local, State and National Government and Can Easily Access Basic Needs That Extends to Social, Educational and Artistic Endeavors. Organized and Led By Members With Lived Experience of Poverty, Projects Include Co-op Business Development, Food Justice, Mutual Aid, Youth and Arts Programming, and A Community Owned Real-estate Project That Holds Our Community Center and Developing Cooperative Businesses.
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MICHAEL HITCHCOCKPRESIDENT, CO-DIRECTOR
NICOLE FECTEAUTREASURER, CO-DIRECTOR
MARIAM ORENGODIRECTOR, MERCADO DE VIDA WORKER, STIPEND
MARIA ELISA FULLERCO-OP BUSINESS DEVELOPER
LILLIAN VOLATCO-OP BUSINESS DEVELOPER
SUSAN PETROWSKIMERCADO DE VIDA VOLUNTEER
NAT ROMANOMERCADO DE VIDA VOLUNTEER
ISADORA AQUIYOUTH PROGRAM VOLUNTEER
ALISSA RUDNITSKIMADRE JARDIN VOLUNTEER
TERRY MOOREDIRECTOR
KIEL CHAVEZCO-OP DEVELOPMENTTRAINING STIPEND
ESTAFANIA ALEGRIACO-OP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING STIPEND
DANIEL VARELAPLUMBER
MARIA ARIASDIRECTOR, COMMUNITY CENTER HEALTH WORKER, ARTS PRO
CHRIS KOWALSKIPROBLEM GAMBLING TRAINING STIPEND
NATHALIA RODRIQUEZCO-OP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING STIPEND
FROZAN MONGALCO-OP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING STIPEND
SPOZMAI MANGALCO-OP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING STIPEND
ROCHELLY DEJESUSCO-OP DEVELOPMENT TRANING STIPEND
TYLER KIBBECO-OP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING STIPEND
RAE LANGSDALECLERK
PAVEL URANGODIRECTOR
ANAELISA JACOBSENDIRECTOR
AKIL VICKSDIRECTOR
ANTHONY BARNABAADVISORY BOARD DIRECTOR, ARCHITECT
TIM ODONELLDIRECTOR
JAVIER LUENGO-GARRIDODIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2018
- Location
- 164 SKYLINE TRL, HINSDALE, MA 01235-9504
- County
- Berkshire
- In care of
- % NICOLE FECTEAU
- Primary officer
- Nicole Fecteau, Treasurer
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2023
- Tax period began
- September 1, 2023
- Return type
- 990
- NTEE classification
- Community Improvement & Capacity Building N.E.C. (S99)
- IRS tax category
- Community Improvement & Capacity Building N.E.C.