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Rewild Long Island Inc
Port Washington, NY · EIN 842683325 · Form 990 · FY2024 · NTEE C99 · Environment · Small ($100K-$1M) · rewildlongisland.org
revenue
$221K
expenses
$216K
net assets
$109K
employees
2
volunteers
160
program ratio
78%
mission · from form 990

ReWild Long Island is dedicated to collaborating with local communities across Long Island to protect and improve the biodiversity, resilience and health of regional ecosystems. This is achieved by adopting sustainable landscaping practices centered on the use of native plants.

profile · synthesized from sources

ReWild Long Island Inc collaborates with local communities across Long Island to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem health through native plant gardening and sustainable landscaping practices. The organization runs educational programs, provides community garden grants, and promotes ecological restoration initiatives. Its work focuses on empowering residents, schools, and community groups to create resilient native habitats.

irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2024

What they reported doing

  1. #1 primary $25K
    Summer program - For High School students to be immersed in ecological restoration, gardening and environmental education
  2. #2 $20K
    Outreach - ReWild Talks bring experts and community members together to explore native gardening, conservation and sustainable practices for a thriving ecosystem
named programs · 4 · from sources

What they call their work

Community Gardens Program
Provides grants, native plants, garden design, installation support, and training to community groups, schools, and organizations to establish native plant gardens across Long Island.
Monthly CROWN Calendar
Provides monthly guidance on sustainable practices—Composting, Recycling, Organic Gardening, Watering Wisely, and Nurturing Natives—to help residents rewild their spaces.
ReWild Summer Program
Environmental education and internship program for high school students focused on ecological restoration, gardening, and climate action.
Sustainable Garden Design Virtual Workshop
Seven-week online course teaching community partners how to design and maintain native plant gardens using sustainable landscaping practices.
activities · 8 groups

What they do

  • Horticultural Education and Community Gardening 5 activities
    • Conducting sustainable garden tours and educational walks
      Offers garden tours and educational walks to demonstrate pollinator-friendly and low-maintenance landscaping practices and engage the community in rewilding efforts.
    • Hosting ReWild Talks
      Convenes experts and community members through in-person and virtual events to discuss native gardening, conservation, and sustainable practices.
    • Offering garden design workshops
      Provides hands-on garden design workshops, both in-person and online, to teach participants how to create wildlife-friendly landscapes using native plants and ecological principles, including a 7-week workshop for community garden recipients and home gardeners.
    • Operating native plant sales
      Hosts plant sales featuring native plants to support pollinators, restore local ecosystems, and promote sustainable landscaping, with preferential access offered to qualifying volunteers.
    • Providing bilingual educational guides on native seed starting
      Offers bilingual (English and Spanish) family-friendly guides and compiles expert resources on starting and growing native seeds to support pollinator gardens and community education.
  • Ecological Habitat Restoration 2 activities
    • Implementing the Native to Long Island labeling program
      Runs the Native to Long Island labeling program to help gardeners and sellers identify and select native plants that support local wildlife and ecological restoration.
    • Restoring and maintaining demonstration gardens
      Restores and maintains demonstration gardens such as Matthew’s Garden by removing invasive species, applying compost, planting native species, installing irrigation, and creating pollinator habitats to model sustainable gardening for small urban plots.
  • Environmental Conservation Grantmaking 1 activity
    • Awarding grants to establish native plant community gardens
      Funds community groups to transform public spaces into native plant gardens, providing professional design support, free native plants, irrigation systems, educational signage, maintenance assistance, and training, with grantees required to host education events and maintain gardens for at least two years.
  • Community Composting & Organic Waste Diversion 1 activity
    • Operating a compost project
      Manages a composting initiative that collects food scraps and converts them into nutrient-rich soil to support local ecosystems, while providing resources on composting and town compost bin and rain barrel sales.
  • Onsite & Outreach Environmental Education Programs 1 activity
    • Operating a summer program for high school students
      Immerses high school students in ecological restoration, gardening, and environmental education through a summer program with projects across the South Fork region, including rolling admissions and short-term participation opportunities.
  • Community-Based Urban Agriculture 1 activity
    • Operating community gardens and providing food to neighbors in need
      Establishes and maintains community gardens that promote biodiversity, food production, and native plant habitats, while distributing organic vegetables to neighbors in need.
  • Climate Change Public Awareness & Advocacy 1 activity
    • Producing educational video content on eco-friendly practices
      Creates and shares educational videos on sustainable practices such as eco-friendly mosquito control, including identifying standing water sources and using mosquito dunks.
  • Uncategorized 1 activity
    • Producing a monthly rewilding calendar
      Produces a monthly calendar with tips and suggestions for rewilding activities, compiled by a volunteer team and enhanced with community-submitted recommendations, observations, and photos.
financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$221K
Contributions & grants$212K96%
Program service revenue$8K4%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$216K
Program expenses78%
Admin / overhead3%
Fundraising18%
Salaries & benefits$82K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$110K
Cash$110K
Investments$0
Liabilities$596
Net assets$109K
Liquid reserves6.1 mo
4 years on record · 2021–2024 · YoY revenue +117.3%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024

Who runs it

paid leadership · 1
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
Kimberly Simmen Director 10 $6K
board members · 4
  • Gloria Frazee — Director
  • Leonard Green — Director
  • Nancy Depas Reinertsen — Director
  • Nancy Erber — Director
relationships · 50

Who they work with

  • Accounts & Bookkeeping Committee Network — Internal committee supporting organizational administration through volunteer contributions.
  • Bee Safe Mosquito Control Partner — Collaborates with Bee Safe Mosquito Control to share expertise on no-spray mosquito control methods.
  • Calendar Committee Network — Internal committee supporting event coordination through volunteer contributions.
  • Community Chest of Port Washington Funder — Grant funder supporting the Community Garden Grants program
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension Partner — References collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension in promoting the Town of Hempstead’s compost bin and rain barrel sale
  • Dana Lester Partner — Matthew Lester’s mother, collaborates with ReWild Long Island on garden workshops and events.
  • East Hampton Historical Farm Museum Partner — Hosts Matthew’s Garden on its property and collaborates on its maintenance and programming.
  • Floyd Memorial Library Partner — Partnering with ReWild to expand its pollinator garden with native plants and berry-producing shrubs for ecological and educational purposes.
  • Grants Committee Network — Internal committee supporting grant-related work through volunteer contributions.
  • LINPI Partner — Collaborates with LINPI for expertise on native plant propagation and seed use.
  • Liberty Utilities Funder — Utility company providing grant funding
  • Local TV, Inc. / LTV East Hampton Partner — Partnering with ReWild to enhance biodiversity around its office with a native pollinator garden in a pine forest setting.
  • Long Island Regional Planning Council Partner — Collaborates by referencing and directing to the Long Island Garden Rewards Program administered by LIRPC
  • Long Island Sound Study (LISS) Sustainable and Resilient Communities Extension Funder — Grant funder supporting the Community Garden Grants program
  • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Funder — Grant funder supporting the Community Garden Grants program
  • National Grid Funder — Utility company providing grant funding
  • Native to Long Island Partner — Collaborative labeling program with gardeners and plant sellers to promote native plant use.
  • New York Pollinator Conservation Fund Funder — Grant funder supporting the Community Garden Grants program
  • New York State Government — State-level government entity providing grant funding
  • New York State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages Government — State legislative representative providing grant funding
  • North Fork Environmental Council Partner — Long-time ally collaborating with ReWild to showcase a native plant garden in front of the NFEC office for community education.
  • Office of the New York State Attorney General Government — Government office providing grant funding
  • Peconic Estuary Partnership Partner — References and directs to the PEP Homeowner Rewards Program for residents in the Peconic Estuary watershed
  • ReWild / Cow Neck Chapter Network — Local chapter organizing volunteer activities and tracking hours for the ReWild Long Island network.
  • ReWild / Mid-Suffolk Chapter Network — Local chapter organizing volunteer activities and tracking hours for the ReWild Long Island network.
  • ReWild / North Fork Chapter Network — Local chapter organizing volunteer activities and tracking hours for the ReWild Long Island network.
  • ReWild / South Fork Chapter Network — Local chapter organizing volunteer activities and tracking hours for the ReWild Long Island network.
  • ReWild / South Nassau Chapter Network — Local chapter organizing volunteer activities and tracking hours for the ReWild Long Island network.
  • ReWild Calendar team Partner — Volunteer team that compiles monthly tips and suggestions for the ReWild Long Island calendar
  • ReWild Community Gardens Network — Network of 74 community gardens supported through ReWild Long Island's grant program.
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strategies · 3

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Collective Small Actions with CROWN Framework
    methodology: collective-small-actions
    By guiding individuals to adopt five integrated sustainable practices—Composting, Recycling, Organic Gardening, Watering Wisely, and Nurturing Natives—we drive cumulative environmental change because small, coordinated actions across many households produce measurable ecological impact at scale.
  • Community-Driven Education and Knowledge Sharing
    methodology: community-driven_education
    By using volunteer-driven, research-based content and living classrooms, we foster collective learning and behavior change because peer-created educational materials and intergenerational engagement increase trust, adoption, and long-term participation in rewilding.
  • Community-Led Ecological Restoration
    methodology: community-led_ecological_restoration
    By empowering residents to replace chemical-intensive lawns with native plants, organic gardening, and composting, we improve local ecosystems and build community resilience because local ownership increases stewardship and long-term sustainability of rewilding efforts.