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← ELIZABETH F GAMBLE GARDEN

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ELIZABETH F GAMBLE GARDEN.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,690,046
Total expenses
$1,357,920
Contributions and grants received
$1,989,103
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$210,563
Investment income
$328,091
Other revenue
$162,289
Total assets, end of year
$9,431,598
Total liabilities, end of year
$144,300
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,287,298
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$959,040
Management and general expenses
$233,390
Fundraising expenses
$165,490
Program service expenses (Part III)
$959,040

Program services were 70.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $346,125

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,642,978

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $60,334

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GARDEN FACILITIY USE

    total $210,563 · related or exempt $210,563

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $258,762 · excluded $258,762

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,324,974

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,255,645

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $69,329

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $69,329 · excluded $69,329

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $152,493

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $346,125

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $82,722

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $69,771 · excluded $69,771

  • 11a · Other revenue: ADMISSIONS

    total $92,518 · related or exempt $92,518

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $92,518

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $702,244 · program services $520,545 · management and general $91,881 · fundraising $89,818

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $45,257 · program services $30,680 · management and general $10,933 · fundraising $3,644

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $58,724 · program services $31,740 · management and general $19,981 · fundraising $7,003

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $27,445 · management and general $27,445

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $91,944 · program services $29,928 · management and general $43,989 · fundraising $18,027

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $39,281 · program services $14,926 · management and general $8,284 · fundraising $16,071

  • 17 · Travel

    total $34,886 · program services $24,772 · management and general $6,177 · fundraising $3,937

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $52,398 · program services $52,398

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,058 · program services $12,782 · management and general $2,457 · fundraising $819

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $141,421 · program services $141,393 · management and general $13 · fundraising $15

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $38,586 · program services $30,324 · management and general $2,878 · fundraising $5,384

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTLITIES

    total $32,149 · program services $32,149

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $23,874 · program services $14,051 · management and general $3,447 · fundraising $6,376

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $53,653 · program services $23,352 · management and general $15,905 · fundraising $14,396

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $358,682 · end of year $211,043

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,104 · end of year $9,776

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,211,677

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,652,174

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $451,815 · end of year $559,503

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,804,130 · end of year $8,651,276

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $38,783 · end of year $86,010

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $63,440 · end of year $58,290

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,343,730 · end of year $6,052,709

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,171,778 · end of year $3,234,589

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ELIZABETH F. GAMBLE GARDEN IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING A 1902 EDWARDIAN ESTATE AS AN OASIS OF BEAUTY AND TRANQUILITY, PROVIDING A COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION, ENJOYMENT AND INSPIRATION FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A COMMUNITY HORTICULTURAL RESOURCE OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATION.

  • GARDENS AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS - OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, PRESERVATION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE GARDENS AND BUILDINGS FOR THE PUBLIC'S USE AND ENJOYMENT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 365 DAYS A YEAR, AT NO CHARGE. AN ESTIMATED 23,000 PEOPLE VISIT THE GARDENS ANNUALLY. FORMAL GARDENS ALONG WITH WORKING BEDS USED FOR EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS AND DISPLAYS EDUCATE AND INFORM VISITORS ABOUT PLANTS AND PLANT CARE, AS WELL AS EFFICIENT WATER USAGE. THE 1902 EDWARDIAN ESTATE IS OPEN TO VISITORS AND ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE RENTALS.

    Expenses $479,520 · Revenue $151,540

  • EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS - A COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR ALL PUBLIC GARDENS AND GARDENERS: INCLUDING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, CLASSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND A HORTICULTURAL RESOURCE LIBRARY. HUNDREDS OF ADULTS RECEIVE EDUCATION ANNUALLY THROUGH CLASSES AND PROGRAMS. HUNDREDS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE EDUCATED THROUGH SPECIAL DOCENT LED CHILDREN'S TOURS AND OUR ROOTS & SHOOTS PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS ALSO INCLUDE PROPAGATION OF SEEDLINGS FOR NUMEROUS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND GARDENS.

    Expenses $479,520 · Revenue $151,541

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lena Dawson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robin Allen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patricia Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patricia Gregory

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Donna Sheridan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Judy Paris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carmen Pekelsma

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nancy Wong

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan Sweeney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan Woodman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julie Shinn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sherilyn Moody

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joan Zwiep

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Donna Bohling

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Colette Rudd

    VP PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karen Douglas

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susann Mirabella

    VP FUND DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510709349301521

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