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← GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,554,730
Total expenses
$4,910,338
Contributions and grants received
$4,201,567
Grants paid
$254,318
Program service revenue
$972,068
Investment income
$1,431,830
Other revenue
-$50,735
Total assets, end of year
$37,301,612
Total liabilities, end of year
$667,399
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$36,634,213
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,658,577
Management and general expenses
$690,411
Fundraising expenses
$561,350
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,658,577

Program services were 74.5% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $445,744

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $40,850

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,714,973

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $27,749

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BENEFITS/SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $717,487 · related or exempt $717,487

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OPEN DAYS PROGRAMS

    total $254,581 · related or exempt $254,581

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $757,144 · excluded $757,144

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $6,110,426

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

    securities $5,435,740

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $674,686

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $674,686 · excluded $674,686

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $38,200

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

    $40,850

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $91,498

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$53,298 · excluded -$53,298

  • 11a · Other revenue: MONITORING FEE

    total $1,996 · excluded $1,996

  • 11b · Other revenue: PUBLICATIONS

    total $567 · excluded $567

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,563

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $254,318 · program services $254,318

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $486,955 · program services $263,710 · management and general $123,626 · fundraising $99,619

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,213,477 · program services $920,645 · management and general $144,988 · fundraising $147,844

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $40,464 · program services $31,896 · management and general $4,104 · fundraising $4,464

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $213,400 · program services $167,845 · management and general $26,994 · fundraising $18,561

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $113,537 · program services $79,774 · management and general $17,437 · fundraising $16,326

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $37,289 · program services $29,051 · management and general $5,237 · fundraising $3,001

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $42,850 · management and general $42,850

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $81,458 · fundraising $81,458

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $155,756 · management and general $155,756

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,080,299 · program services $972,523 · management and general $59,622 · fundraising $48,154

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $30,009 · program services $23,349 · management and general $1,435 · fundraising $5,225

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $347,726 · program services $323,566 · management and general $4,475 · fundraising $19,685

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $64,283 · program services $55,405 · management and general $8,878

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,802 · program services $7,343 · management and general $8,235 · fundraising $1,224

  • 17 · Travel

    total $278,828 · program services $199,549 · management and general $29,974 · fundraising $49,305

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,920 · program services $4,870 · management and general $2,050

  • 20 · Interest

    total $6,516 · program services $4,990 · management and general $806 · fundraising $720

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $118,384 · program services $90,657 · management and general $14,642 · fundraising $13,085

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $30,033 · program services $19,407 · management and general $8,484 · fundraising $2,142

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEALS & CATERING

    total $188,744 · program services $167,741 · management and general $15,239 · fundraising $5,764

  • 24b · Other expenses: BENEFITS & EVENTS

    total $37,002 · program services $700 · fundraising $36,302

  • 24c · Other expenses: GIFTS

    total $27,802 · program services $20,398 · fundraising $7,404

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $18,787 · program services $15,052 · management and general $3,435 · fundraising $300

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $18,699 · program services $5,788 · management and general $12,144 · fundraising $767

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $308,057 · end of year $532,831

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,410,569 · end of year $2,670,206

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,923 · end of year $506,370

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $158,409 · end of year $219,656

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

    $250,681

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

    $230,007

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,433 · end of year $20,674

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $29,407,854 · end of year $33,109,256

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $77,633 · end of year $242,619

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $287,334 · end of year $342,405

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,000 · end of year $84,525

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $74,474 · end of year $240,469

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,914,320 · end of year $20,154,604

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,090,750 · end of year $16,479,609

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PRESERVE, SHARE, AND CELEBRATE AMERICA'S GARDENS AND DIVERSE GARDENING TRADITIONS FOR THE EDUCATION AND INSPIRATION OF THE PUBLIC.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRESERVE, SHARE, AND CELEBRATE AMERICA'S GARDENS AND DIVERSE GARDENING TRADITIONS.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $3,658,577 · Grants $254,318 · Revenue $972,068

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Terrence D Daniels

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Robert Balentine

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Coleman P Burke

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sharon Pryse

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mary Randolph Ballinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shelley Belling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Allison K Bourke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Camille Butrus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Barbara Whitney Carr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • J Barclay Collins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kate Cordsen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elizabeth Everdell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alease Fisher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lionel Goldfrank III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cathy Barancik Graham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan Zises Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kaye Heafey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Suzanne Kayne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Frederick A Landman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Benjamin F Lenhardt Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elizabeth Locke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joseph Marek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jean-Paul Montupet

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephen Orr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Katie Ridder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ann Copeland Rose

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jorge A Sanchez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christopher Spitzmiller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marshall Watson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dana Scott Westring

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Brayton Hall

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $284,626
    From this org
    $248,815
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,811
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,815
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,666
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,145
    Filer's total
    $284,626
  • Donna Mortensen

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $202,329
    From this org
    $171,536
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,793
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,536
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,748
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,045
    Filer's total
    $202,329
  • Pamela Governale

    DIRECTOR OF PRESERVATION

    Total calculated
    $134,997
    From this org
    $110,721
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,276
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bridget Connors

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $139,006
    From this org
    $113,563
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,443
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202421369349312692

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