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← ASHEVILLE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ASHEVILLE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$854,041
Total expenses
$571,298
Contributions and grants received
$662,180
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$32,196
Investment income
$57,247
Other revenue
$102,418
Total assets, end of year
$3,189,377
Total liabilities, end of year
$32,619
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,156,758
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$439,970
Management and general expenses
$55,324
Fundraising expenses
$76,004
Program service expenses (Part III)
$439,970

Program services were 77.0% 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

    $38,502

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $194,158

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $429,520

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,195

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION REGISTRATIONS

    total $19,151 · excluded $19,151

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WEDDINGS

    total $7,175 · excluded $7,175

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MEETINGS

    total $5,870 · excluded $5,870

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $72,854 · excluded $72,854

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

    other assets $15,607

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$15,607

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$15,607 · related or exempt -$15,607

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $192,186

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $96,992

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $95,194 · excluded $95,194

  • 11a · Other revenue: HELENE INSURANCE PROCEEDS

    total $7,224 · excluded $7,224

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,224

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $238,915 · program services $162,975 · management and general $14,008 · fundraising $61,932

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $23,196 · program services $17,561 · management and general $1,435 · fundraising $4,200

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,650 · program services $12,736 · management and general $1,089 · fundraising $4,825

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $2,750 · management and general $2,750

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $563 · management and general $563

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,808 · management and general $10,808

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $12,253 · management and general $12,253

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,226 · management and general $2,226

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,788 · program services $19,911 · management and general $3,877

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,094 · management and general $5,047 · fundraising $5,047

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $31,375 · program services $31,375

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,537 · program services $1,269 · management and general $1,268

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $36,359 · program services $36,359

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,082 · program services $11,082

  • 24a · Other expenses: GARDEN PROGRAMS & MAINT

    total $136,256 · program services $136,256

  • 24b · Other expenses: COGS

    total $10,446 · program services $10,446

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $167,264 · end of year $125,317

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $75,000 · end of year $75,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $31,221 · end of year $31,318

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

    $1,350,510

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

    $507,591

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $669,322 · end of year $842,919

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,478,155 · end of year $1,803,751

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $276,873 · end of year $307,828

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,037 · end of year $3,244

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,539 · end of year $22,819

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $9,800

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,521,490 · end of year $1,808,028

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,153,843 · end of year $1,348,730

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROMOTE AND SHOWCASE THE VALUE OF DIVERSITY OF PLANTS NATIVE TO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION BY SERVING AS AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE AND URBAN DESTINATION FOR NATURE STUDY AND ENJOYMENT.

  • CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PUBLIC GARDEN DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY OF PLANTS AND HABITATS NATIVE TO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS FOR THE ENJOYMENT, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH OF THE PUBLIC AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES, GARDEN RENOVATIONS AND HELENE RECOVERY WERE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE GARDEN IN 2025. ASHEVILLE BOTANICAL GARDEN IS VISITED BY OVER 60,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR WITH NO ADMISSION CHARGE.

    Expenses $303,714 · Revenue $32,196

  • ASHEVILLE BOTANICAL GARDEN INCREASED EDUCATIONAL CLASSES ON NATIVE PLANTS, ECOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS, OFFERED GARDEN TOURS FOR GROUPS, AND PROVIDED CHILDRENS ACTIVITY BOOKLETS TO TEACH KIDS ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD.

    Expenses $136,256

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bernard Arghiere

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Deborah Breck

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Dr David Clarke

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristy Ferrin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Bill Jones

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Kauffman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Cherie Morris

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Steve Norman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Collin Perry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diane Puckett

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Elaine Smyth

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Matt Sprouse

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Phyllis Stiles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Gwen Wisler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Suzanne Wodek

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2025
Filed
4 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202601259349302670

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