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← ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$65,291,518
Total expenses
$37,697,449
Contributions and grants received
$33,792,285
Grants paid
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$29,219,663
Management and general expenses
$6,004,718
Fundraising expenses
$2,473,068
Program service expenses (Part III)
$29,219,663

Program services were 77.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • MARY PAT MATHESON

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $883,709
    From this org
    $821,059
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,650
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $492,516
    Bonus
    $319,963
    Other
    $8,580
    Deferred
    $51,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,009
    Filer's total
    $885,618

  • ART FIX

    COO

    Total calculated
    $359,832
    From this org
    $337,182
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,650
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $256,682
    Bonus
    $80,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,285
    Filer's total
    $364,017

  • MARSHALL NORWOOD

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $330,039
    From this org
    $285,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,839
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,200
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,846
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,958
    Filer's total
    $333,004

  • LESLIE MYERS

    VP DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $222,774
    From this org
    $207,263
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,511
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,996
    Bonus
    $47,267
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,411
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,120
    Filer's total
    $225,794

  • EMILY COFFEY

    VP, CONSERVATION

    Total calculated
    $208,602
    From this org
    $201,548
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,054
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,548
    Bonus
    $45,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,054
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,985
    Filer's total
    $210,587

  • JESSICA BOATRIGHT

    VP, MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $199,276
    From this org
    $192,537
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,739
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,537
    Bonus
    $42,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,739
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,125
    Filer's total
    $202,401

  • AMANDA BENNETT

    VP, HORTICULTURE & COLLECTIONS

    Total calculated
    $199,115
    From this org
    $182,999
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,116
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,999
    Bonus
    $42,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,578
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,212
    Filer's total
    $201,789

  • MARY HARRIEL

    VP, HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $197,244
    From this org
    $180,903
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,341
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,903
    Bonus
    $42,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,405
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,919
    Filer's total
    $200,227

  • MILDRED FOCKELE

    VP HORT/COL-GAINESVILLE

    Total calculated
    $187,564
    From this org
    $158,955
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,609
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,544
    Bonus
    $39,411
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,184
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,936
    Filer's total
    $190,075

  • JOHN H CRAWFORD IV

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER FLANAGAN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MASON W STEPHENSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID P POROCH

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL AUZENNE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELISSA BABB

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MOLLY BATTIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KRISTINE BROWN

    Trustee-LEGAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHARLES W CARY JR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL CHANIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIA W CROMARTIE

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERICA DECHICCHIS

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN M DYER

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEBORAH EDWARDS

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • H ALAN ELSAS

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PHILIP GREEN

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROYA IRVANI

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GENE KANSAS

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARA ISDELL LEE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA W LEVY

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JADE A LOGAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN NOYD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VICKI PALEFSKY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN PARKER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CODI PARTIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARC POLLACK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SYLVIA RUSSELL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROGER J SMITH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CAROL B TOM

    TRUSTEE-MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALLEN YEE

    TRUSTEE

    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 — 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

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN
THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN, INC PAID INTO A 457(B) plan FOR MARY PAT MATHESON IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,500 IN 2023.
NON-FIXED PAYMENTS OF COMPENSATION
IN 2023, $3,347 OF LIFE INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND $5,232 OF DISABILITY PREMIUMS WERE PAID AS PART OF MARY PAT MATHESON'S EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
IN ACCORDANCE WITH MARY PAT MATHESON'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN ACCUMULATED DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR HER IN THE AMOUNT OF $98,708, REPRESENTING HER PRIOR-YEAR BALANCE FORWARD, PLUS HER CONTRACTED AMOUNT OF $40,000 FOR 2023, LESS HER PAY OUT IN 2023 OF $73,274. PER HER CONTRACT, ENTITLEMENT TO THE DEFERRED COMPENSATION WOULD OCCUR AFTER A THREE-YEAR VESTING PERIOD IF SHE IS STILL EMPLOYED AT THE ORGANIZATION AND IF THE ORGANIZATION HAS NOT EXPERIENCED A CUMULATIVE OPERATING BUDGET DEFICIT OVER THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD. ENTITLEMENT TO ADDITIONAL DEFERRED COMPENSATION WOULD OCCUR AFTER AN ADDITIONAL TWO-YEAR VESTING PERIOD UNDER THE SAME EMPLOYMENT AND BUDGET CONDITIONS AND THEN THE TOTAL VESTED AMOUNT IS PAID OUT IN ONE SUM WITHIN 30 DAYS FOLLOWING THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY. CONSISTENT WITH THE AGREEMENT TERMS AND WORK PERFORMED. 2023 MARKED A PAYOUT YEAR (FOR 2018-2022) AND THEN A NEW VESTING PERIOD BEGINS.
OFFICER BONUSES
BONUSES FOR OFFICERS ARE BASED ON COMPANY PERFORMANCE AND/OR A PERCENTAGE OF SALARY. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPROVES BONUSES PAID TO THE PRESIDENT AND CEO. THE PRESIDENT AND CEO APPROVE THE BONUSES PAID TO THE OTHER OFFICERS.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403199349312620

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