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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN.

Totals

Total revenue
$29,167,793
Total expenses
$14,417,543
Contributions and grants received
$19,675,335
Grants paid
$37,000
Program service revenue
$6,091,474
Investment income
$2,599,535
Other revenue
$801,449
Total assets, end of year
$98,830,821
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,778,468
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$97,052,353
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,981,291
Management and general expenses
$1,689,125
Fundraising expenses
$747,127
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,981,291

Program services were 83.1% 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

    $506,986

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $92,780

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,025,281

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $18,050,288

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,005,538

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL TOURS

    total $3,979,264 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ALLERTON GARDEN REIMB & MGMT FEES

    total $1,367,310 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: GOVERNMENT & OTHER CONTRACTS

    total $744,900 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,205,166 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,205,166

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $314,545

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $102,208

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $212,337

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $212,337 · related or exempt $5,160 · excluded $207,177

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $12,609,788

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

    securities $11,215,419

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,394,369

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,394,369 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,394,369

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $126,256

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

    $92,780

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $134,964

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$8,708 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$8,708

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $775,068

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $345,029

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $430,039 · excluded $430,039

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $167,781 · related or exempt $58,994 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $108,787

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $167,781

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $37,000 · program services $37,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $328,921 · program services $115,062 · management and general $128,789 · fundraising $85,070

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,256,184 · program services $5,366,540 · management and general $485,442 · fundraising $404,202

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $183,191 · program services $148,924 · management and general $21,196 · fundraising $13,071

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,486,451 · program services $1,282,129 · management and general $109,621 · fundraising $94,701

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $541,650 · program services $440,386 · management and general $66,425 · fundraising $34,839

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,778 · program services $0 · management and general $9,778 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $156,217 · program services $0 · management and general $156,217 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $234,579 · program services $0 · management and general $234,579 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $624,899 · program services $621,256 · management and general $3,643 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $242,209 · program services $241,837 · management and general $0 · fundraising $372

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $360,242 · program services $254,972 · management and general $65,348 · fundraising $39,922

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $155,215 · program services $49,842 · management and general $73,703 · fundraising $31,670

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $582,842 · program services $553,526 · management and general $26,044 · fundraising $3,272

  • 17 · Travel

    total $342,642 · program services $229,238 · management and general $105,890 · fundraising $7,514

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $142,669 · program services $112,392 · management and general $18,466 · fundraising $11,811

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,989 · program services $858 · management and general $5,131 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,310,037 · program services $1,308,059 · management and general $1,978 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $442,429 · program services $271,356 · management and general $157,418 · fundraising $13,655

  • 24a · Other expenses: HORTICULTURE & GROUNDS SUPPLIES

    total $220,112 · program services $220,112 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $221,496 · program services $202,841 · management and general $18,634 · fundraising $21

  • 24c · Other expenses: TOUR FOOD, SUPPLIES, INTERPRETATION, BUS GAS

    total $459,732 · program services $459,732 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAMS & EVENTS

    total $60,344 · program services $53,689 · management and general $823 · fundraising $5,832

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $12,715 · program services $11,540 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,175

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $766,725 · end of year $600,070

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,140,939 · end of year $5,361,315

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,329,734 · end of year $1,505,313

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $151,011 · end of year $244,700

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $217,018 · end of year $170,658

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $389,627 · end of year $440,702

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

    $62,999,916

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

    $27,650,684

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $34,773,829 · end of year $35,349,232

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $26,939,369 · end of year $41,715,066

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $1,335,000 · end of year $1,335,000

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $980,000 · end of year $980,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,917,990 · end of year $11,128,765

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,169,605 · end of year $1,088,857

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $270,227 · end of year $388,017

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $324,287 · end of year $301,594

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $35,385,430 · end of year $36,252,014

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $44,791,693 · end of year $60,800,339

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ENRICH LIFE BY PERPETUATING TROPICAL PLANTS, ECOSYSTEMS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH DISCOVERY, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, CONSERVATION, AND EDUCATION.

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

    Expenses $5,754,435 · Revenue $2,358,280

  • SCIENCE & CONSERVATION: THIS PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON PROTECTING & CONSERVING TROPICAL PLANTS. OUR FIELD BOTANISTS SURVEY MANY AREAS IN HAWAII TO ASSESS THREATS TO NATIVE SPECIES & COLLECT SEEDS & CUTTINGS FOR PROPOGATION, & ARE EITHER OUTPLANTED,PRESERVED IN THE HERBARIUM OR PLACED IN SEED STORAGE. NTBGS SEED BANK CONTAINS MORE THAN 18.5 MILLION SEEDS OF MORE THAN 943 TAXA. THE BOTANICAL RESEARCH CENTER IS THE HOME FOR THE GARDENS HERBARIUM, SEED BANK & A RARE BOOK LIBRARY THAT IS TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY CONTROLLED & HOLDS OVER 1,200 VOLUMES OF BOOKS-SOME THAT DATE BACK TO THE 1500S. THESE COLLECTIONS ARE CRUCIAL FOR OUR RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THE GARDENS BREADFRUIT INSTITUTE MANAGES THE LARGEST & MOST DIVERSE COLLECTION OF BREADFRUIT SPECIES & VARIETIES IN THE WORLD, WITH OVER 120 VARIETIES CONSERVED IN FIELD GENE BANKS. THE INSTITUTE PROMOTES THE CONSERVATION & USE OF BREADFRUIT FOR FOOD SECURITY, AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. NTBG IS ALSO A COLLABORATIVE PARTNER WITH FIU IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL BOTANY IN FLORIDA. THE CENTER IS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE & BRING TOGETHER BOTANISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE.

    Expenses $3,124,036 · Revenue $2,360,595

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

    Expenses $3,102,820 · Grants $37,000 · Revenue $5,130,335

As filed on the 2024 return. 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

  • Devon Angelini

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gordon L Deane

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jan D Elliott

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harriet Fraunfelter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adaline H Frelinghuysen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter C Gardner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emerson Knowles

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Linford L Loughheed

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Merrill L Magowan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Rae

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John H Rashford PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katherine G Richardson

    SENIOR VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cynthia Salley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia W Sheehan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anita Seipp

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Catherine Topham

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert D Weist

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas D Hewitt

    PRIOR CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael N Rosenberg DDS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne G Earhart

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth E Matthews

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carol Dickinson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phyliss Evans Swindells

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sam 'Ohu Gon III PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Christopher D Turner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janet L Mayfield

    CEO & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $192,846
    From this org
    $173,319
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,527
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,319
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,992
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,535
    Filer's total
    $192,846

  • Tamara A Rollins

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $136,074
    From this org
    $130,590
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,484
    Hours/week
    60

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

None.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Pt I Line 3
THE GARDEN HAS A CEO COMPENSATION COMMITTEE THAT IS COMPRISED OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND OTHER APPOINTED TRUSTEES. THE COMMITTEE MEETS ANNUALLY AND REVIEWS CEO COMPENSATION STATISTICS OF SIMILAR BOTANICAL GARDENS AND OTHER DATA TO DETERMINE THE ANNUAL SALARY AND BENEFIT PACKAGE (INITIALLY) AND ANY INCREASES TO IT (OTHER THAN ANNUAL BUDGETED COST OF LIVING INCREASE)BASED ON PERFORMANCE.

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

  • FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

    $7,000

    SUPPORT OF HIGHSCHOOL INTERN PROGRAM

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513119349303576

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