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← MENDOCINO COAST BOTANICAL GARDENS CORPORATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MENDOCINO COAST BOTANICAL GARDENS CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,217,218
Total expenses
$2,099,137
Contributions and grants received
$489,129
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,598,059
Investment income
$50,121
Other revenue
$79,909
Total assets, end of year
$2,763,180
Total liabilities, end of year
$352,546
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,410,634
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,861,101
Management and general expenses
$210,210
Fundraising expenses
$27,826
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,861,101

Program services were 88.7% 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

    $244,173

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $25,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $219,956

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $62,850

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Garden Admissions

    total $983,323 · related or exempt $983,323

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Workshops

    total $7,211 · related or exempt $7,211

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Special Events Revenue

    total $178,035 · related or exempt $178,035

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Nursery revenue

    total $97,806 · related or exempt $97,806

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Store revenue

    total $169,166 · related or exempt $169,166

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $162,518 · related or exempt $162,518

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $50,121 · related or exempt $50,121

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other revenue

    total $41,409 · related or exempt $41,409

  • 11b · Other revenue: Rental venue

    total $38,500 · related or exempt $38,500

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $79,909

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,061,541 · program services $949,556 · management and general $97,735 · fundraising $14,250

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $134,915 · program services $126,989 · management and general $7,654 · fundraising $272

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $105,887 · program services $98,050 · management and general $6,722 · fundraising $1,115

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $13,325 · management and general $13,325

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,620 · management and general $3,620

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $41,956 · program services $39,347 · management and general $2,609

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $54,928 · program services $52,721 · management and general $2,207

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,536 · program services $16,323 · management and general $3,213

  • 20 · Interest

    total $24,530 · program services $33 · management and general $24,497

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $70,830 · program services $70,324 · management and general $506

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $32,700 · program services $23,140 · management and general $7,908 · fundraising $1,652

  • 24a · Other expenses: Credit Card Fees

    total $59,998 · program services $57,210 · fundraising $2,788

  • 24b · Other expenses: Event Expenses

    total $76,947 · program services $76,947

  • 24c · Other expenses: Supplies and Materials

    total $145,244 · program services $144,073 · management and general $732 · fundraising $439

  • 24d · Other expenses: Utilities

    total $46,654 · program services $40,119 · management and general $6,387 · fundraising $148

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $206,526 · program services $166,269 · management and general $33,095 · fundraising $7,162

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,154 · end of year $4,250

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,584,893 · end of year $1,781,326

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $604

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $88,142 · end of year $108,058

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $22,318 · end of year $30,815

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

    $1,477,605

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

    $943,481

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $531,809 · end of year $534,124

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $263,878 · end of year $304,607

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $137,079 · end of year $194,530

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $93,837 · end of year $126,766

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $17,327 · end of year $31,250

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,177,911 · end of year $2,326,676

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $69,644 · end of year $83,958

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AS A NONPROFIT BOTANICAL GARDEN, OUR MISSION IS TO ENGAGE AND ENRICH LIVES BY DISPLAYING AND CONSERVING PLANTS IN HARMONY WITH OUR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND TO PRESERVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE COAST.

  • GENERAL ADMISSION FEES TO THE GARDENS REPRESENT MUCH OF THE ANNUALREVENUE FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. THE GARDENS ALSO HAVE VARIOUSMEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING MOREINVOLVED WITH THE ORGANIZATION. MEMBERSHIPS ARE FOR AN ANNUAL TERM ANDARE RECORDED ON THE ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING. UNDER THIS METHOD OF ACCOUNTING REVENUE IS RECOGNIZED OVER THE TERM OF THE MEMBERSHIP.THE GARDENS PROVIDES FOR A RETAIL STORE, NURSERY AND CAFE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO VISITORS.THE GARDENS ALSO OFFERS MANY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES INCLUDING EVENTS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS FREE ACCESS CLASSES TO SCHOOL CHILDREN,SCOOTERS FOR THE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED. IT ALSO SPONSORS WORKSHOPS ANDMAINTAINS TRAILS. THE GARDENS PROVIDES FOR A RETAIL STORE, NURSERY AND CAFE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO VISITORS THE GARDENS ALSO OFFERS MANY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES INCLUDING EVENTS ANDEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS FREE ACCESS CLASSES TO SCHOOL CHILDREN,SCOOTERS FOR THE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED. IT ALSO SPONSORS WORKSHOPS ANDMAINTAINS TRAILS.

    Expenses $1,861,101 · Revenue $1,893,467

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Molly Barker

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $96,372
    From this org
    $96,372
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Susan Cimmiyotti

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jill Surdzial

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jean Mann

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jeanine Nadel

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Howard Pollack

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Liz OHara

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Barbara Burkey

    MCRPD Representative

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Lisa McCormack

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Keith Stiver

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Barbara Scott

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Tracy Barrett

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Tim Gage

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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
14 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520509349300632

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