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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,723,153
Total expenses
$5,415,240
Contributions and grants received
$3,528,857
Grants paid
$15,040
Program service revenue
$3,911
Investment income
$2,190,385
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$31,503,822
Total liabilities, end of year
$277,385
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$31,226,437
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,523,853
Management and general expenses
$293,257
Fundraising expenses
$598,130
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,523,853

Program services were 83.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $326,995

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $57,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,144,362

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $10,259

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BREWER PLAZA VENDORS

    total $3,911 · related or exempt $3,911

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $730,333 · excluded $730,333

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,891,441 · other assets $604,167

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

    securities $3,004,920 · other assets $30,636

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $886,521 · other assets $573,531

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,460,052 · excluded $1,460,052

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $208,661

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

    $326,995

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $208,661

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $15,040 · program services $15,040

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $961,566 · program services $473,475 · management and general $168,851 · fundraising $319,240

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $101,846 · program services $50,149 · management and general $17,884 · fundraising $33,813

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $78,144 · program services $38,479 · management and general $13,722 · fundraising $25,943

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,649 · program services $5,736 · management and general $2,046 · fundraising $3,867

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,975 · program services $9,835 · management and general $3,508 · fundraising $6,632

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $75,576 · program services $37,214 · management and general $13,271 · fundraising $25,091

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,275 · program services $8,507 · management and general $3,033 · fundraising $5,735

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17,251 · program services $8,495 · management and general $3,029 · fundraising $5,727

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,698 · program services $10,191 · management and general $3,635 · fundraising $6,872

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $27,833 · program services $13,705 · management and general $4,887 · fundraising $9,241

  • 20 · Interest

    total $220 · program services $108 · management and general $39 · fundraising $73

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $68,390 · program services $33,674 · management and general $12,009 · fundraising $22,707

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,930 · program services $10,798 · management and general $3,851 · fundraising $7,281

  • 24a · Other expenses: CAPITAL PROJECT EXPENSES

    total $1,901,989 · program services $1,901,989

  • 24b · Other expenses: PARKS CARE

    total $1,292,444 · program services $1,292,444

  • 24c · Other expenses: MALL HOLIDAY LIGHTING

    total $223,823 · program services $223,823

  • 24d · Other expenses: EVENTS AND EDUCATION

    total $98,724 · program services $98,724

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $460,867 · program services $291,467 · management and general $43,492 · fundraising $125,908

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $726 · end of year $619

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $342,182 · end of year $215,284

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $419,388 · end of year $285,890

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,650 · end of year $28,800

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

    $1,455,461

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

    $757,830

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $733,112 · end of year $697,631

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $28,422,861 · end of year $30,265,598

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $45,000 · end of year $10,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $283,192 · end of year $118,547

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $21,933

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $370,449 · end of year $158,838

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,412,475 · end of year $5,808,496

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $23,888,870 · end of year $25,417,941

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO WORK WITH BOSTON'S DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND ENHANCE BOSTON'S FIRST PUBLIC PARKS: THE COMMON, THE PUBLIC GARDEN AND THE COMMONWEALTH AVENUE MALL.

  • CARE OF TREES IN ALL THREE PARKS (BOSTON COMMON, BOSTON PUBLIC GARDEN AND COMMONWEALTH AVENUE MALL), INCLUDING INJECTION OF ELMS TO CONTROL DUTCH ELM DISEASE, PROTECTIVE SPRAYING OR INJECTION OF OTHER SPECIES, PRUNING,FERTILIZING AND AERATION. CARE OF SCULPTURE IN ALL THREE PARKS INCLUDING RESTORATION, ANNUAL CLEANING, REMOVAL OF GRAFFITI, REPAIR OF STONE FRAMES AND PLATFORMS, MAINTENANCE OF FOUNTAINS. ANNUAL PLANTING OF TREES AND SHRUBS, THE INSTALLATION, REPLACEMENT AND CARE OF BENCHES AND OTHER PARK FURNITURE.

    Expenses $4,523,853 · Grants $15,040

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Elizabeth Vizza

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $208,150
    From this org
    $208,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $208,150
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $208,150

  • Leslie Adam

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Pamela Albright

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jim Bordewick

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Catherine Bordon

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Valerie Burns

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Claire Corcoran

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Stephanie Fletcher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Alexandra Hastings

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Peggy Ings

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jeff Jarczyk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Priya Karve

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Julie Livingstone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Abigail Mason

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Anne Mostue

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jeff Mullan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Beatrice Nessen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Katherine O'Keeffe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Margaret Pokorny

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Heang Rubin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Brent Shay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Martha Sheridan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Roger Tackeff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Janie Walsh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Leon Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Colin Zick

    FIRST VICE C

    Total calculated
    $0

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 · 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
2024
Filed
22 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202521279349302757

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