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← ITHACA CHILDRENS GARDEN INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ITHACA CHILDRENS GARDEN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$674,927
Total expenses
$669,344
Contributions and grants received
$343,438
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$329,661
Investment income
$1
Other revenue
$1,827
Total assets, end of year
$258,146
Total liabilities, end of year
$33,864
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$224,282
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$455,445
Management and general expenses
$212,143
Fundraising expenses
$1,756
Program service expenses (Part III)
$455,445

Program services were 68.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $7,503

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $48,185

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $287,750

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $7,500

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program fee

    total $329,661 · related or exempt $329,661

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1 · related or exempt $1

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

    $7,503

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other income

    total $1,827 · related or exempt $1,827

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,827

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $85,602 · management and general $85,602

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $375,984 · program services $312,479 · management and general $62,494 · fundraising $1,011

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,719 · management and general $6,719

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $53,598 · program services $28,837 · management and general $24,644 · fundraising $117

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,875 · management and general $4,875

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,267 · program services $835 · management and general $432

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,283 · program services $3,651 · management and general $3,455 · fundraising $177

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,549 · management and general $3,549

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $13,672 · program services $8,497 · management and general $5,175

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,307 · management and general $1,307

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $12,904 · program services $12,904

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,481 · program services $4,363 · management and general $7,118

  • 24a · Other expenses: Site Maintenance

    total $25,616 · program services $25,559 · management and general $57

  • 24b · Other expenses: Contracted Services

    total $16,251 · program services $13,858 · management and general $2,393

  • 24c · Other expenses: Program Related

    total $34,364 · program services $33,090 · management and general $823 · fundraising $451

  • 24d · Other expenses: In Kind

    total $7,500 · program services $7,500

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,372 · program services $3,872 · management and general $3,500

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $122,513 · end of year $98,256

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,236 · end of year $5,048

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $38,164

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,275 · end of year $1,386

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,194 · end of year $2,194

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

    $124,718

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

    $26,002

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $111,620 · end of year $98,716

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $14,407 · end of year $14,382

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,582 · end of year $20,448

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $23,191

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $13,415 · end of year $13,416

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $157,932 · end of year $198,848

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $48,125 · end of year $25,434

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Connecting children to nature to create a more beautiful, resilient and just world.

  • Garden Programs: Our preschool morning program is operated Monday through Thursday during the school year. ICG also provides an after school program that operates Monday through Friday, also during the school year. In addition, field trip opportunities are provided for school and community programs that serve children.

    Expenses $279,588

  • Camps - Ithaca Childrens Garden provides summer camp opportunities for children. The purpose of our summer camp program is to engage children entirely through sensory exploration of their environment. The camps run Monday-Friday from 9am - 4pm for 8 weekly camps throughout the summer. We provide 120 camp spaces available to children in half-day camps for 3-5 year olds, 288 spaces in full day camps for 6-9 year olds and 96 spaces over 5 weeks for children ages 10-14.

    Expenses $99,048

  • School Programs - Hosting field trips at the garden and delivering hands-on nature based programs in classrooms. Additionally Ithaca Childrens Garden works with the Ithaca City School District to deliver highly engaging curricula with a gardening component through ICSD Project Innovation Program, which culminates during summer recess.

    Expenses $75,898

  • Community Programs - Outreach beyond the Garden gates, such as tabling at local festival and events and neighborhood gatherings. Such programming is hands-on and interactive including planting projects including container garden kits that children and families can make and take home.

    Expenses $911

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Erin Marteal

    Interim Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $85,062
    From this org
    $85,062
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jenna Hallas

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Travis

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • PJ Rausch

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Fiorello

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren Salzman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Gunther

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Brock Gibian

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Iris Packman

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Liz Kinast

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Perry Gorgen

    Board Treasurer

    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
2024
Filed
8 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202531899349301288

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