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← MENDOCINO COAST BOTANICAL GARDENS CORPORATION

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MENDOCINO COAST BOTANICAL GARDENS CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,740,245
Total expenses
$1,813,579
Contributions and grants received
$184,175
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,528,347
Investment income
$17,046
Other revenue
$10,677
Total assets, end of year
$2,495,798
Total liabilities, end of year
$248,243
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,247,555
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,585,933
Management and general expenses
$201,658
Fundraising expenses
$25,988
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,585,933

Program services were 87.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $184,175

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GARDEN ADMISSIONS

    total $766,931 · related or exempt $766,931

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $211,868 · related or exempt $211,868

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SPECIAL EVENTS REVENUE

    total $164,212 · related or exempt $164,212

  • 2d · Program service revenue: STORE SALES

    total $159,351 · related or exempt $159,351

  • 2e · Program service revenue: NURSERY SALES

    total $94,357 · related or exempt $94,357

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $131,628 · related or exempt $131,628

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,046 · excluded $17,046

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUES AND GAI

    total $10,677 · related or exempt $10,677

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,677

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,036,701 · program services $898,458 · management and general $122,956 · fundraising $15,287

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $145,801 · program services $140,340 · management and general $5,189 · fundraising $272

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $56,475 · program services $53,051 · management and general $2,255 · fundraising $1,169

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $17,060 · management and general $17,060

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $47,188 · program services $38,263 · management and general $6,977 · fundraising $1,948

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $28,565 · program services $28,565

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $47,747 · program services $43,154 · management and general $4,593

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,440 · program services $8,339 · management and general $101

  • 20 · Interest

    total $16 · program services $16

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $58,597 · program services $58,091 · management and general $506

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,520 · program services $18,903 · management and general $6,424 · fundraising $2,193

  • 24a · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $107,413 · program services $103,725 · fundraising $3,688

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $64,717 · program services $64,717

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

    total $42,465 · program services $38,810 · management and general $3,413 · fundraising $242

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $36,083 · program services $30,444 · management and general $5,492 · fundraising $147

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $88,791 · program services $61,057 · management and general $26,692 · fundraising $1,042

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,150 · end of year $4,154

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,698,258 · end of year $1,584,893

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,475 · end of year $604

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $66,287 · end of year $88,142

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $25,692 · end of year $22,318

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

    $1,410,474

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

    $878,665

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $508,233 · end of year $531,809

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $285,384 · end of year $263,878

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $130,103 · end of year $137,079

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $90,852 · end of year $93,837

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $27,743 · end of year $17,327

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,274,795 · end of year $2,177,911

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $66,986 · end of year $69,644

Mission and programs · 2022

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.

Activities or mission (Part I)

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. THE SPECIFIC AND PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION IS THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GARDENS, A UNIQUE RESOURCE FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT, EDUCATION, AND RECREATION. IN COMPLETING ITS PURPOSE, THE MENDOCINO COAST BOTANICAL GARDENS MAINTAINS A VAST COLLECTION OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS ADAPTABLE TO THE MENDOCINO COAST. IT ALSO SPONSORS WORKSHOPS, MAINTAINS TRAILS AND, IN GENERAL, OVERSEES THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE BEAUTIFUL PARK-LIKE GARDENS.

  • GROUNDS:GENERAL ADMISSION FEES TO THE GARDENS REPRESENT MUCH OF THE ANNUAL REVENUE FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. THE GARDENS ALSO HAVE VARIOUS MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING MORE INVOLVED WITH THE ORGANIZATION. MEMBERSHIPS ARE FOR AN ANNUAL TERM AND ARE RECORDED ON THE ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING. UNDER THIS METHOD OF ACCOUNTING REVENUE IS RECOGNIZED OVER THE TERM OF THE MEMBERSHIP.

    Expenses $1,077,242 · Revenue $978,799

  • THE GARDENS PROVIDES FOR A RETAIL STORE, NURSERY AND CAFE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO VISITORS.

    Expenses $402,544 · Revenue $253,708

  • 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 AND MAINTAINS TRAILS.

    Expenses $106,147 · Revenue $277,240

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Liz O'Hara

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Howard Pollack

    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

  • Barbara Burkey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jill Surdzial

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Tim Gage

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Susan Cimmiyotti

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jamie Peters-Connolly

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jean Mann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Keith Stiver

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Lisa McCormack

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Molly Barker

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,939
    From this org
    $112,939
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2022
Filed
14 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400459349302700

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