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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PLANT SELECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$502,587
Total expenses
$442,320
Contributions and grants received
$95,129
Grants paid
$45,840
Program service revenue
$393,542
Investment income
$18,522
Other revenue
-$4,606
Total assets, end of year
$474,627
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,759
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$467,868
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$317,907
Management and general expenses
$124,413
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$317,907

Program services were 71.9% 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

    $95,129

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ROYALTIES

    total $317,570 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP

    total $46,417 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ANNUAL MEETING

    total $21,362 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue: MARKETING MATERIALS

    total $688 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue: PRESENTATION FEE

    total $575 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $6,930 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $18,522 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $18,522

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $325

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $4,931

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$4,606 · related or exempt -$4,606

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $45,840 · program services $45,840

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $102,621 · program services $0 · management and general $102,621 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $11,851 · program services $0 · management and general $11,851 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,905 · program services $0 · management and general $6,905 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $16,516 · program services $16,516 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,036 · program services $0 · management and general $3,036 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $40,817 · program services $40,817 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,921 · program services $12,921 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,679 · program services $6,679 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $22,298 · program services $22,298 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $110,992 · program services $110,992 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,381 · program services $9,381 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $37,372 · program services $37,372 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,284 · program services $2,284 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: SEEDS AND PLANTS

    total $8,812 · program services $8,812 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS

    total $370 · program services $370 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD AND BEVERAGE

    total $2,875 · program services $2,875 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $750 · program services $750 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $83,167 · end of year $63,531

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,033 · end of year $5,254

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $43,056 · end of year $50,312

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $286,714 · end of year $355,530

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,979 · end of year $6,759

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $408,991 · end of year $467,868

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO SEEK OUT AND DISTRIBUTE BEST PLANTS FOR WESTERN GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SEEK OUT AND DISTRIBUTE THE BEST PLANTS FOR WESTERN GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES

  • EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONALS IN THE NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE INDUSTRY REGARDING GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE PLANTS THAT THRIVE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION. DISTRIBUTED 1500 BOOKLETS (48 PAGES) AND MORE THAN 24,000 BROCHURES THROUGH INDEPENDENT GARDEN CENTERS, PRESENTATIONS, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS AND FARMERS MARKETS. WEBSITE RECEIVED 610,000 VIEWS BY 217,000 ACTIVE USERS AND 219,000 NEW USERS FROM THE U.S., CANADA AND AROUND THE WORLD.

    Expenses $272,817 · Revenue $388,936

  • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PLANTS AND IDENTIFICATION OF CURRENT PLANTS THAT THRIVE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION

    Expenses $45,090 · Grants $45,090

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • GENE PIELIN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • JAMES KLETT

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BRIAN VOGT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $463,925
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $431,153
    Other
    $32,772
    Hours/week
    0.3

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $431,153 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $32,772 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $463,925 related

  • MENGMENG GU

    BD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $209,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $209,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $209,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $209,000 related

  • MATT EDMONDSON

    BD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • PHILLIP DOUGLAS

    BD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $226,191
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $203,592
    Other
    $22,599
    Hours/week
    0.3

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $203,592 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,599 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $226,191 related

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

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513179349310281

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