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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$37,774,118
Total expenses
$34,290,173
Contributions and grants received
$23,294,373
Grants paid
$1,029,269
Program service revenue
$12,679,404
Investment income
$1,672,938
Other revenue
$127,403
Total assets, end of year
$68,212,770
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,592,314
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$55,620,456
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$25,749,294
Management and general expenses
$4,898,106
Fundraising expenses
$3,642,773
Program service expenses (Part III)
$25,749,294

Program services were 75.1% 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

    $1,575,648

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $10,712,197

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $11,006,528

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $387,511

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FLOWER SHOW

    total $10,892,136 · related or exempt $10,892,136

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PUBLIC LANDSCAPES & GARDENS

    total $1,550,214 · related or exempt $831,035 · unrelated business $719,179

  • 2c · Program service revenue: HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS

    total $167,968 · related or exempt $167,968

  • 2d · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

    total $69,086 · related or exempt $16,348 · unrelated business $52,738

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $926,455 · excluded $926,455

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $134,264

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $6,861

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $127,403

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $127,403 · excluded $127,403

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $12,367,919 · other assets $300

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

    securities $11,590,067 · other assets $31,669

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $777,852 · other assets -$31,369

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $746,483 · excluded $746,483

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,029,269 · program services $1,029,269

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $784,538 · management and general $784,538

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,997,739 · program services $4,995,887 · management and general $1,510,066 · fundraising $1,491,786

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $268,165 · program services $169,687 · management and general $47,809 · fundraising $50,669

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,502,979 · program services $961,545 · management and general $242,305 · fundraising $299,129

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $669,134 · program services $384,713 · management and general $169,545 · fundraising $114,876

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $90,065 · management and general $90,065

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $130,550 · management and general $130,550

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $90,553 · program services $90,553

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $188,066 · fundraising $188,066

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $137,000 · management and general $137,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $618,570 · program services $417,851 · management and general $76,561 · fundraising $124,158

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $774,574 · program services $551,486 · fundraising $223,088

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,208,379 · program services $10,724 · management and general $1,192,808 · fundraising $4,847

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $870,905 · program services $443,874 · management and general $294,653 · fundraising $132,378

  • 20 · Interest

    total $114,244 · management and general $114,244

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $494,616 · program services $399,134 · management and general $47,673 · fundraising $47,809

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $433,378 · program services $355,913 · management and general $45,009 · fundraising $32,456

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM/PROJECT EXPENSE

    total $13,846,719 · program services $13,098,205 · fundraising $748,514

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAGING

    total $1,324,317 · program services $1,324,317

  • 24c · Other expenses: EXHIBITOR COST REIMB

    total $1,184,732 · program services $1,184,732

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSE FEE

    total $280,160 · program services $280,160

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $251,521 · program services $51,244 · management and general $15,280 · fundraising $184,997

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,194,998 · end of year $2,018,153

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $8,231,450 · end of year $10,357,774

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,755,018 · end of year $1,684,367

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $299,235 · end of year $549,015

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

    $8,351,761

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

    $6,889,949

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,681,280 · end of year $1,461,812

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $28,613,280 · end of year $24,297,124

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $20,232,837 · end of year $20,516,480

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,779,497 · end of year $7,328,045

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,917,276 · end of year $4,974,689

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,246,514 · end of year $2,099,475

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,517,068 · end of year $7,253

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $5,510,897

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,197,714 · end of year $12,946,090

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $39,909,023 · end of year $42,674,366

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

FOUNDED IN 1827, THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY (PHS) USES HORTICULTURE TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGION. (CONTINUED IN SCH O)PHS'S WORK FOCUSES ON FOUR IMPACT PRIORITIES: CREATING HEALTHY LIVING ENVIRONMENTS, INCREASING ACCESS TO FRESH FOOD, EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORUNITY AND BUILDING MEANINGFUL SOCIAL CONNECTIONS. PHS IS THE PRODUCER OF THE PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW, THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND LONGEST-RUNNING HORTICULTURAL EVENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY CONNECTS PEOPLE WITH HORTICULTURE AND TOGETHER WE CREATE BEAUTIFUL, HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES.

  • THE PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW IS A NINE-DAY EVENT FEATURING HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. IT IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST ANNUAL INDOOR FLOWER SHOW IN THE WORLD ATTRACTING OVER 180,000 PEOPLE, IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. PROCEEDS FROM THE SHOW HELP SUPPORT THE SOCIETY'S GREENING PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $9,874,884 · Revenue $10,892,136

  • SEE SCHEDULE OPHS USES AN ARRAY OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO LEVERAGE HORTICULTURE TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES, CREATE HEALTHY LIVING ENVIRONMENTS, FACILITATE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND INCREASE ACCESS TO FRESH FOOD. PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, WE CLEAN, GREEN AND MAINTAIN OVER 13,116 LOTS ACROSS THE CITY, TURNING BLIGHTED LOTS INTO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSETS. THROUGH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, WE'VE TRAINED OVER 250 PEOPLE TO PREPARE THEM FOR JOBS IN THE HORTICULTURAL AND LANDSCAPE INDUSTRIES. WE'VE TRAINED OVER 6,500 TREE TENDERS TO PLANT AND TAKE CARE OF TREES. TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS WE PLANT OVER 3,000 TREES EACH YEAR. WE WORK TO INCREASE ACCESS TO FRESH FOOD BY SHARING OVER 250,000 VEGETABLE SEEDINGS ANNUALLY AND SUPPORTING 176 COMMUNITY GARDENS TO GROW AND SHARE PRODUCE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE INSTALLED 4,186 RAIN BARRELS AND PROVIDED STORMWATER MANAGEMENT EDUCATION TO 9,995 RESIDENTS.

    Expenses $10,783,435 · Grants $267,269 · Revenue $167,968

  • PHS'S PUBLIC LANDSCAPES AND PUBLIC GARDENS PROGRAM HELPS BUILD STRONGER SOCIAL CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. WE FUND, OPERATE AND MAINTAINS 9 PUBLIC GREEN SPACES ACROSS PHILADELPHIA. WITH OUR PARTNERS WE MANAGE AN ADDITIONAL 11 GARDENS IN THE REGION.

    Expenses $4,865,025 · Grants $762,000 · Revenue $831,035

  • PHS'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS PROVIDE HORTICULTURAL INFORMATION AND TRAINING TO MEMBERS, VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER CONSTITUENTS IN THE PHILDELPHIA REGION THROUGH WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, TOURS, EVENTS AND PUBLICATIONS. IT INCLUDES ONE OF THE LARGEST HORTICULTURAL LIBRARIES IN THE COUNTRY WITH NEARLY 15,000 VOLUMES.

    Expenses $225,950 · Revenue $16,348

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Matthew P Rader

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $405,272
    From this org
    $379,233
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,039
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $354,233
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,322
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,717
    Filer's total
    $405,272

  • Robin Potter

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Henisee

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Jolinger

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachael Ferraro

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Vermillion

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sharrieff Ali

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wilfreta Baugh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lloyd Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Fell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Gilliam

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Helen Horstmann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann Donavan Marshall

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Molly Morrison

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Mostardi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hon'Ble Lillian Harris Ransom

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Soroko

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Regina O'Brien Thomas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Pratt Gregg

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia Owens

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maria Wing

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kenneth Wood

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brett Glowacki

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gabrielle Paez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Margaret McCarvill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Margaret Sadler

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Fleischner

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tamela Vieira

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $275,471
    From this org
    $236,143
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,328
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $236,143
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,528
    Filer's total
    $275,471

  • Elizabeth Allgood

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $96,943
    From this org
    $66,704
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,239
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • Sam Lemheney Thru 082022

    VP, CHIEF OF SHOWS & EVENTS

    Total calculated
    $226,048
    From this org
    $200,603
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,445
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,709
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $63,894
    Deferred
    $5,645
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,800
    Filer's total
    $226,048

  • David Chrystal

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $183,418
    From this org
    $165,819
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,599
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,819
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,882
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,717
    Filer's total
    $183,418

  • Malini Doddamani

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $210,902
    From this org
    $186,812
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,090
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,812
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,890
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,200
    Filer's total
    $210,902

  • Patricia Gregory

    VP OF SHARED SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $178,310
    From this org
    $170,775
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,535
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,775
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,831
    Nontaxable benefits
    $704
    Filer's total
    $178,310

  • Julianne Schrader Ortega

    VP, CHIEF OF HEALTHY NEIGHORHOODS

    Total calculated
    $165,502
    From this org
    $130,236
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,266
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,236
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,757
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,509
    Filer's total
    $165,502

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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER HAS A MEMBERSHIP TO THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA THAT IS USED PRINCIPALLY FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES.
PART I, LINE 4A
IN 2022, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL(S) RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT FROM THE FILING ORGANIZATION: SAM LEMHENEY: $63,894
PART I, LINE 7
THE ORGANIZATION AWARDED NON-FIXED INCENTIVE PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES BASED ON THE SUCCESSFUL ACHIEVEMENT OF PERFORMANCE GOALS AS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

  • MEADOWBROOK FARM

    501(C)(3) · GARDEN CENTER · PA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by PHS

  • PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW INC

    501(C)(3) · FLOWER SHOW · PA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by PHS

  • NEIGHBORHOOD GARDENS TRUST

    501(C)(3) · LAND TRUST · PA

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • PERPETUAL TRUST

    T · INVESTMENT · PA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431359349313043

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