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← BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,810,170
Total expenses
$1,947,402
Contributions and grants received
$1,116,782
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$211,329
Investment income
$133,340
Other revenue
$348,719
Total assets, end of year
$9,556,687
Total liabilities, end of year
$177,398
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,379,289
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,349,576
Management and general expenses
$308,945
Fundraising expenses
$288,881
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,349,576

Program services were 69.3% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $174,229

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $942,553

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Events and Programming

    total $65,751 · related or exempt $65,751

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Membership fees

    total $145,578 · related or exempt $145,578

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $133,340 · excluded $133,340

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $614,203

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $282,753

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $331,450 · related or exempt $331,450

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $4,082 · related or exempt $4,082

  • 11b · Other revenue: Plant Sales

    total $13,187 · related or exempt $13,187

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $17,269

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $167,005 · program services $100,203 · management and general $33,401 · fundraising $33,401

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $935,674 · program services $561,404 · management and general $187,135 · fundraising $187,135

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $25,166 · program services $15,100 · management and general $5,033 · fundraising $5,033

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $50,021 · program services $30,013 · management and general $10,004 · fundraising $10,004

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $67,596 · program services $40,558 · management and general $13,519 · fundraising $13,519

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,866 · management and general $28,866

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $61,927 · program services $61,927

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,735 · program services $10,641 · management and general $3,547 · fundraising $3,547

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,594 · program services $11,948 · management and general $2,323 · fundraising $2,323

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $119,254 · program services $102,558 · management and general $8,348 · fundraising $8,348

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,725 · program services $7,725

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $33,446 · program services $26,088 · management and general $7,024 · fundraising $334

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $226,639 · program services $226,639

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $39,484 · program services $23,690 · management and general $7,897 · fundraising $7,897

  • 24a · Other expenses: GARDEN MAINTENANCE

    total $63,227 · program services $63,227

  • 24b · Other expenses: Credit card and bank fees

    total $26,285 · program services $26,285

  • 24c · Other expenses: Program Expense

    total $26,785 · program services $26,785

  • 24d · Other expenses: Donor Appreciation

    total $15,492 · fundraising $15,492

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $18,481 · program services $14,785 · management and general $1,848 · fundraising $1,848

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $14,640 · end of year $158,616

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $60,062 · end of year $330,503

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $51,007 · end of year $121

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $261,134 · end of year $155,741

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

    $6,897,104

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

    $3,018,848

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,966,427 · end of year $3,878,256

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,750,702 · end of year $5,033,450

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $144,311

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $160,581 · end of year $177,398

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,683,763 · end of year $5,392,136

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,403,939 · end of year $3,987,153

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROTECT THE ALPINE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH EDUCATION, CONSERVATION AND LIVING PLANT COLLECTIONS.

  • CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION RELATING TO HIGH ALTITUDE PLANTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE GARDENS HOST 100,000 VISITORS EACH YEAR WITHOUT CHARGING AN ADMISSION FEE. THE GARDENS IS A NATIONALLY RENOWNED BOTANIC GARDEN WITH SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS AND AWARDS FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN PLANT COLLECTION CONSORTIUM AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC GARDENS ASSOCIATION. THE GARDENS COAUTHORED THE FIRST ALPINE PLANT CONSERVATION PLAN CREATED IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE CONCERNS. 1,200 CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN THE GARDENS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS. THE GARDENS ALSO PROVIDE RARE PLANT MONITORING EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH SERVICES TO STATE AND FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES.

    Expenses $1,349,576

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nicola Ripley

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $197,204
    From this org
    $176,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,104
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation

    Base
    $176,100
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,104
    Filer's total
    $197,204

  • Melissa Ebone

    VP of Development

    Total calculated
    $120,866
    From this org
    $109,435
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,431
    Hours/week
    40

  • Susan Frampton

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kathy Borgen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Samantha Thompson

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeanne Fritch

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Holly Elliot

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dave Chapin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Beth Ottley

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pedro Campos

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jenny Maritz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • June Rossetti

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jim Wear

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Linda Hill

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jill Posnick

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 · Compensation committee
  • 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202632309349301858

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