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← CYLBURN ARBORETUM FRIENDS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CYLBURN ARBORETUM FRIENDS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,105,227
Total expenses
$1,007,615
Contributions and grants received
$824,418
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$131,262
Investment income
$149,547
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$8,932,865
Total liabilities, end of year
$37,709
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,895,156
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$788,072
Management and general expenses
$162,007
Fundraising expenses
$57,536
Program service expenses (Part III)
$788,072

Program services were 78.2% 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

    $824,418

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $258,102

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SUMMER CAMP

    total $65,523 · related or exempt $65,523

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MARKET DAY

    total $22,270 · related or exempt $22,270

  • 2c · Program service revenue: HOLIDAY GREENS SALE

    total $14,348 · related or exempt $14,348

  • 2d · Program service revenue: FIELD TRIPS

    total $11,550 · related or exempt $11,550

  • 2e · Program service revenue: SPRING CAMP

    total $6,486 · related or exempt $6,486

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $11,085 · related or exempt $11,085

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $70,159 · excluded $70,159

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $671,516

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

    securities $592,128

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $79,388

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $79,388 · excluded $79,388

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $77,189 · program services $27,016 · management and general $23,157 · fundraising $27,016

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $356,548 · program services $312,210 · management and general $41,253 · fundraising $3,085

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,555 · program services $2,780 · management and general $528 · fundraising $247

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $34,275 · program services $26,806 · management and general $5,090 · fundraising $2,379

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,750 · program services $10,754 · management and general $2,042 · fundraising $954

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $14,648 · management and general $14,648

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $47,215 · program services $36,927 · management and general $7,011 · fundraising $3,277

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,537 · program services $21,537 · management and general $4,089 · fundraising $1,911

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,009 · program services $7,828 · management and general $1,486 · fundraising $695

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $257,226 · program services $217,843 · management and general $26,840 · fundraising $12,543

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,795 · management and general $27,795

  • 24a · Other expenses: GARDEN AND GROUND MAINT

    total $62,427 · program services $62,427

  • 24b · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $35,072 · program services $27,430 · management and general $5,208 · fundraising $2,434

  • 24c · Other expenses: EVENT SUPPLIES

    total $11,705 · program services $9,154 · fundraising $2,551

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUMMMER CAMP SUPPLIES

    total $7,681 · program services $7,681

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20,983 · program services $17,679 · management and general $2,860 · fundraising $444

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $382,900 · end of year $343,865

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $500,000

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

    $7,489,150

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

    $726,364

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,987,927 · end of year $6,762,786

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $984,980 · end of year $1,826,214

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $55,785 · end of year $37,709

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,196,077 · end of year $7,035,789

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,603,945 · end of year $1,859,367

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

OUR COMMITMENT TO THE BALTIMORE COMMUNITY IS TO SUPPORT THE CYLBURN ARBORETUM THROUGH STEWARDSHIP AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING.

  • BEAUTIFY & PROTECT CYLBURN-CYLBURN ARBORETUM FRIENDS' GARDENERS AND VOLUNTEERS GIVE SUPPORT TO THE PUBLIC GARDENS OF THE ARBORETUM BY SUPPLEMENTING THE PLANTING AND MAINTENANCE OF BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS HORTICULTURE DIVISION. MARKET DAY IS THE LONG-STANDING TRADITIONAL PROGRAM THAT SHOWCASES THE TALENTS OF CYLBURN AND CITY GARDENERS AND BRINGS COMMUNITIES OF ALL AGES TOGETHER TO ENJOY AND LEARN FROM EXPERTS IN THE GARDEN.

    Expenses $466,015 · Revenue $22,270

  • EDUCATION & COMMUNITY OUTREACH-EDUCATION: ALL PROGRAMS AT CYLBURN HAVE AT THEIR CORE THE GOAL OF EDUCATION IN SOME FORM. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE CONCERNED WITH ISSUES THAT PROVIDE AND ENHANCE BASE KNOWLEDGE IN: ENVIRONMENT, HISTORY, ARTS AND CULTURE, NATURE, RECYCLING, WILDLIFE, PRESERVATION AND CULTIVATION OF TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS, RECREATION, AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS.HEALTH & WELLNESS: EXERCISE, MINDFULNESS, RELAXATION AND SEASONAL HEALTHY COOKING ARE PROMOTED THROUGH PROGRAMS AND SUMMER CAMP. THESE PROGRAMS TEACH ALL AGES TO BE COMFORTABLE IN NATURE AND SHOW PEOPLE HOW TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF NATURE FOR PERSONAL AND FAMILY HEALTH. THREE AND A HALF MILES OF HIKING TRAILS WITH PEACEFUL STOPS/BENCHES FROM WHICH TO OBSERVE NATURE MORE CLOSELY.

    Expenses $322,057 · Revenue $108,992

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • HILLES WHEDBEE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • SANDRA P GOHN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • ROBERT A COOK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • RAMESH MOORTHY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • WILL CLEMENS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BEVERLY DAVIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ERIK DIHLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CHRIS FEISS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • PATRICIA FOSTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ALAN GILBERT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARK GURLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • REBECCA HENRY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NANCY B HILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MAE HINNANT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BONNIE LEGRO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DOUG NELSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DANIEL PHAM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MICHAEL REAMER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • COURTNEY SAWYER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SARA SERVICE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BROOKE FRITZ

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $78,140
    From this org
    $78,140
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

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
2025
Filed
13 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202601949349301530

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