Totals
- Total revenue
- $26,720,772
- Total expenses
- $21,622,334
- Contributions and grants received
- $8,874,756
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $12,838,689
- Investment income
- $198,300
- Other revenue
- $4,809,027
- Total assets, end of year
- $75,155,805
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $6,470,273
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $68,685,532
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $16,265,105
- Management and general expenses
- $2,493,976
- Fundraising expenses
- $2,863,253
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $16,265,105
Program services were 75.2% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$1,331,046
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1c · Fundraising events
$113,500
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1d · Related organizations
$731,239
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$575,356
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$6,123,615
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$343,006
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2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS
total $9,225,667 · related or exempt $9,225,667
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2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES
total $2,831,219 · related or exempt $2,831,219
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2c · Program service revenue: GROUP SERVICES
total $712,067 · related or exempt $712,067
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2d · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL CLASSES
total $69,736 · related or exempt $69,736
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3 · Investment income
total $212,576 · excluded $212,576
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
other assets $1,087
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $15,363 · other assets $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$15,363 · other assets $1,087
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$14,276 · excluded -$14,276
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$3,004,877
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$113,500
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$1,020,971
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $1,983,906 · excluded $1,983,906
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$3,171,835
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$554,674
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $2,617,161 · related or exempt $2,617,161
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $207,960 · related or exempt $207,960
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11e · Other revenue, total
$207,960
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $786,900 · program services $576,118 · management and general $71,763 · fundraising $139,019
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $10,310,831 · program services $7,547,683 · management and general $947,220 · fundraising $1,815,928
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $373,201 · program services $267,758 · management and general $35,987 · fundraising $69,456
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $1,166,782 · program services $861,589 · management and general $72,590 · fundraising $232,603
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $632,215 · program services $487,867 · management and general $55,316 · fundraising $89,032
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11b · Fees: legal
total $45,787 · management and general $45,787
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $75,775 · management and general $75,775
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11g · Fees: other
total $1,905,198 · program services $1,861,101 · management and general $44,097
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $642,142 · program services $612,879 · fundraising $29,263
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13 · Office expenses
total $749,252 · program services $651,468 · management and general $31,167 · fundraising $66,617
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14 · Information technology
total $65,019 · management and general $65,019
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16 · Occupancy
total $394,876 · program services $286,671 · management and general $12,579 · fundraising $95,626
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17 · Travel
total $273,394 · program services $169,009 · management and general $86,147 · fundraising $18,238
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20 · Interest
total $27,534 · management and general $27,534
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,426,889 · program services $1,227,124 · management and general $142,689 · fundraising $57,076
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23 · Insurance
total $341,867 · program services $294,005 · management and general $34,187 · fundraising $13,675
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24a · Other expenses: MERCHANT AND PERMIT FEE
total $679,344 · program services $53,626 · management and general $607,947 · fundraising $17,771
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24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE
total $526,776 · program services $456,280 · management and general $49,852 · fundraising $20,644
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24c · Other expenses: HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
total $491,078 · program services $350,212 · management and general $60,556 · fundraising $80,310
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24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES
total $314,123 · program services $250,996 · management and general $26,561 · fundraising $36,566
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24e · All other expenses
total $393,351 · program services $310,719 · management and general $1,203 · fundraising $81,429
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $17,388,150 · end of year $8,541,839
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $3,666,364 · end of year $8,098,660
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $8,195,955 · end of year $5,318,917
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $103,512 · end of year $171,495
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $47,154 · end of year $36,167
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $524,362 · end of year $1,609,752
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$47,958,901
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$25,192,292
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $21,730,451 · end of year $22,766,609
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $615,874 · end of year $11,559,290
-
14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $73,858 · end of year $233,858
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $15,353,749 · end of year $16,819,218
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,622,332 · end of year $2,789,391
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $3,180,298 · end of year $2,650,522
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $842,689 · end of year $738,755
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $50,762 · end of year $291,605
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $35,109,198 · end of year $37,355,570
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $26,894,150 · end of year $31,329,962
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
THE GARDEN'S COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY IS TO ADVANCE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION, RESEARCH, EXHIBITION AND CONSERVATION OF DESERT PLANTS OF THE WORLD WITH EMPHASIS ON THE SONORAN DESERT. WE WILL ENSURE THAT THE GARDEN IS ALWAYS A COMPELLING ATTRACTION THAT BRINGS TO LIFE THE MANY WONDERS OF THE DESERT.
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HORTICULTURE - PROPAGATING & MAINTAINING A LIVING PLANT COLLECTION OF OVER 50,000 DESERT PLANTS WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THOSE INHABITING THE SONORAN DESERT, MANY OF WHICH ARE ENDANGERED SPECIES. THIS PROGRAM ALSO WORKS TO PRESERVE DESERT PLANT LIFE OUTSIDE OF ITS COLLECTION BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE BEAUTY, VARIETY AND FRAGILITY OF DESERT PLANT LIFE BY DISPLAYING AND INTERPRETING ITS COLLECTION FOR THE PUBLIC AT ITS GARDEN IN PHOENIX, AZ WHICH IN THE CURRENT YEAR ATTRACTED OVER 520,000 VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. EDUCATION - PROVIDES PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND EDUCATORS THAT PROMOTE GREATER ENJOYMENT, UNDERSTANDING AND STEWARDSHIP OF THE SONORAN DESERT. CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING AT THE DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN PROMOTES A SCIENTIFICALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY LITERATE COMMUNITY THROUGH HANDS-ON, NATURE-BASED LEARNING, AND GARDEN STAFF AND RESOURCES. THESE PLACE-BASED EXPERIENCES INSPIRE A CONNECTION TO THE UNIQUE WONDERS OF THE SONORAN DESERT, ENCOURAGE CONSERVATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD, AND IGNITE A LIFE-LONG APPRECIATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. INFORMAL PROGRAMS SPAN THE AGES OF INFANTS TO TEENAGERS ALONGSIDE THEIR CAREGIVERS THROUGH INQUIRY-BASED INVESTIGATIONS THAT INCORPORATE ART, SCIENCE, MUSIC, AND MUCH MORE. IN FY2023, CACTUS CLUBHOUSE OPENED IN THE FALL FRIDAY-SUNDAY, 9:00AM-4:00PM. STARTING IN JANUARY AND CARRYING THROUGH MAY 2023, THE CLUBHOUSE WAS OPEN WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY. THROUGH FY2023, THE CLUBHOUSE WELCOMED 22,420 VISITORS, INCLUDING OVER 9,100 CHILDREN. CACTUS CLUBHOUSE ADMISSION WAS INCLUDED WITH GARDEN ADMISSION AND MEMBERSHIP. THE CHILDREN AND FAMILY DEPARTMENT RAN ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR EVENTS, INCLUDING DIA DE MUERTOS AND STRANGE GARDEN IN THE FALL, AND LUMINARIA PROGRAMMING IN DECEMBER. THROUGH THESE ADDITIONAL ON-SITE PROGRAMS, THAT WERE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE COST OF ADMISSION OR MEMBERSHIP, WE SAW AN ADDITIONAL 20,792 VISITORS, INCLUDING 3,900 CHILDREN. FIELD TRIPS REMAINED CANCELLED THROUGH FY23, BUT OVER 1,900 CHILDREN ENGAGED IN OUTREACH SCHOOL PROGRAMMING THAT WAS CONDUCTED AT SCHOOLS ACROSS PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA. SUMMER CAMP CAME BACK ONLINE FOR THE FIRST TIME POST-COVID, WITH 62 CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN CAMP SESSIONS OVER 5 WEEKS IN JUNE AND JULY. ALSO RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER WAS A WEEKLY STORYTIME ACTIVITY WITH CHILDREN AND CAREGIVERS EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. BOOKS AND ACTIVITIES WERE CENTERED AROUND THEMES SPECIFIC TO THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE SONORAN DESERT, AND ENGAGED 373 CHILDREN AND CAREGIVERS OVER THREE MONTHS.
Expenses $16,265,105 · Revenue $15,663,810
As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
AMY FLOOD
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
DAN PEREZ
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
HAROLD C DORENBECHER
VICE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT ELECT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
LAURA A LO BIANCO
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
PAUL J MOUNTAIN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
REBECCA AILES-FINE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
KATE BAKER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
SALVADOR AVILA BRETTS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
JASON BARLOW
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
SCOTT BURDICK
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
AMANDA BURKE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
SHELLEY COHN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
BARRY K FINGERHUT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
URSULA GANGADEAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
CHRISTOPHER GATELY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
DIANA GREGORY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
MARTIN HARVIER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
LORI A HIGUERA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
BARBARA HOFFNAGLE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
MARY HOVDEN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
THOMAS R JONES
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
JANE JOZOFF
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
MARK LANDY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
JAN LEWIS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
BRUCE MACDONOUGH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
REA MAYER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
TAMMY MCLEOD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
PAUL MORELL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
KATHY MUNSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
ADRIANA MURRIETTA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
LINDA NORQUIST
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
LINDA PERLICH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
ROBERT S REDER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
EDGARDO RIVERA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
RICK ROBINSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
JOETTE SCHMIDT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
MELANIE STUCKENBERG
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
ANN STANTON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
KATHLEEN TADDIE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
LORENA VAN ASSCHE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
JAMEY WETMORE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 5 related
-
KENNETH J SCHUTZ
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $486,915
- From this org
- $460,025
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,890
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $360,025
- Bonus
- $100,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $14,079
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,811
- Filer's total
- $486,915
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MARGARET BURKE
CHIEF FINANCIAL & OPERATING OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $299,985
- From this org
- $259,570
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $40,415
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $236,395
- Bonus
- $23,175
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $12,978
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,437
- Filer's total
- $299,985
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ELAINE MCGINN
CHIEF EXPERIENCE OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $212,575
- From this org
- $189,314
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $23,261
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $172,314
- Bonus
- $17,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,464
- Nontaxable benefits
- $13,797
- Filer's total
- $212,575
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KIMBERLIE MCCUE
CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $222,908
- From this org
- $189,314
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $33,594
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $172,314
- Bonus
- $17,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,465
- Nontaxable benefits
- $24,129
- Filer's total
- $222,908
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TINA WILSON
SR DIRECTOR OF HORTICULTURE
- Total calculated
- $175,403
- From this org
- $156,662
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,741
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $142,594
- Bonus
- $14,068
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,330
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,411
- Filer's total
- $175,403
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MIKE REMEDI
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $241,513
- From this org
- $220,409
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,104
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $200,409
- Bonus
- $20,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,519
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,585
- Filer's total
- $241,513
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MARCIA FLYNN
SR DIRECTOR EVENT SERVICES
- Total calculated
- $145,892
- From this org
- $129,959
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,933
- 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. 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 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 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 4B
- THE GARDEN HAS A 457(B) NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION RETIREMENT PLAN (THE "NON-QUALIFIED 457(B) PLAN") COVERING THE CURRENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE NON-QUALIFIED 457(B) PLAN PROVIDES FOR EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS. AN EMPLOYEE IS 100% VESTED IN ANY ELECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NON-QUALIFIED 457(B) PLAN, PLUS ANY INVESTMENT EARNINGS OR LOSSES. AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 AND 2022, WHILE THE GARDEN HAS SET ASIDE APPROXIMATELY $231,000 AND $204,000, RESPECTIVELY, IN A SEPARATE ACCOUNT (REPRESENTING ACCUMULATED PARTICIPANT CONTRIBUTIONS, PLUS EARNINGS THEREON), THESE FUNDS REMAIN AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL CREDITORS OF THE GARDEN.
- PART I, LINE 7
- INCENTIVES ARE EARNED WHEN MEETING ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND ARE APPROVED BY MANAGEMENT.
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.
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.
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DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN FOUNDATION
501(C)(3) · TO MANAGE ENDOWMENT FUNDS FOR THE DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN. · AZ
Directly controlled by DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
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.
Disregarded entities
Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.
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DBG AGAVE LLC
RECEIVING AND HOLDING CONTRIBUTED INTERESTS IN REAL ESTATE. · AZ
Directly controlled by DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2022
- Filed
- 15 February 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202430479349300538
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