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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ASHEVILLE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$444,421
Total expenses
$302,229
Contributions and grants received
$287,241
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$21,956
Investment income
$39,639
Other revenue
$95,585
Total assets, end of year
$2,389,273
Total liabilities, end of year
$28,756
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,360,517
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$139,880
Management and general expenses
$152,938
Fundraising expenses
$9,411
Program service expenses (Part III)
$139,880

Program services were 46.3% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $36,159

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $246,082

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,875

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION REGISTRATIONS

    total $10,429 · excluded $10,429

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WEDDINGS

    total $8,508 · excluded $8,508

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MEETINGS

    total $3,019 · excluded $3,019

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $44,437 · excluded $44,437

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

    other assets $4,798

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$4,798

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$4,798 · related or exempt -$4,798

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $176,252

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $80,667

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $95,585 · excluded $95,585

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $136,204 · program services $44,947 · management and general $89,895 · fundraising $1,362

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,628 · program services $2,757 · management and general $762 · fundraising $109

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,476 · program services $7,962 · management and general $2,200 · fundraising $314

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,552 · management and general $10,235 · fundraising $317

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $10,898 · management and general $10,571 · fundraising $327

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,754 · program services $5,402 · management and general $676 · fundraising $676

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,346 · program services $2,172 · management and general $1,087 · fundraising $1,087

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,730 · program services $3,072 · management and general $5,619 · fundraising $3,039

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $84,010 · program services $55,158 · management and general $26,672 · fundraising $2,180

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,445 · program services $1,445

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,727 · program services $4,201 · management and general $526

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,389 · program services $4,694 · management and general $4,695

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATION PRORGAMS

    total $8,070 · program services $8,070

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $246,933 · end of year $64,015

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $9,682

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $10,224 · end of year $21,475

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

    $981,189

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

    $464,878

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $67,904 · end of year $516,311

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,388,444 · end of year $1,512,197

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $243,799 · end of year $264,351

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $79,659 · end of year $1,242

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $49,833 · end of year $28,756

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,397

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,135,733 · end of year $1,510,517

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $850,000 · end of year $850,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PRESERVE AND DISPLAY NATIVE FLORA OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE APPALACHIAN REGION FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND TO STIMULATE INTEREST AND CONCERN IN DEVELOPING METHODS OF CARING FOR HORTICULTURAL SPECIMENS OF THIS REGION.

  • CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PUBLIC GARDEN DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY OF PLANTS AND HABITATS NATIVE TO THE SOUTHEAST FOR THE ENJOYMENT, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH OF THE PUBLIC AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, VISITED BY OVER 35,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR WITH NO ADMISSION CHARGE. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO MAINTAINS A LIBRARY OF BOOKS RELATED TO BOTANY, HORTICULTURE, ECOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PURPOSES. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO CREATED A SELF-GUIDED WALKING TOUR PAMPHLET FOR THE USE OF VISITORS.

    Expenses $89,605 · Revenue $21,956

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS RELATIVE TO THE SCIENCES OF BOTANY, HORTICULTURE AND WILDLIFE FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN DURING THE YEAR. THE PROGRAMS WERE PROMOTED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE AND NEWSLETTER, IN THE LOCAL MEDIA, BY E-MAIL AND THROUGH PRINTED FLYERS DISTRIBUTED LOCALLY. THE ORGANIZATION AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP TO A HORTICULTURAL CONFERENCE.

    Expenses $50,275

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • BERNARD ARGHIERE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DEB BRECK

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DR DAVID CLARKE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR LOUIS DWARSHUIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHERIE MORRIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE NORMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • COLLIN PERRY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DIANE PUCKETT

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ELAINE SMYTH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT SPROUSE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GWEN WISLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUZANNE WODEK

    VICE-PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • RIVES YOST

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2023
Filed
25 June 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202411799349300341

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