Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by COASTAL MAINE BOTANICAL GARDENS INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $12,789,794
- Total expenses
- $11,026,074
- Contributions and grants received
- $5,641,720
- Grants paid
- $6,400
- Program service revenue
- $5,119,394
- Investment income
- $702,767
- Other revenue
- $1,325,913
- Total assets, end of year
- $66,543,912
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $12,793,367
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $53,750,545
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $6,125,568
- Management and general expenses
- $3,411,564
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,488,942
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $6,125,568
Program services were 55.6% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$2,423,731
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$3,217,989
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$332,513
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2a · Program service revenue: Admissions Revenue
total $4,262,015 · related or exempt $4,262,015
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2b · Program service revenue: Membership Dues
total $719,881 · related or exempt $719,881
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2c · Program service revenue: Educational Programs
total $137,498 · related or exempt $137,498
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3 · Investment income
total $743,067 · excluded $743,067
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6a · Gross rents
real property $24,893
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $71,430
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property -$46,537
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total -$46,537 · excluded -$46,537
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
other assets $40,300
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7c · Gain or loss
other assets -$40,300
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$40,300 · excluded -$40,300
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$2,720,971
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$1,348,521
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $1,372,450 · related or exempt $1,372,450
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $6,400 · program services $6,400
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $304,779 · program services $178,875 · management and general $81,415 · fundraising $44,489
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $4,674,948 · program services $2,743,733 · management and general $1,248,805 · fundraising $682,410
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $125,661 · program services $73,751 · management and general $33,567 · fundraising $18,343
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $649,971 · program services $381,469 · management and general $173,625 · fundraising $94,877
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $352,123 · program services $206,661 · management and general $94,062 · fundraising $51,400
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11b · Fees: legal
total $30,560 · management and general $30,560
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $26,500 · management and general $26,500
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $158,000 · fundraising $158,000
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11g · Fees: other
total $318,521 · program services $134,058 · management and general $184,463
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $63,569 · program services $63,174 · management and general $395
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,018,731 · program services $618,141 · management and general $371,466 · fundraising $29,124
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14 · Information technology
total $34,316 · program services $4,764 · management and general $21,226 · fundraising $8,326
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16 · Occupancy
total $671,873 · program services $194,643 · management and general $473,306 · fundraising $3,924
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17 · Travel
total $202,462 · program services $52,862 · management and general $108,616 · fundraising $40,984
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $77,144 · program services $24,853 · management and general $29,065 · fundraising $23,226
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20 · Interest
total $309,201 · management and general $136,159 · fundraising $173,042
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,752,751 · program services $1,437,255 · management and general $297,968 · fundraising $17,528
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23 · Insurance
total $100,847 · program services $454 · management and general $100,366 · fundraising $27
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24a · Other expenses: Printing/publications
total $143,242 · fundraising $143,242
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24b · Other expenses: Garden programs
total $4,475 · program services $4,475
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $11,020,329 · end of year $12,515,781
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $12,638,461 · end of year $8,458,035
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $2,750 · end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $650,727 · end of year $827,304
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $156,677 · end of year $94,937
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$52,768,018
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$14,724,583
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $34,772,873 · end of year $38,043,435
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $20,532 · end of year $6,317
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $5,960,289 · end of year $6,598,103
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $997,703 · end of year $705,285
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $265,570 · end of year $408,591
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $3,889,058 · end of year $2,934,347
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $8,510,269 · end of year $8,745,144
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $21,379,350 · end of year $35,082,671
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $30,180,688 · end of year $18,667,874
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
The mission of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is to inspire meaningful connections among people, plants, and nature through horticulture, education, and research.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To inspire connections among people and nature through horticulture, education, and research.
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Incorporated as a non-profit in 1992, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) opened in 2007 as Maine's first major botanical garden. At 325 acres, seventeen of which include themed and ornamental gardens, woodland trails, with nearly a mile of tidal shorefront, it is the largest public garden in Northern New England. The Gardens feature the Lyn and Daniel Lerner Visitor Center, a curated garden shop, and a cafe and grab-and-go market. CMBG offers educational programs encompassing plant science, gardening, botanical arts, and environmental education in our LEED-platinum, net-zero Bosarge Family Educational Center. Each of the Gardens' buildings also house administrative offices. CMBG remains an economic engine for the State of Maine, attracting 310,873 visitors to the Boothbay region during this tax year.
Expenses $6,125,568 · Grants $6,400 · Revenue $6,491,844
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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John Auber
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Karen Bartholomew
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Stephen Blatt
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Geoff Chatterton
Director (end 5/23)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jon Fauver
Director (end 5/23)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Abra Lee
Director (start 11/23)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeff Long
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Keith Mestrich
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Helen Norton
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Luc Nya
Director (start 11/23)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark Osborn
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kirsten Poler
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Margaret Reiser
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Beth Renyi
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Rines
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Errin Siagel
Director (end 5/23)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tish Stoneburner
Director (end 5/23)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Paula Swetland
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Warren Winslow
Director (end 5/23)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mary Neal
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 7
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Judy Parkhill
Vice Chair (end 5/23)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Paul Goodof
Vice Chair/Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ann Poole
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gretchen Ostherr
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $304,778
- From this org
- $278,494
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,284
- Hours/week
- 60
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $253,494
- Bonus
- $25,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,973
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,311
- Filer's total
- $304,778
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Barbara Alfond
Vice Chair (end 5/23)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jennifer McKane
VP of Philantropy & Marketing
- Total calculated
- $177,790
- From this org
- $151,220
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,570
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $151,220
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,385
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,185
- Filer's total
- $177,790
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Amy Root
Senior Philanthropy Advisor
- Total calculated
- $139,050
- From this org
- $113,211
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,839
- Hours/week
- 40
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Daniel Ungier
VP of Guest Experience and Education
- Total calculated
- $134,645
- From this org
- $107,179
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,466
- 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 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 7
- The Organization may from time-to-time award bonuses and incentive compensation to employees who meet performance goals and who deliver high quality service. Bonuses and non-fixed payments are made in accordance with the Organization's existing compensation and benefit review procedures.
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
- 2023
- Filed
- 30 January 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202530319349301648
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