CLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C410

Classification

2000

Street

11030 EAST BLVD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

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• FRIENDS OF MONTEVERDE CLOUD FOREST RESERVE

  EIN 31-1299922

• WESTERN RESERVE HERB SOCIETY

  EIN 23-7003228

Mission and programs · 2024

• SEE SCHEDULE OTHE CLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN IS LOCATED ON 10 ACRES IN THE UNIVERSITY CIRCLE NEIGHBORHOOD OF CLEVELAND. THE GARDEN COMPRISES TWO INDOOR GLASSHOUSE BIOMES AND OUTDOOR GARDENS INCLUDING THE HERSHEY CHILDREN'S GARDEN, WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE CHILDREN IN THE NATURAL WORLD AROUND THEM. THE CLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN IS INTEGRATED WITH THE HOLDEN ARBORETUM AS HOLDEN FORESTS & GARDENS ("HF&G"). THE HOLDEN ARBORETUM IS LOCATED 25 MILES FROM THE GARDEN, IN KIRTLAND, OH. TOGETHER, THE INSTITUTIONS ARE ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF MUSEUMS AND REPRESENT ONE OF THE LARGEST PUBLIC GARDENS IN THE COUNTRY. THE MISSION OF THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH THE WONDER, BEAUTY, AND VALUE OF TREES AND PLANTS, TO INSPIRE ACTION FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. THE CLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN FULFILS THIS MISSION THROUGH CORE PROGRAMMING THAT FOCUSES ON HORTICULTURE AND CURATION, EDUCATION, EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 (FY25), HF&G BEGAN TO OPERATIONALIZE ITS 2025-2029 STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS BASED ON THE STRATEGIC PILLARS OF LANDSCAPES, INSPIRATION, KNOWLEDGE, COMMUNITY, AND EXCELLENCE. ADDITIONALLY, HF&G BEGAN TO ADVANCE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S TRANSFORMATIONAL SITE PLAN, COMPRISING KEY PROJECTS THAT WILL ENSURE THAT BOTH CAMPUSES ARE WELCOMING, YEAR-ROUND DESTINATIONS FOR ALL GUESTS THAT MODEL AND CATALYZE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. HF&G ALSO CONTINUED ITS CORE MISSION-FOCUSED PROGRAMS.HORTICULTURE & COLLECTIONS: THE HORTICULTURE & COLLECTIONS STAFF CULTIVATES, MAINTAINS, AND CARES FOR 5,500 PLANTS IN THE LIVING COLLECTION AT THE CLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN, ALONG WITH OVER 100 LIVE ANIMALS INCLUDING BIRDS, REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, AND MAMMALS, AND THOUSANDS MORE INSECTS, THAT MAKE THEIR HOMES IN THE MADAGASCAR AND COSTA RICA GLASSHOUSES. THE TEAM STEWARDS 10 ACRES OF DEVELOPED AND CULTIVATED GARDENS, ENSURING THAT GUESTS ENJOY A SENSE OF WONDER AND BEAUTY EVERY TIME THEY VISIT. IN FY25, THE HORTICULTURE STAFF ADVANCED PHASED IMPROVEMENTS TO SEVERAL SIGNATURE GARDEN SPACES AND COMPLETED A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF THE CULTIVATED GARDEN SPACES TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE ENHANCEMENT AND ESTABLISH PRIORITIES FOR LONG-TERM INVESTMENT AND STEWARDSHIP. THE HORTICULTURE TEAM ALSO COLLABORATES CLOSELY WITH THE EXHIBITS & EXPERIENCES STAFF TO DELIVER SPECIAL EXHIBITS AND ANNUAL PRODUCTIONS SUCH AS THE GUEST FAVORITE ORCHIDS EXHIBIT AND THE WINTER SHOW, FROST. THE COLLECTIONS CURATION STAFF LAUNCHED FLORA-FINDER, THE CULMINATION OF A 2-YEAR, $246K GRANT FROM THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM & LIBRARY SERVICES MAKING PLANT RECORDS AND INFORMATION MORE ACCESSIBLE TO STAFF, INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, AND THE PUBLIC. THE HORTICULTURE AND COLLECTIONS TEAM ALSO WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE EDUCATION STAFF TO SUPPORT BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES, SUCH AS THE ANIMAL CARE TEAM'S CREATURE FEATURE PROGRAM, WHICH ENGAGED OVER 6,700 GUESTS IN FY25. EDUCATION: THE CLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR LEARNERS OF ALL AGES, FROM YOUTH AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS TO ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION. SCHOOL-BASED OFFERINGS INCLUDE CLE4SCI, WHICH SERVES THIRD-GRADE CLASSROOMS IN THE CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND POWER OF PLANTS (POP), A LARGE-SCALE ASSEMBLY PROGRAM REACHING UP TO 250 STUDENTS WITH A PRESENTATION AND EXTENDED HANDS-ON LEARNING THROUGH SMALL-GROUP ACTIVITIES. IN FY25, MORE THAN 11,850 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THESE SCHOOL PROGRAMS. BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, THE EDUCATION TEAM LEADS EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING SPACES, INCLUDING THE HERSHEY CHILDREN'S GARDEN AND THE INDOOR, YEAR-ROUND HARRINGTON PERENNIAL PLAYSPACE. THESE DESTINATIONS SUPPORT HANDS-ON EXPLORATION THROUGH ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BUTTERFLY RELEASES, POND DIPPING, NATURE CRAFTING, AND PLANTING, ENGAGING OVER 13,200 FAMILY MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IN FY25, THE BOTANICAL GARDEN HOSTED 6 SUMMER CAMPS SERVING 85 CAMPERS. EDUCATION PROGRAMS ALSO TARGET ADULTS AND EDUCATORS THROUGH VARIOUS CLASSES, PUBLIC EVENTS, AND TEACHING MATERIALS. A TOTAL OF 918 ADULTS TOOK PART IN COURSES COVERING SUBJECTS SUCH AS BOTANICAL ART, ORCHID CARE, AND THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE GARDENS. EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS: IN FY25, THE GARDEN SERVED OVER 182,000 TOTAL VISITORS, ENGAGING THEM IN THE WONDER AND BEAUTY OF PLANTS AND SHARING THEIR GREAT VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITIES. THE GARDEN CONTINUED ANNUAL, VISITOR-FAVORITE PRODUCTIONS INCLUDING ORCHIDS: LOVE IN BLOOM AND THE ANNUAL WINTER EXHIBITION, FROST. DURING THE SPRING, THE GARDEN COLLABORATED WITH THE LOCAL GALLERY DEEP ROOTS EXPERIENCES TO HOST THE NATURE OF HEALING, A GROUP ART EXHIBITION FOCUSED ON FOSTERING POSITIVE COMMUNITY OUTCOMES THROUGH ART AND MENTAL HEALTH EFFORTS. THE GARDEN ALSO CELEBRATED THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS JAPANESE GARDEN WITH AN OUTDOOR EXHIBIT, BETWEEN WATER & STONE, THAT EXPLORED THE PHILOSOPHIES BEHIND JAPANESE GARDENS AND THE HISTORY OF CBG. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, 61 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, 40 OF WHOM ARE LOCAL OHIOANS, EXHIBITED THEIR WORK IN FOUR SEPARATE GALLERY SPACES THROUGHOUT THE GARDEN. THE GARDEN HOSTED 27 SPECIAL TICKETED EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THAT WELCOMED OVER 4,500 GUESTS, AS WELL AS SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS AND INFORMAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT DRIVE GENERAL ADMISSION, HELPING TO SUSTAIN THE ORGANIZATION'S OPERATING BUDGET, WHILE ALSO DRAWING IN VISITORS AND PIQUING INTEREST IN THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURE AND THE OUTDOOR WORLD. COMMUNITY OUTREACH: IN FY25, HF&G CELEBRATED THE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF ITS PEOPLE FOR TREES CAMPAIGN TO PLANT 15,000 TREES IN NORTHEAST OHIO BY 2025. THE COMMUNITY'S ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE ENABLED THE CAMPAIGN TO SURPASS THE GOAL: 19,250 TREES WERE PLANTED AND DISTRIBUTED ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS. HF&G "MATCHED" THIS TOTAL BY PLANTING ANOTHER 11,200 TREES WITHIN THE HOLDEN ARBORETUM CAMPUS AS PART OF OUR CONSERVATION EFFORTS. THIS MATCH BROUGHT THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THE PEOPLE FOR TREES CAMPAIGN TO OVER 31,000 TREES. IN ADDITION TO THE PEOPLE FOR TREES CAMPAIGN, HF&G CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE CLEVELAND TREE COALITION THROUGH MEMBERSHIP ON ITS EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE AND ACTIVE WORKING COMMITTEES. THE CLEVELAND TREE COALITION IS CHARGED WITH IMPLEMENTING THE 2015 CLEVELAND TREE PLAN TO RESTORE THE DECREASING TREE CANOPY IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY. THE GREEN CORPS PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ALSO CONTINUED TO GROW, FOCUSED ON MENTORING, INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE, AND INTRODUCTION TO HORTICULTURAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. IN FY25, HF&G HOSTED 23 GREEN CORPS INTERNS WHO COMPLETED 4,628 HOURS WITH THE GUIDANCE OF 45 STAFF MEMBERS TO CREATE VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS INCLUDING ADDITIONAL TOUCHPOINTS FOR GUESTS AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. WORKING WITH THE CITY OF CLEVELAND, HF&G ALSO OFFERED A MIX OF 54 PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AT 3 DIFFERENT CITY OF CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD RECREATION CENTERS TO HELP FOSTER AN INTEREST IN PLANTS AND APPRECIATE THE ROLE THEY PLAY IN BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. IN ADDITION TO SERVING ON CLEVELAND TREE COALITION COMMITTEES, HF&G STAFF SERVED ON THE CLEAN OHIO NATURAL RESOURCES ASSISTANCE COUNCIL; HOLDEN PARKS TRUST BOARD; DOAN BROOK WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS; AND UNIVERSITY CIRCLE INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AMONG OTHER PARTNERS.

  Expenses $4,563,044 · Revenue $3,130,381

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $9,211,305

  Expenses

  $8,860,178

  Contributions

  $5,463,607

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $6,264,788

  Expenses

  $8,243,078

  Contributions

  $2,082,742

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $5,921,593

  Expenses

  $7,803,488

  Contributions

  $2,589,310

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,925,913

  Expenses

  $7,681,218

  Assets (EOY)

  $29,954,178

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,647,210

  Expenses

  $6,945,572

  Assets (EOY)

  $35,890,779

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,162,759

  Expenses

  $6,492,395

  Assets (EOY)

  $35,242,665

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,740,493

  Expenses

  $7,395,185

  Assets (EOY)

  $37,180,547

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,768,055

  Expenses

  $6,781,780

  Assets (EOY)

  $39,282,335

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $118,188

  2022 · PEOPLE FOR TREES PROGRAM

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $18,355

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $16,323

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $10,780

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $10,200

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• TREU MART FUND

  $10,000

  2024 · GREEN CORPS

• CAVALIERS YOUTH FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2024 · SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION WITH ACCOMPLISHING THEIR MISSION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $7,980

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $7,500

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $7,160

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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