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ABES GARDEN

EIN 06-1818302 NASHVILLE, TN

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Revenue 2024
$18,938,902
Expenses 2024
$15,280,071

Program services were 80.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
L22
Classification
1000
Street
115 WOODMONT 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF ABE'S GARDEN IS TO ESTABLISH A REPLICABLE MODEL FOR SENIOR LIFE THAT IS FOCUSED ON BRAIN HEALTH, WELLNESS AND PURPOSEFUL LIVING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A REPLICABLE MODEL FOR SENIOR LIFE THAT IS FOCUSED ON BRAIN HEALTH, WELLNESS AND PURPOSEFUL LIVING

  • ABE'S GARDEN COMMUNITY PROVIDES SERVICES TO IMPROVE ENGAGEMENT, PERSONAL SUPPORT, AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OLDER ADULTS LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON A RESIDENTIAL CAMPUS, THROUGH HOME CARE, ADVISING OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND THROUGH EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS. WE HAVE HAD OVER 47,000 TOTAL RESIDENTIAL NIGHTS THROUGH INDEPENDENT LIVING, ASSISTED LIVING, AND MEMORY SUPPORT SERVICES. THE HOME CARE PROGRAM HAS BENEFITED THE LIVES OF OVER 75 PEOPLE THROUGHOUT MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE BLEND OF SERVICES HAVE ALLOWED PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN PLACE OR HAVE A SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM ONE LEVEL OF CARE TO ANOTHER. ABE'S GARDEN COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH WITH UNIVERSITIES RELATED TO MEDICATION REDUCTION AND INTEGRATE AN ARRAY OF SERVICES FROM LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND HOSPITALS TO BENEFIT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $12,271,170 · Grants $155,778 · Revenue $14,818,985

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.

  • Michael Shmerling

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Donald Holmes

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Susan Foxman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6
  • Phillip Billington

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Bill Purcell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brenda Wynn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Shmerling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Crumbo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Moses

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Campbell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Hassenfeld

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bernard A Pargh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Saurabh Sinha

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abby Trotter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mina Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Burns

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ron Corbin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Kate Mouser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susannah Dwyer

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $371,285
    From this org
    $355,388
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,897
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $264,388
    Bonus
    $91,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,730
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,167
    Filer's total
    $371,285
  • Chris Coelho

    COO

    Total calculated
    $167,362
    From this org
    $165,062
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,300
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,812
    Bonus
    $17,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $167,362
  • Bob Himes

    SEN DIR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $119,915
    From this org
    $107,472
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,443
    Hours/week
    40
  • Amanda Hansen

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $120,171
    From this org
    $119,464
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $707
    Hours/week
    40
  • Marybeth Watson

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HEARTHSTONE INSTITUTE

    Total calculated
    $171,990
    From this org
    $153,146
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,844
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,146
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,844
    Filer's total
    $171,990
  • Donna Finto-Burks

    SEN DIR OF CLINICAL CARE

    Total calculated
    $152,241
    From this org
    $139,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,396
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,323
    Bonus
    $6,522
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,347
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,049
    Filer's total
    $152,241
  • Angela Farmer

    SEN DIR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $135,448
    From this org
    $122,659
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,789
    Hours/week
    40

The first 25 listed. 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
    $18,938,902
    Expenses
    $15,280,071
    Contributions
    $3,734,723
    Grants paid
    $155,778
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,638,983
    Expenses
    $13,760,313
    Contributions
    $4,166,552
    Grants paid
    $99,183
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $19,031,026
    Expenses
    $11,414,363
    Contributions
    $8,707,564
    Grants paid
    $23,091

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,527,368
    Expenses
    $10,823,400
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,175,841
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,631,339
    Expenses
    $11,519,701
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,482,133
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,111,126
    Expenses
    $11,738,011
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,850,599
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,038,615
    Expenses
    $10,863,256
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,615,664
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,692,523
    Expenses
    $10,343,804
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,448,005
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,214,916
    Expenses
    $9,924,641
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,545,325
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,303,351
    Expenses
    $7,405,212
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,246,338
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,411,987
    Expenses
    $5,833,530
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,974,126
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,883,340
    Expenses
    $4,606,446
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,193,836
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,126,588
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,247,955

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • HEARTHSTONE EDUCATION INSTITUTE LLC

    TO TRAIN CAREGIVERS AND STAFF WORKING IN MEMORY CARE · TN · income $586,492 · assets $710,492

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.