- Revenue 2024
- $3,484,438
- Expenses 2024
- $1,193,570
Program services were 72.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- C41
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1901 N 4TH AVE
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
PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING OF THE AESTHETIC, ECONOMIC, AND ECOLOGICAL ROLE OF PLANTS, BOTH IN GARDENS AND IN MORE NATURAL SETTINGS. SUPPORT THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM OF THE UW STEVENS POINT AT MARATHON COUNTY AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
MONK BOTANICAL GARDENS CULTIVATES WELL-BEING IN PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES, AND THE ENVIRONMENT WITH EXPERIENCES THAT ENGAGE, EDUCATE, AND INSPIRE.
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A 29+ ACRE SITE WITHIN THE CITY OF WAUSAU IS BEING DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINED AS A PUBLIC GARDEN. CURRENTLY THE SITE IS ACCESSIBLE WITHOUT CHARGE AND THERE IS NO FORMAL MONITORING OF USAGE, ANECDOTAL REPORTS SUGGEST INCREASING NUMBERS OF VISITORS OVER TIME. EVENTS HELD AT THE SITE ARE EXPERIENCING INCREASING LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION, EFFORTS TO DEVELOP THE SITE ARE PROGRESSING AND INCLUDE A WILDFLOWER WOODS, MEDITATION GARDEN, ACCESSIBLE TREEHOUSE, MEMORIAL GARDEN, AND KITCHEN GARDEN. PLANNING FOR ADDITIONAL DEVLOPMENT IS ALSO UNDERWAY.
Expenses $837,058
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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED DURING 2024 INCLUDED: GARDEN WORKSHOPS, ONSITE FIELD TRIPS AND CLASSES FOR SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN, TOURS TO THE PUBLIC, SUMMER CAMP AND SCHOOL BREAK PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY-AGED CHILDREN, OUTDOOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION EVENTS FOR ALL AGES, AND OUTDOOR THEATER PERFORMANCE FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE ALSO CONDUCTED A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL NONPROFITS, UWSP-WAUSAU, AND UW- EXTENSION. WE OFFER LANDSCAPE CONSULTING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AT COMMUNITY MEMBERS' HOMES. WE ALSO PROVIDE A NATURE-BASED PRESCHOOL PROGRAM FOR 3-5 YEAR OLDS.
Expenses $29,330
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.
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Darcie HowardDARCIE HOWARD
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $85,035
- From this org
- $85,035
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Vickie Richmond-HawkinsVICKIE RICHMOND-HAWKINS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Sheila RossmillerSHEILA ROSSMILLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Paul WhitakerPAUL WHITAKER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Susan LangSUSAN LANG
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jon PlischJON PLISCH
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Tammy StezenskiTAMMY STEZENSKI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Paul DavidPAUL DAVID
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Mark MunsonMARK MUNSON
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Julie BohrJULIE BOHR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Tabitha ErlandsonTABITHA ERLANDSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $3,484,438
- Expenses
- $1,193,570
- Contributions
- $3,124,541
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $2,481,735
- Expenses
- $1,034,683
- Contributions
- $2,186,885
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $3,226,835
- Expenses
- $1,034,683
- Contributions
- $2,931,985
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $1,033,366
- Expenses
- $865,246
- Contributions
- $782,356
- 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
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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
- $658,142
- Expenses
- $661,812
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,787,977
-
2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $351,421
- Expenses
- $374,020
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,760,791
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $274,515
- Expenses
- $307,903
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,701,614
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $288,934
- Expenses
- $271,187
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,735,379
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.
Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2010
- Tax period
- 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010
- Principal officer
-
Beverley SmithBEVERLEY SMITH
- Mailing address
- 518 SOUTH 7TH AVENUEWAUSAU WI 54401
- Website
- rwmonkgardens.org
As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.
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
-
2025 PARKS AND RECREATION / FORESTS
-
2023 YOUTH PROGRAMMING
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INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$140,000
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
2022 ENVIRONMENT / NATURAL RESOURCES
-
$5,000
2025
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 13 October 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.