- Revenue 2024
- $19,590,955
- Expenses 2024
- $22,594,600
Program services were 89.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- C600
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 3050 HECKER PASS HWY
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
TO OPERATE AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION WHOSE MISSION IS TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, TO APPRECIATE HORTICULTURE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TREES IN OUR LIVES BY PROVIDING FUN AND MEMORIES IN A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN SETTING.
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THE OPERATION OF AN EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL PARK. VISITATION OF 469,459 WITH OPERATING DAYS OF 172. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO SERVE AS A LEARNING CENTER WHERE FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH PRE-TEEN CHILDREN, CAN EXPERIENCE THE NATURAL SURROUNDINGS. THE PARK WAS BUILT WITH: SIX GARDENS (CONIFER, FLOWER, TROPICAL, CAMELLIA, HOLLY AND HISTORICAL), FOUR LEARNING SHEDS (GEOLOGY, WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT, PACIFIC REDWOOD AND CIRCUS TREES), TWO SEASONAL EXHIBITS (MONARCH BUTTERFLIES AND HONEY BEES), EDUCATIONAL TOUR PROGRAMS (SELF GUIDED, AUDIO AND DOCENT LED), EDUCATIONAL SIGNS AND AN EDUCATIONAL SHOW PRODUCT.
Expenses $19,189,449 · Revenue $17,609,377
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THE SCHOOL PROMOTIONAL EDUCATIONAL TICKETS PROGRAM. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ALLOW BAY AREA EDUCATOR'S, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, USE OF THE FACILITIES DURING THE REGULAR OPERATING SEASON. STUDENTS CAN COME AND LEARN AT THEIR OWN LEISURE.
Expenses $599,697 · Revenue $550,318
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OVERNIGHT CAMPING PROGRAM. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO USE EXCESS LAND AND BALL FIELDS AS A LOCATION FOR EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (GIRL SCOUTS, BOY SCOUTS, YMCA) AND FAMILIES TO EXPERIENCE A SAFE OVERNIGHT CAMPING EXPERIENCE COMBINED WITH THE EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES LISTED UNDER GENERAL OPERATIONS. STUDENTS AND CHILDREN CONTINUE THEIR LEARNING AND EXPERIENCES WITH NATURE.
Expenses $334,097 · Revenue $306,587
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NATURE SCIENCE DAYS AND EDUCATIONAL DISCOVERY TOURS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO USE GILROY GARDENS AS A LIVING LABORATORY FOR STUDENTS K-5 TO ENHANCE LEARNING IN THE LIFE SCIENCES. SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL DAYS HAVE BEEN CREATED TO TARGET GRADES 3-5 AND K-2 BASED ON CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STANDARDS TO ENHANCE LEARNING IN THE LIFE SCIENSES. THE NATURAL SCIENCE PROGRAM RAN FOR 8 SPECIFIC NON-OPERATING DAYS AND THE EDUCATIONAL DISCOVERY TOURS WERE AVAILABLE ON ALL OPERATING DAYS.
Expenses $94,883 · Revenue $87,071
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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Jay BaksaJAY BAKSA
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
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Steve PeatSTEVE PEAT
COMMUNITY DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
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Jane HowardJANE HOWARD
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
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Dan HarneyDAN HARNEY
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
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Greg BozzoGREG BOZZO
CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
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Frank JohnsonFRANK JOHNSON
COMMUNITY DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
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Jimmy ForbisJIMMY FORBIS
CITY ADMINISTRATOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
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Greg EdgarGREG EDGAR
COMMUNITY DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
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Hoa LeHOA LE
PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $265,829
- From this org
- $251,918
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,911
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $251,918
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $13,911
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $265,829
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Alex VillalobosALEX VILLALOBOS
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $179,134
- From this org
- $170,216
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,918
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $170,216
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,918
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $179,134
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Michel FulcherMICHEL FULCHER
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & OP
- Total calculated
- $138,423
- From this org
- $129,386
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $9,037
- 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $19,590,955
- Expenses
- $22,594,600
- Contributions
- $16,287
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $20,863,206
- Expenses
- $18,943,843
- Contributions
- $985,733
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $17,459,662
- Expenses
- $15,771,214
- Contributions
- $2,732
- 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
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2023 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2022 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $15,226,211
- Expenses
- $11,655,103
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,749,235
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2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,389,274
- Expenses
- $4,240,417
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,934,586
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2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $14,246,630
- Expenses
- $13,430,595
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,067,191
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $15,446,888
- Expenses
- $18,081,591
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,052,064
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $15,819,499
- Expenses
- $14,928,117
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,173,663
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
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$10,000
2024 CHARITABLE GRANT
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 SOUNK.
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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.