GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

695 ASHLEY RD

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 · 2025

• GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND'S PUBLIC TOURS SHOWCASE PLANT COLLECTIONS ENCOMPASSING OVER 3,800 TAXA, INCLUDING SPECIES FROM MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS AROUND THE WORLD. MANY OF THESE SPECIES ARE RARE, ENDANGERED, AND SOME ARE EXTINCT IN THE WILD. THE COLLECTIONS FEATURE CACTI, SUCCULENTS, CYCADS, PALMS, FERNS, BEGONIAS, AND CONIFERS. OUR SUSTAINABLE HORTICULTURE METHODS ARE FOUNDED ON ORGANIC METHODS AND ARE DESIGNED TO DEMONSTRATE ENVIORNMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND TEACH BEST PRACTICES.

  Expenses $3,584,543 · Revenue $1,323,918

• JUNIOR BOTANIST PROGRAM OFFERS 4TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES WITHIN LOTUSLAND'S 37-ACRE GARDEN CLASSROOM. IN 2025, WE CONTINUED NURTURING THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS OF TOMORROW BY EDUCATING THEM ABOUT BOTANY, HORTICULTURE, AND SUSTAINABLE PLANTS HEALTHCARE PRACTICES. IN 2025, THIS PROGRAM SERVED: - 1,858 K-12 STUDENTS FROM 37 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (SOME SCHOOLS SENT MULTIPLE CLASSES)- 230 UNIVERSITY STUDENTS - 2 PAID STUDENT INTERNS

  Expenses $85,762 · Revenue $24,848

• ENHANCING ACCESS AND INCLUSION: NORTH AMERICA'S BOTANIC GARDENS SERVE OVER 132 MILLION PEOPLE ANNUALLY, DEMONSTRATING THEIR IMMENSE VALUE. HOWEVER, SOME VISITORS FIND IT CHALLENGING TO ACCESS OR AFFORD A VISIT TO LOTUSLAND GIVEN THE $60 ADMISSION FOR ADULTS. TO ADDRESS THIS, LOTUSLAND OPERATES THE MUSEUMS FOR ALL PROGRAM, WITH SUBSIDIZED ADMISSIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING FOOD ASSISTANCE (SNAP BENEFITS) BY PRESENTING THEIR EBT CARD AND A PHOTO ID.GRANT FUNDS SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND INTERNS, SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS, AND ADMISSIONS AND ACCESS. THE GARDEN ALSO HOSTS AT A DISCOUNT COMMUNITY ACCESS DAYS, NONPROFIT GROUP TOURS AND EVENTS, AND LEADERSHIP OR STAFF MEETINGS. THESE INITIATIVES REFLECT LOTUSLAND'S COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ENSURING THAT FINANCIAL BARRIERS DO NOT PREVENT ANYONE FROM EXPERIENCING THE WONDERS OF THE GARDENS. GRANTS ENABLE US TO PROVIDE ACCESS AND TOURS TO LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE EXPERIENCE LOTUSLAND TO DO SO; ACCREDITED LOCAL MUSEUM OR GARDEN STAFF ARE HOSTED AT NO COST, FOSTERING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COLLABORATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. WITH PRIVATE SUPPORT, LOTUSLAND OFFERS HALF-PRICE TICKETS ON COMMUNITY ACCESS DAYS. THESE DAYS INCLUDE ADMISSIONS FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY VISITORS TO OUR OUTDOOR GARDENS AND COLLECTIONS, FEATURING POP-UP PROGRAMMING THAT ENRICHES THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE.

  Expenses $14,674 · Revenue $12,500

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $11,984,745

  Expenses

  $6,311,032

  Contributions

  $9,760,267

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $14,049,903

  Expenses

  $5,955,540

  Contributions

  $10,679,484

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $9,977,049

  Expenses

  $5,847,936

  Contributions

  $8,514,926

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $8,577,757

  Expenses

  $5,332,912

  Contributions

  $7,366,742

  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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,014,521

  Expenses

  $4,604,763

  Assets (EOY)

  $33,491,956

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,098,158

  Expenses

  $3,922,567

  Assets (EOY)

  $30,101,481

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,853,150

  Expenses

  $4,018,633

  Assets (EOY)

  $28,545,414

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,703,319

  Expenses

  $3,646,318

  Assets (EOY)

  $23,491,146

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,614,914

  Expenses

  $3,412,556

  Assets (EOY)

  $23,972,921

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,775,642

  Expenses

  $3,329,645

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,693,455

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,735,354

  Expenses

  $3,469,331

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,090,047

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,871,183

  Expenses

  $3,046,408

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,406,915

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.

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

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $1,208,181

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $615,925

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DECHOMAI FOUNDATION INC

  $500,000

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $417,981

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $300,000

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $220,000

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $211,350

  2024 · EDUCATION

• SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

  $210,360

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PROTECTION, BEAUTIFICATION

• SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

  $129,596

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $125,429

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

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