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ELIZABETH F GAMBLE GARDEN

EIN 77-0094213 PALO ALTO, CA

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Revenue 2024
$2,818,891
Expenses 2024
$1,391,542

Program services were 61.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C400
Classification
1000
Street
1431 WAVERLEY ST

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 ELIZABETH F. GAMBLE GARDEN'S MISSION IS TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE OUR HISTORIC HOUSE AND GARDEN AS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION, INSPIRATION, AND ENJOYMENT

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ELIZABETH F. GAMBLE GARDEN'S MISSION IS TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE OUR HISTORIC HOUSE AND GARDEN AS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION, INSPIRATION, AND ENJOYMENT.

  • GARDENS AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS - OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, PRESERVATION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE GARDENS AND BUILDINGS FOR THE PUBLIC'S USE AND ENJOYMENT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 365 DAYS A YEAR, AT NO CHARGE. AN ESTIMATED 40,000 PEOPLE VISIT THE GARDENS ANNUALLY. FORMAL GARDENS ALONG WITH WORKING BEDS USED FOR EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS AND DISPLAYS EDUCATE AND INFORM VISITORS ABOUT PLANTS AND PLANT CARE, AS WELL AS EFFICIENT WATER USAGE. THE 1902 EDWARDIAN ESTATE IS OPEN TO VISITORS AND ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE RENTALS.

    Expenses $638,704 · Revenue $208,328

  • EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS - A COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR ALL PUBLIC GARDENS AND GARDENERS: INCLUDING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, CLASSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND A HORTICULTURAL RESOURCE LIBRARY. HUNDREDS OF ADULTS RECEIVE EDUCATION ANNUALLY THROUGH CLASSES AND PROGRAMS. HUNDREDS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE EDUCATED THROUGH SPECIAL DOCENT LED CHILDREN'S TOURS AND OUR ROOTS & SHOOTS PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS ALSO INCLUDE PROPAGATION OF SEEDLINGS FOR NUMEROUS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND GARDENS.

    Expenses $212,900 · Revenue $69,443

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Allen Robin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Benton Susan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Davis Pat

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elarde Peter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gregory Pat

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • McDonnell Susan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paris Judy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pekelsma Carmen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Queen Noelle

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shinn Julie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sweeney Susan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Woodman Susan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bohling Donna

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Douglas Karen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Krumbein Sue

    VP - PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mirabella Susann

    VP - FUND DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rudd Colette

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pirie Mica

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $123,463
    From this org
    $123,463
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,818,891
    Expenses
    $1,391,542
    Contributions
    $2,128,781
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,690,046
    Expenses
    $1,357,920
    Contributions
    $1,989,103
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,504,448
    Expenses
    $1,192,414
    Contributions
    $1,026,513
    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
    $1,943,315
    Expenses
    $1,301,362
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,976,424
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,680,515
    Expenses
    $881,293
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,439,862
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $842,241
    Expenses
    $871,467
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,613,918
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $945,156
    Expenses
    $931,615
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,737,211
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $918,834
    Expenses
    $888,969
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,649,691
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,945,215
    Expenses
    $734,477
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,527,294
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $942,010
    Expenses
    $834,299
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,684,111
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $829,315
    Expenses
    $653,743
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,666,957
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $663,070
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,100,492
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $615,730
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,864,394

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.

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.