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FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY INC

EIN 59-2676375 GAINESVILLE, FL

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Revenue 2025
$1,166,778
Expenses 2025
$466,019

Program services were 87.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C42
Classification
2000
Street
1401 N MAIN ST UNIT 5007

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).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 5369), covering 20 subordinate organizations. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

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Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

The Mission of the Florida Native Plant Society is to promote the preservation, conservation, and restoration of the native plants and native plant communities of Florida.

  • Education - Public education programs and presentations (in person and online) at Society meetings, annual conference, at local chapter meetings, weekly Lunch and Learn, and at public events and venues. Education events also include field trips to natural areas (federal, state, county and local parks and preserves) as well as tours of public landscapes utilizing Florida native plants. Financial Chapter Support is provided to our local chapters to plan and host educational presentations, field trips and events. Educational publications include a bimonthly newsletter, The Sabal Minor, a quarterly magazine, The Palmetto, as well as videos and interactive content on social media channels.

    Expenses $247,656 · Grants $10,000 · Revenue $116,969

  • Research and Conservation numerous statewide programs and projects to conserve and research Floridas native plants and plant communities. These include habitat restoration, habitat studies, plant rescue and restoration, land management, as well as monitoring and surveying populations of Floridas rare and endangered plant species and plant communities. Funding for students and conservation professionals is made available through grant programs supporting research, applied plant conservation, and ethnobotany.

    Expenses $138,901 · Grants $6,300 · Revenue $8,048

  • Policy Policies, policy statements and guidelines are produced to promote the preservation, conservation, and restoration of Floridas native plants and native plant communities. These policies and policy statements are shared with the public, land managers, and elected representatives with the assistance of a lobbyist.

    Expenses $22,809

As filed on the 2025 return.

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.

  • Melissa Fernandez

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $79,333
    From this org
    $79,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Chris Moran

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Athena Philips

    VP Administration

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Ann Redmond

    President Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Gage LaPierre

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Susan Earley

    Director-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Melanie Trexler

    Director-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Paul Schmalzer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Raelene Crandell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Rebekah Kaufman

    Chairman Council of Chapters

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Richard Hamann

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Eugene Kelly

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Bonnie Basham

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,166,778
    Expenses
    $466,019
    Contributions
    $1,035,504
    Grants paid
    $21,300
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $346,595
    Expenses
    $444,129
    Contributions
    $325,941
    Grants paid
    $21,588
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $427,396
    Expenses
    $423,298
    Contributions
    $371,516
    Grants paid
    $15,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $383,170
    Expenses
    $417,151
    Contributions
    $346,759
    Grants paid
    $13,374

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
    $437,724
    Expenses
    $414,699
    Assets (EOY)
    $696,949

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $502,186
    Expenses
    $405,250
    Assets (EOY)
    $649,841

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $450,517
    Expenses
    $379,153
    Assets (EOY)
    $548,331

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $266,113
    Expenses
    $229,816
    Assets (EOY)
    $443,502

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $268,788
    Expenses
    $258,757
    Assets (EOY)
    $431,979

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $248,703
    Expenses
    $229,254
    Assets (EOY)
    $422,248

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $232,394
    Expenses
    $199,410
    Assets (EOY)
    $400,220

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $273,644
    Expenses
    $239,169
    Assets (EOY)
    $366,692

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $247,032
    Expenses
    $241,027
    Assets (EOY)
    $331,873

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $215,429
    Assets (EOY)
    $323,219

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

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Grants received

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 GROUP.

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.