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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC

EIN 13-0854930 NEW YORK, NY

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Revenue 2024
$14,139,081
Expenses 2024
$13,069,626

Program services were 92.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C420
Classification
2000
Street
148 W 37TH ST 12TH FLOOR

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 COLLECT AND DIFFUSE INFORMATION ON ALL TOPICS RELATING TO THE CULTURE AND CARE OF PLANTS, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND TO STIMULATE THE KNOWLEDGE AND LOVE OF HORTICULTURE IN NEW YORK CITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE HORT IS TO IMPROVE HUMAN LIFE THROUGH HORTICULTURE. WE CREATE GREEN SPACES IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS AS A VITAL PART OF SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE. WE TRAIN PEOPLE FOR JOBS THAT GROW AND SUSTAIN GREEN COMMUNITIES. WE DEVELOP FRESH APPROACHES TO IMPROVE NEW YORKERS' HEALTH, WELL-BEING, AND ENVIRONMENT THROUGH HORTICULTURE.

  • THERAPUTIC GARDENING - DESIGN, BUILD, AND MAINTAIN THERAPUTIC GARDENS PARTNERED WITH HOUSING COMMUNITIES AND REHABILITATION COOPERATIVES.

    Expenses $973,386

  • ENGAGING COMMUNITIES (EDUCATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES)- THE HORT ENGAGES NEW YORKERS TO CONNECT WITH THEIR COMMUNITY SPACES THROUGH PLANT-FOCUSED SCHOOL AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THERAPEUTIC HORTICULTURE WORKSHOPS IN CARE FACILITIES AND DETENTION CENTERS.

    Expenses $1,306,663 · Revenue $549,614

  • TRANSFORMING SPACE (URBAN GREENING)- THE HORT EMBEDS NATURE INTO THE FABRIC OF EVERYDAY CITY LIFE BY TRANSFORMING OTHERWISE "UNPLANTABLE" URBAN SPACES INTO SUSTAINABLE GARDENS.

    Expenses $9,834,483 · Revenue $10,874,328

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.

  • Matt Berman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ronnie London

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • George Ball

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James Druckman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Timothy Hamilton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rina Niles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jared Goss

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bruce W Addison

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Duncan Sahner

    VICE CHAIR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sara Hobel

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $334,874
    From this org
    $331,674
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,200
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $331,674
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,200
    Filer's total
    $334,874

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
    $14,139,081
    Expenses
    $13,069,626
    Contributions
    $2,358,831
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $12,924,873
    Expenses
    $11,703,554
    Contributions
    $2,103,878
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,621,589
    Expenses
    $10,577,645
    Contributions
    $2,290,086
    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
    $11,903,088
    Expenses
    $9,272,863
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,848,311

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,400,528
    Expenses
    $4,360,677
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,122,363

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,011,673
    Expenses
    $4,473,892
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,513,479

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,977,081
    Expenses
    $4,462,053
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,295,043

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,269,835
    Expenses
    $3,919,693
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,552,782

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,059,034
    Expenses
    $2,923,366
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,306,847

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,682,446
    Expenses
    $2,443,058
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,095,627

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,023,304
    Expenses
    $2,767,087
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,899,298

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,854,186
    Expenses
    $2,159,509
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,705,588

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,923,102
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,985,117

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 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 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.