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PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

EIN 23-1352265 PHILADELPHIA, PA

Revenue 2023
$34,269,996
Expenses 2023
$35,496,464

Program services were 75.6% 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
100 N 20TH ST STE 405

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 · 2023

Mission

FOUNDED IN 1827, THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY (PHS) USES HORTICULTURE TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGION. (CONTINUED IN SCH O)PHS'S WORK FOCUSES ON FOUR IMPACT PRIORITIES: CREATING HEALTHY LIVING ENVIRONMENTS, INCREASING ACCESS TO FRESH FOOD, EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORUNITY AND BUILDING MEANINGFUL SOCIAL CONNECTIONS. PHS IS THE PRODUCER OF THE PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW, THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND LONGEST-RUNNING HORTICULTURAL EVENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY (PHS) CONNECTS PEOPLE WITH HORTICULTURE AND TOGETHER WE CREATE BEAUTIFUL, HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES.

  • THE PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW IS A NINE-DAY EVENT FEATURING HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. IT IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST ANNUAL INDOOR FLOWER SHOW IN THE WORLD ATTRACTING OVER 230,000 PEOPLE, IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. PROCEEDS FROM THE SHOW HELP SUPPORT THE SOCIETY'S PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $9,152,765 · Revenue $10,430,584

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $13,800,300 · Grants $150,205 · Revenue $149,708

  • PHS'S PUBLIC LANDSCAPES AND PUBLIC GARDENS PROGRAM HELPS BUILD STRONGER SOCIAL CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. WE FUND, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN 9 PUBLIC GREEN SPACES ACROSS PHILADELPHIA. WITH OUR PARTNERS WE MANAGE AN ADDITIONAL 11 GARDENS IN THE CITY.

    Expenses $3,720,171 · Grants $819,180 · Revenue $497,165

  • PHS'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS PROVIDE HORTICULTURAL INFORMATION AND TRAINING TO MEMBERS, VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER CONSTITUENTS IN THE PHILDELPHIA REGION THROUGH WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, TOURS, EVENTS AND PUBLICATIONS. IT INCLUDES ONE OF THE LARGEST HORTICULTURAL LIBRARIES IN THE COUNTRY WITH NEARLY 15,000 VOLUMES.

    Expenses $164,882 · Revenue $9,531

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • MATTHEW P RADER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $386,056
    From this org
    $360,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,127
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $353,929
    Bonus
    $7,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,602
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,525
    Filer's total
    $386,056

  • MARGARET SADLER

    CHAIR (AS OF 01/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBIN POTTER

    CHAIR (THRU 12/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINE HENISEE

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES JOLINGER

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATRICIA OWENS

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHARRIEFF ALI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILFRETA BAUGH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT FELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RACHAEL FERRARO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID FLEISCHNER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER GILLIAM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRETT GLOWACKI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HELEN HORSTMANN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC DEL VISCIO

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANN DONAVAN MARSHALL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALISON MARX

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARGARET MCCARVILL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MOLLY MORRISON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GABRIELLA PAEZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HON'BLE LILLIAN HARRIS RANSOM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HENRY REICHNER

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIM RIDDLE

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REGINA O'BRIEN THOMAS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JASON VERMILLION

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $34,269,996
    Expenses
    $35,496,464
    Contributions
    $19,124,500
    Grants paid
    $969,385
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $37,774,118
    Expenses
    $34,290,173
    Contributions
    $23,294,373
    Grants paid
    $1,029,269

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

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $28,256,226
    Expenses
    $35,923,919
    Assets (EOY)
    $64,787,595

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,814,055
    Expenses
    $30,916,880
    Assets (EOY)
    $74,603,283

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,561,112
    Expenses
    $27,452,543
    Assets (EOY)
    $63,270,119

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,807,750
    Expenses
    $25,526,113
    Assets (EOY)
    $67,584,065

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $28,293,615
    Expenses
    $28,061,910
    Assets (EOY)
    $69,056,967

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,830,104
    Expenses
    $26,863,600
    Assets (EOY)
    $67,630,522

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

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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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.