Garden Conservancy Inc

Analysis

Garden Conservancy Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Greenwich, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Garden Conservancy Inc reported income of $6.6m and spending of $4.9m, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $8.1m to $6.6m (-19%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Garden Conservancy Inc sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Cibolo Wilderness ($6.6m), San Francisco Botanical Garden Society at Strybing Arboretum ($6.6m) and Wildlands Conservancy Inc ($6.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 64% and program service revenue 15% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $487k (9.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. It paid $81k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $37.3m against liabilities of $667k, net assets of $36.6m. It reported 22 employees.