Watered Gardens

Analysis

Watered Gardens is a registered charity in United States, based in Joplin, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 June 2023, Watered Gardens reported income of $2.6m and spending of $2.3m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2018 to June 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $2.6m (+89%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Watered Gardens sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Chavez Center ($2.6m), Both Ends Believing Inc ($2.6m) and Wawa Associates in Need Fund ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. At year end it held assets of $5.3m against liabilities of $188k, net assets of $5.1m. It reported 51 employees.