Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society Inc

Analysis

Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Buffalo, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1989, 37 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, Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society Inc reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.4m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.8m to $2.5m (-12%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Soil Health Academy ($2.5m), National Network of Abortion Funds ($2.5m) and North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation Inc ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 28% and program service revenue 52% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $360k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $9.3m against liabilities of $480k, net assets of $8.8m. It reported 43 employees.