Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens

Analysis

Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens is a registered charity in United States, based in Devon, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.5m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.5m to $1.4m (-6.9%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Willamette Partnership ($1.4m), Upstream Policy Institute Inc ($1.4m) and Oregon Agricultural Trust Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 40% and program service revenue 2.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $119k (8.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $657k. At year end it held assets of $23.3m against liabilities of $16k, net assets of $23.3m. It reported 26 employees.