Tucson Botanical Gardens

Analysis

Tucson Botanical Gardens is a registered charity in United States, based in Tucson, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1970, 56 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 June 2023, Tucson Botanical Gardens reported income of $3.7m and spending of $2.7m, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.0m to $3.7m (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Tucson Botanical Gardens sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grande Ronde Model Watershed Foundation ($3.7m), Majority Action ($3.7m) and Texas Land Conservancy ($3.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 37% and program service revenue 58% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $254k (9.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $875k. It paid $90k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $8.4m against liabilities of $679k, net assets of $7.7m. It reported 58 employees.