Friends of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia Inc

Analysis

Friends of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Athens, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1973, 53 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, Friends of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia Inc reported income of $209k and spending of $253k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $255k to $209k (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia Inc sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Solutions to Avoid Red Tide Inc ($209k), Keep Polk County Beautiful Inc ($209k) and Jacobs Creek Watershed Association ($209k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.6% and program service revenue 51% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $18k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $15k, net assets of $1.7m.