Friends of the Public Garden Inc

Analysis

Friends of the Public Garden Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Boston, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1975, 51 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 Public Garden Inc reported income of $3.7m and spending of $3.9m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.5m to $3.7m (+8.1%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 78% 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 Public Garden Inc 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 89th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Imagine H2o Inc ($3.7m), McKee Botanical Garden Inc ($3.7m) and Delta Wildlife Inc ($3.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $888k. At year end it held assets of $30.0m against liabilities of $676k, net assets of $29.3m. It reported 14 employees.