Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden Foundation Inc

Analysis

Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Buellton, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2011, 15 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, Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden Foundation Inc reported income of $407k and spending of $344k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $81k to $407k (+403%), an average of +124% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 355%. 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, Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden Foundation Inc sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grace Hudowalski Charitable Trust ($407k), Kansas Wildscape Foundation ($408k) and US Research Impact Alliance Corp ($407k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% and program service revenue 70% of the total. At year end it held assets of $329k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $329k.