Desert Botanical Garden Foundation

Analysis

Desert Botanical Garden Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Phoenix, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Desert Botanical Garden Foundation reported income of $419k and spending of $826k, spending 197% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $673k to $419k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Desert Botanical Garden Foundation sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include John T Waterhouse Share No 4 Trust ($419k), Save the River Inc ($419k) and Bisbees Fish & Wildlife Conservation Fund ($418k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.8% of the total. At year end it held assets of $16.6m against liabilities of $35k, net assets of $16.5m.