Summit County Master Gardeners

Analysis

Summit County Master Gardeners is a registered charity in United States, based in Akron, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2002, 24 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 December 2023, Summit County Master Gardeners reported income of $60k and spending of $48k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $49k to $60k (+23%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Summit County Master Gardeners sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 24th percentile, and in the 24th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kentucky Association of Conservation District Employees ($60k), Bright Lights Book Project ($60k) and Arkansas River Conservation Cooperative ($60k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.1% and program service revenue 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $64k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $64k.