The Big Garden

Analysis

The Big Garden is a registered charity in United States, based in Omaha, NE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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 2022, The Big Garden reported income of $841k and spending of $854k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $666k to $841k (+26%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Big Garden sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within NE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments Vines ($841k), Church Multiplication Ministries Inc ($841k) and Bma Tenpoint Inc ($840k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 3.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $574k. At year end it held assets of $748k against liabilities of $8,275, net assets of $740k. It reported 19 employees.