Cape Fear Botanical Garden

Analysis

Cape Fear Botanical Garden is a registered charity in United States, based in Fayetteville, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1990, 36 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 June 2023, Cape Fear Botanical Garden reported income of $2.6m and spending of $2.6m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.3m to $2.6m (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Cape Fear Botanical Garden sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Our Streets PDX ($2.6m), Tuolumne River Conservancy Inc ($2.6m) and South Alabama Land Trust Inc ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 55% and program service revenue 44% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $925k. At year end it held assets of $10.1m against liabilities of $376k, net assets of $9.8m. It reported 37 employees.