Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden Inc

Analysis

Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in West Palm BCH, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1995, 31 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 September 2023, Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden Inc reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.6m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.6m (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden Inc sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Garden Raised Bounty ($1.6m), Coalition for Clean Air ($1.6m) and Heal the Ocean ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% and program service revenue 54% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $782k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $332k, net assets of $787k. It reported 14 employees.