Amarillo Botanical Gardens

Analysis

Amarillo Botanical Gardens is a registered charity in United States, based in Amarillo, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1957, 69 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 August 2022, Amarillo Botanical Gardens reported income of $681k and spending of $776k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2022, income grew from $574k to $681k (+19%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Amarillo Botanical Gardens sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Middle Fork Willamette Watershedcouncil ($680k), Truckee River Foundation ($683k) and Center for Urban Pedagogy Inc ($680k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 25% and program service revenue 49% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $75k (9.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $114k. At year end it held assets of $5.3m against liabilities of $13k, net assets of $5.3m. It reported 14 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.