Friends of Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County

Analysis

Friends of Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County is a registered charity in United States, based in San Jose, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 June 2024, Friends of Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County reported income of $52k and spending of $69k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from June 2023 to June 2024, income fell from $62k to $52k (-16%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Friends of Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 22nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Karass Arts Project Inc ($52k), Pennsylvania Colony Historical Society of Nebraska ($52k) and Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Childrens Theater Company ($52k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% of the total. At year end it held assets of $363k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $363k.