Piedmont Master Gardeners

Analysis

Piedmont Master Gardeners is a registered charity in United States, based in Charlottesvle, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2007, 19 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 December 2023, Piedmont Master Gardeners reported income of $66k and spending of $47k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $52k to $66k (+26%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Piedmont Master Gardeners sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 25th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Headwaters Inc ($66k), Columbia Green ($66k) and Arizona Recycling Coalition ($66k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 19% and program service revenue 9.8% of the total. At year end it held assets of $91k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $91k.