Santa Fe Botanical Garden

Analysis

Santa Fe Botanical Garden is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Fe, NM. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1988, 38 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 December 2023, Santa Fe Botanical Garden reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.1m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.2m to $1.2m (-2.2%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Santa Fe Botanical Garden sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within NM. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cleanaire North Carolina ($1.2m), Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy ($1.2m) and The Gaia-Movement Living Earth Green World Action USA Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 66% and program service revenue 24% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $471k. At year end it held assets of $5.7m against liabilities of $792k, net assets of $4.9m. It reported 21 employees.