Growing Gardens

Analysis

Growing Gardens is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Growing Gardens reported income of $2.1m and spending of $2.1m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $976k to $2.1m (+117%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Growing Gardens sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Donnie Edwards Best Defense Foundation ($2.1m), Formosa Taiwan Inc ($2.1m) and Mohammady Foundation ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $109k (5.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $260k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 50 employees.