Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Corporation

Analysis

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Bragg, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1986, 40 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 March 2023, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Corporation reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.8m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2020 to March 2023, income grew from $1.7m to $1.7m (+1.8%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 109%. 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, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Corporation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The South Fork Conservancy Incorporated ($1.7m), Sheridan Community Land Trust ($1.7m) and Center for Rural Affairs Community Capital ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 11% and program service revenue 88% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $248k, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 38 employees.