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Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees

Public charityFed auditsIRS 990
DBA: % BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Environment · SAINT LOUIS, MO · EIN 43-0666759

About

To discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment in order to preserve and enrich life.

In care of Board of Trustees

Donations are tax-deductible
Category
Environment
Employees
570
Volunteers
1,680

Financial Snapshot

FY ending 2024-09-30
Revenue
$75.3M
Expenses
$59.5M
Assets
$398.4M
Liabilities
$6.9M

Financial history

$75.3M$37.6M$0
161718192021222324
RevenueExpenses
Latest FY2024: $75.3M · Avg: $56.1M

Foreign activity (Schedule F)

Total spent abroad$2.5M
Foreign employees371
Foreign offices0
Foreign partnership interestNo
Foreign trust interestNo
RegionActivitySpent
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - AUSTRALIA, BRUNEI, BURMA, CAMBODIA,
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM
SOUTH AMERICA - ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CHILE, COLUMBIA, ECUADOR,
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - ANGOLA, BENIN, BOTSWANA, BURKINA FASO,
SOUTH ASIA - AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, INDIA, MALDIVES, NEPAL,
NORTH AMERICA - CANADA AND MEXICO, BUT NOT THE UNITED STATES

Political & Grant Activity

Campaign Spending
Lobbying
Grants Given
$705K
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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Address

2345 Tower Grove AVE
Saint Louis, MO, 63110-342

Governance

Voting board members33
Independent members33
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Doc-retention policyYes
Audit committeeYes
990 reviewed by boardYes

Compensation practices

Severance paymentsNo
Equity-based compNo
Supplemental retirement planNo
Compensation committeeYes
Initial contract exceptionNo

Financial detail (Schedule D)

Board-designated %7.0%
Permanent endowment %53.0%
Endowment held by related orgNo

Fundraising activity (Schedule G)

Uses professional fundraisersYes
Gross fundraising receipts$223K
Net to org$178K
Retained by contractors$45K
ChannelsMail · Phone · Email · In-person · Grant solicitation
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