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The Garden Club of America

Public charity990-T FY2023
Environment · NEW YORK, NY · EIN 13-1626773

About

The purpose of the garden club of america is to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening, to share the advantages of association by means of educational meetings, conferences, correspondence, and publications, and to restore, improve, and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs and action in the fields of conservation and civic improvement.

Donations are tax-deductible
Category
Environment
Employees
13
Volunteers
400

Financial Snapshot

FY ending 2023-06-30
Revenue
$4.6M
Expenses
$4.4M
Assets
$56.4M
Liabilities
$3.5M

Financial history

$7.6M$3.8M$0
17181920212223
RevenueExpenses
Latest FY2023: $4.6M · Peak FY2019: $7.6M · Avg: $5.5M

Foreign activity (Schedule F)

Total spent abroad$1.4M
Foreign employees0
Foreign offices0
Foreign partnership interestNo
Foreign trust interestNo
RegionActivitySpent
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN - ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, ARUBA, BAHAMAS,

501(h) election

This 501(c)(3) has NOT elected 501(h) — lobbying is permitted but limited under the vaguer "no substantial part of activities" test.

Political & Grant Activity

Campaign Spending
Lobbying
$1K
Grants Given
$4K
THE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA
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Address

14 EAST 60TH Street
New YORK, NY, 10022-100

Governance

Voting board members12
Independent members12
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
Used comp surveyYes
Board approved compYes
Initial contract exceptionNo

Financial detail (Schedule D)

Board-designated %8.5%
Permanent endowment %39.5%
Endowment held by related orgNo
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