Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute Inc

Overview

Mission

Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute promotes sustainable agriculture, permaculture education, ecological stewardship, cultural preservation, and community resilience through workshops, resources, research, and community-based programs.

What it reported doing in 2025

Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute provided permaculture education, sustainable agriculture training, ecological stewardship courses, grants and assistance, research, intern support, and community-based programming to promote cultural preservation, healthy community, and resilience. Activities included workshops, educational resources, land stewardship support, and related community outreach.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 71% for direct work, and 29% for grants.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850384777
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-PF 2023
Headquarters
Espanola, NM, USA
Phone
5059018459
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 91
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.5%; rating input score 42
  • Program expense ratio: 87.5%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 55.9%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 18.82; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 101.9% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 33.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.5% of revenue deployed · 87.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $202K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 2 annual filings from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.