Chestnut Hill Garden Club
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237076215
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6179011708
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $41,065
- Expenses
- $24,600
- Assets
- $91,863
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRITT LEE (PRESIDENT)
- JEAN FULKERSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BRITT LEE (PRESIDENT)
- JEAN FULKERSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- BONNIE OLSEN (RECORDING SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To inform members and the general public about environmental and horticultural issues in the local area. To collaborate with both public and private organizations to promote an appreciation of garden and floral design.
What it reported doing in 2024
The club provides lectures to its members monthly from october through april on topics related to gardening, protection of native plants and birds, the conservation of natural resources, environmental and horticultural needs and civic projects related to any of the above.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 64% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 79
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 49.5%; rating input score 49
- Program expense ratio: 77.3%; rating input score 77
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 40.1%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.73; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 49.5% of revenue deployed · 77.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $19K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.