Denton County Master Gardener Associatation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
542143893
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Denton, TX, USA
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Garden Club, Horticultural Program

Reported finances

Revenue
$110,030
Expenses
$98,781
Assets
$128,891

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Bonnie Ambrose (President)
  • Jeff Hardgrave (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Bonnie Ambrose (President)
  • Jeff Hardgrave (Vice President)
  • Jill Olhausen (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the Denton County Master Gardener Association is to educate and inspire Denton County residents through research-based horticulture promoting eco-friendly gardens and enduring landscapes that enrich our communities. Supporting this mission in 2025 330 master gardeners contributed 44,975 volunteer service hours across more than 30 projects reaching 1,006,492 Denton County residents.

What it reported doing in 2025

Speakers Bureau and Ask A Master Gardener Booth. - The Speakers Bureau accepts speaking requests from Denton County community organizations including civic groups neighborhood associations garden clubs and others. DCMGA members deliver research-based educational presentations that promote the development of healthy gardens through sustainable horticultural practices at these speaking engagements. The Ask A Master Gardener booth is an outreach of the Denton County Master Gardener Association. It allows the public and certified Master Gardeners to interact one-on-one. We provide research-based gardening education and experiences field questions and address local gardening concerns. We participate in local venues including farmers markets Arbor Day events Earth Day Denton Redbud Festival community and employee fairs and our DCMGA-sponsored annual events. We try to keep our green thumb on the communitys pulse and are constantly tailoring our presentation to best represent Denton County Master Gardeners at each event we attend.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 65% of its reported program spending for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 44
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 42.4%; rating input score 42
  • Program expense ratio: 47.5%; rating input score 47

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.2%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.3; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 42.4% of revenue deployed · 47.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 19 filed program accomplishments · $47K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • 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 42/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.