Garden Club of Minneapolis

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411984036
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Excelsior, MN, USA
Phone
9522204923
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,468
Expenses
$41,468
Assets
$107,358
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brenda Schultz (President)
  • Kristine Knowles (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Brenda Schultz (President)
  • Kristine Knowles (Vice President)
  • Susan Clark (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of this corporation is to encourage, promote and develop interest in and knowledge of horticulture in all branches; to conduct meetings, seminars, lectures, tours and other group participation in subjects related to domestic gardening.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Garden Club of Minneapolis held 8 meetings, open to the public, where horticultural and gardening experts provided lectures on various topics. Average attendance of 75 people for a total of 600 people. GCM also had 43 members donate their time and gardening expertise to plant and maintain several public gardens in Minneapolis. Thousands of people visit each garden every year. GCM provided grants to Edina and Golden Valley Community Gardens, the Minnesota State Horticultural Society and the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. GCM also provided $14,000 for scholarships to college students studying horticulture. In addition, GCM planned and implemented a Flower and Photo show at Bachman's Garden Center that was visited by over 2,000 people and a 2 day horticulture display at the Minnesota State Fair that was visited by many thousands of people.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 57% for direct work, and 43% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.4%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.59; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 141.4% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.4% of revenue deployed · 91.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $38K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.