Gardeners of Wake County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
561151825
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Morrisville, NC, USA
Phone
9197585934
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Garden Club, Horticultural Program

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$87,843
Expenses
$57,592
Assets
$301,034
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

  • SHAY CAMPBELL (PRESIDENT)
  • GWEN ROWE (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • TOM PACKER (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SHAY CAMPBELL (PRESIDENT)
  • GWEN ROWE (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • JOANNE BOONE (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 objectives of the gardeners of wake county shall be to promote educational and recreational activities related to gardening and to encourage participation in horticultural activities

What it reported doing in 2025

Azalea sale: the annual azalea sale has been held since about 1980 to raise money for gwc programs, our scholarship program being one of the most important of all. The scholarship program typically provides two scholarships for nc state university horticulture students for $5,000 each, totaling $10,000. Secondly, the azalea sale provides about 120 varieties of the latest and traditional varieties of azaleas, expanding the availability of azaleas to gardeners and horticulturalists in central North Carolina, leading in expanding and reshaping the world of azaleas. About 75 volunteers work at the sale, amounting to about 1,500 volunteer hours annually.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 70% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.4%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.23; rating input score 84; 84th 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: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2011 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.