Gathering Thyme School of Western Herbalism
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 861297004
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Petaluma, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4155248693
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health Support Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $90,869
- Expenses
- $96,081
- Assets
- $33,978
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Cheryl Fromholzer (President)
People named in this filing
- Howard Sian (chair)
- Cheryl Fromholzer (President)
- Blythe Adams (Treasurer)
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 educate on herbalism.
What it reported doing in 2024
Herb SchoolBeginning, Intermediate and Advanced Clinical Herbalism.Our students come from diverse backgrounds, places, and professions, but they share something unique and necessary. Our students are dedicated to connecting plants and humans for the benefit of each, and to do this, they have chosen to immersethemselves into the world of community and clinical herbalism. Our faculty are some of the most skilled herbal educators in the country, and together we are ushering in the next generation of herbalists. We are proud of our lineage and proud of our students! Events & WorkshopsOne-Time Events, Short-Term Classes & Hands-On WorkshopsOur events are experiences designed to connect you to the world of plants, land and community care. Our offerings change with the seasons and include herb walks, classes on making herbal remedies and herbal gardening to name a few. We invite you to the multi-layered world of herbalism, gardening and kitchen witchery.This year we are excited to expand our offerings into the intuitive arts and indigenous spiritual traditions, beginning later in 2024.Virtual Community ClinicStudent-Run No-Cost to Low-Cost Holistic Herbal Healthcare and CounselingBenefit from clinical herbalism today through our no-cost to low-cost online CommunityClinic! Clinic services are sliding scale with no one turned away due to lack of funds. Recommended herbal remedies are at an additional cost (also at a sliding scale) and are available for pick up locally or mailed to you. Clinic is open on Mondays from 11am to 5pm.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 95.1%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.7%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -32% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -13% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $91K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.