Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581713361
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
4044467287
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$120,289
Expenses
$129,848
Assets
$61,034
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARAH BOYER (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTINE HASSELL (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • CHRISTINA SMITH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • SARAH BOYER (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTINE HASSELL (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • ANDREW WHITE (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To lead, educate and participate inthe careful stewardship, wise planning, and artful design of our cultural and natural environments while promoting the advancement of the landscape architect profession. Also to host many annual events that bring together members, the community and industry partners

What it reported doing in 2025

Advancement of the profession by hosting events to bring its 300 members, industry partners and the community together. The events include a charity golf tournament, a luncheon, a ceu event and an awards reception.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.9%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 57.3%; rating input score 57

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: -7.9%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.4%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.9% of revenue deployed · 57.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $74K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.