Goin Native Therapeutic Gardens

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463782999
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-T 2023, Form 990-N 2018
Location
San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA
Phone
9497540191
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Counseling, Support Groups

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$88,007
Expenses
$52,586
Assets
$142,831
Liabilities
$437

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARIANNE TAYLOR (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MEGAN YOO SCHNEIDER (DIRECTOR)
  • JIM TAYLOR (DIRECTOR)
  • KRISTINE JODIS (DIRECTOR)

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

Goin native therapeutic gardens supports community wellness in nature and the organization envisions a world where people of all ages abilities and backgrounds connect in nature.

What it reported doing in 2024

Choc classes the program is run at choc hospital in orange, ca for in-patient children with mental health issues. Six classes where the children create crafts are conducted each month. The craft provide these children with the opportunity for hands-on learning and therapy with plants & natural materials. Choc confidentiality provisions restrict disclosing the number of children benefited by the classes. The program is fully funded by goin' native (no payments from choc) with restricted grants.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 83.7%; rating input score 84

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: 40.2%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.72; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 45%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50% of revenue deployed · 83.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $44K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.