Grosse Pointe Garden Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
381538484
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, USA
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$56,828
Expenses
$62,600
Assets
$225,357

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SANDRA FISCHER (CO PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARSHA GOAN (CO-VICE PRES)
  • JEAN AZAR (TRUSTEE)
  • MARTHA BARRETTE (ASSISTANT TR)

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

Promoting education, beautification, horticulture and conservation among the grosse pointe communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Annual trial gardens: every year the grosse pointe garden center provides a circular garden plot divided into nine pie shaped sections for use as a community gardening competition. All of the local garden clubs are invited to participate by selecting a section of the "trial garden- and, following a theme, plan, plant and maintain the gardens from spring through end of summer. Each participating garden club is provided a stipend by the grosse pointe garden center to help offset their costs incurred during the competition. A panel of master gardeners judges each section of the garden on three different occasions during the length of the event. First, second and third place winners are announced at an end of summer tea to which the community is invited. From spring planting and throughout the summer, the trial gardens are available for the public to enjoy. 500 garden members plus entire grosse pointe community benefited.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 48
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53.3%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 39.6%; rating input score 40

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.2%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.6; rating input score 78; 78th 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: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53.3% of revenue deployed · 39.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.