Growing Gardens for Life
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 900806398
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Camano Island, WA, USA
- Phone
- 4253300433
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $72,118
- Expenses
- $72,079
- Assets
- $6,075
- Liabilities
- $754
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jonathan E Stevens (Executive Director / President)
People named in this filing
- Jonathan E Stevens (Executive Director / President)
- Elaine E Stevens (Secretary / Treasurer)
- Robert Hosmer (Board Member)
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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of Growing Gardens For Life is to come alongside orphanages and group homes in Mexico teaching at risk children how to raise food and helping them put in organic and sustainable gardens and orchards.
What it reported doing in 2015
We worked with 9 orphanages and group homes in Baja California, Mexico where 248 children and approximately 45 caregivers received our services (classes, infrastructure, and hands on sustainable garden instruction) in gardens and orchards using tools, supplies, equipment, and other infrastructure (i.e. fences, tool sheds, green houses, raised beds, etc.) which we also provided.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.9%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 90.9%; rating input score 91
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.1%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.9% of revenue deployed · 90.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $66K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.