Growing Love Community Garden of Manorhaven Ltd

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822132481
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Port Washington, NY, USA
Phone
5164562842
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$24,736
Expenses
$32,953
Assets
$33,545
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERIKA STEHL (FOUNDER & PRESIDENT)
  • AMANDA KHALIL (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ERIKA STEHL (FOUNDER & PRESIDENT)
  • AMANDA KHALIL (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ED JANOFF (SECRETARY)

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

Growing love community garden of manorha mission is connecting our diverse community to healthy food, nature and each other.our vision is to build a resilient community where neighbors grow, share and eat their own food. We aim to empower individuals, create a support network and promote healthy gardening practices that improve the environment and the continued beautification and restoration of public lands.

What it reported doing in 2024

Since opening doors in 2018, the community garden has served 140 families and over 5,000 community members in port Washington. The garden features 46 individual plots, including one large vertical plot dedicated to food grown for the community and food pantry, and a teaching plot focused on educational gardening. Surrounding these areas, the entire peripheral garden is designed for food production while also nourishing and stabilizing the soil. This design encourages pollinators-such as bees, birds, butterflies, and beneficial insects-which enhances the vegetable yield in each plot. If you need more: the organization offers various enriching activities for the community, including classes that teach children how to grow their food and compost, free concerts, local markets and events to support small businesses, and a free author series featuring children's authors and local writers. Not only does the growing love community garden educate and connect the residents of port Washington to healthy habits, the organization also encourages community clean-ups in collaboration with the north shore university hospital and the merchant marine academy. Additionally, the garden has made space for health screenings, including skin cancer checks and upcoming covid-19 and flu vaccinations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 81.2%; rating input score 81

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -33.2%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -68.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -45.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -21.8% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 81.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $27K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 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.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.