Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve In
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 571069038
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Spartanburg, SC, USA
- Phone
- 8645747724
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Forest Conservation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $424,492
- Expenses
- $436,342
- Assets
- $1,677,412
- Liabilities
- $11,378
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
People named in this filing
- CHARLENE SMITH-DOCTOR (TRUSTEE)
- JOYCE RUTH (TRUSTEE)
- KEENAN MULLEN (TRUSTEE)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of hatcher garden and woodland preserve is to provide a place where the public can come for inspiration, enjoyment and education through the study of nature.
What it reported doing in 2024
Daily and routine maintenance for the general operations of spartanburg's unique, community botanical garden which is open to the public 365 days of the year from dawn to dusk. School students have annual field trips to the garden learning about environmental education, flowers, trees and animals living in the garden. In addition to educational tours for children, we offer garden tours to visiting garden clubs, church groups and other types of groups such as retirees. We also offer garden rental space for events and weddings. Many local photographers use the garden throughout the year for family and bridal photo portraits. Community hospice organizations as well as individuals seeking a place of inspiration, healing and renewal often find solace within the beauty of the garden with its series of ponds, streams and a waterfall surrounded by conifers. Annually, nearly 60,000 people, many tourists from other states and countries, visit hatcher garden and woodland preserve.
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 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 57
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 64%; rating input score 64
- Program expense ratio: 57%; rating input score 57
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.8%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.84; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 64% of revenue deployed · 57% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $249K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 26 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.