Healthy Plants Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680435371
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9165749744
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$37,409
Expenses
$29,539
Assets
$196,307

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • CLINK HASKELL (CHAIRMAN)
  • ANDREW LARSON (VICE CHAIRMA)
  • RENEE PINEL (FOUNDATION M)

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

Conduct public education programs, fund scholarships, and support research related to California fertilizer industry.

What it reported doing in 2025

Established 4 garden grants to schools to help establish gardens in public school to help educate children in the use of fertilizers and plant health.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.6%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.65; rating input score 88; 88th 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: -11.6% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.6% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $24K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.