Herb Society of America Pioneer Unit
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742690667
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Round Top, TX, USA
- Rating
- 44
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Garden Club, Horticultural Program
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $42,167
- Expenses
- $29,213
- Assets
- $121,263
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- Diana Sellers (Chairman)
- Tory Farley (First Vice Chair - Programs)
- Cammie Beierle (Second Vice Chair - Membership)
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
Education regarding Herbs and Plants monetary and volunteer support at public gardens college scholarships as well as educational programs open to the public.
What it reported doing in 2024
Our Horticulture Study group grew measured and studied 8 types of Lavender plants for one year and published their results in the Texas Gardener Magazine as well as presented their results to the public at a Pioneer Unit monthly meeting.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 82% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 10
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 9.3%; rating input score 9
- Program expense ratio: 13.4%; rating input score 13
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 30.7%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.15; rating input score 81; 81st 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; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 9.3% of revenue deployed · 13.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 9/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.