Iowa Gardening for Good
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463931858
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Madrid, IA, USA
- Phone
- 5159854042
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $134,492
- Expenses
- $178,945
- Assets
- $39,517
- Liabilities
- $126,650
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- TRACY BLACKMER (DIRECTOR)
- JIM MAIXNER (DIRECTOR)
- LEONARD LARSON (DIRECTOR)
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
The purpose for which the corporation is organized is to provide agricultural expertise and logistical support to increase local food production and supply local needs/charitable purposes by involving youth and other community volunteers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501 (c) (3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended (or corresponding section of any future federal tax code).
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization grew and donated over 200,000 pounds of produce to local food banks and similar organizations. The organization provided educational opportunities to students.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 9
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.8%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 68.2%; rating input score 68
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -33.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.2; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 30.7%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 28.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.8% of revenue deployed · 68.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $122K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.