Lancaster Garden Club
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 454704758
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- South Lancaster, MA, USA
- Rating
- 52
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Garden Club, Horticultural Program
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,450
- Expenses
- $7,022
- Assets
- $22,756
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Alexandra Turner (Interim President)
- Katherine Holden (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Alexandra Turner (Interim President)
- Katherine Holden (Vice President)
- Rachel Ganimian (Treasurer)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Educational programming and civic plantings
What it reported doing in 2023
Civic Projects and plantings
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 76% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 35
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 35.8%; rating input score 36
- Program expense ratio: 32.8%; rating input score 33
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -8.9%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.24; rating input score 75; 75th 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 35.8% of revenue deployed · 32.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 36/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.