Laura's Garden Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
874252236
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Wethersfield, CT, USA
Phone
8602573775
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parks and Playgrounds

Reported finances

Revenue
$29,932
Expenses
$19,612
Assets
$51,201

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVEN KIRSCHE (PRESIDENT/CH)

People named in this filing

  • STEVEN KIRSCHE (PRESIDENT/CH)
  • MELISSA ALBRIGHT (TREASURER/DI)
  • REBECCA WEAVER (SECRETARY/DI)

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

Laura's garden, inc. Was established for the purpose of fundraising for a hardscape garden to be constructed on the grounds of a public park in wethersfield, ct to memorialize the life and legacy of laura kirsche hart. This garden will offer opportunities for the community to gather to enjoy nature and the outdoors. Laura's garden, inc. Will fund and oversee the design, development, and construction of the garden. Once constructed it is anticipated that the town of wethersfield will handle regular landscaping and maintenance of the garden but laura's garden, inc. Will fund and oversee any future repairs and renovations to ensure the garden remains a community space. These activities will constitute 100% of the company's time and will be conducted by the company's board of directors, officers, and volunteers.

What it reported doing in 2025

Form 990-ez, part iii, line 31 - all other accomplishments laura's garden, inc.with construction of the garden completed in 2024 the organization focused all attention on fundraising to continue maintaining the project and engage the community in its activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 84.7%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.5%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.61; rating input score 72; 72nd 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: -42.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -46.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56% of revenue deployed · 84.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.