Marin Garden Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
815183668
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Ross, CA, USA
Phone
4153425281
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Garden Club, Horticultural Program

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,854
Expenses
$62,491
Assets
$162,816
Liabilities
$23,310

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nancy Alvarez (President)
  • Elizabeth Ireland (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Nancy Alvarez (President)
  • Elizabeth Ireland (Vice President)
  • Carol Kuhn (RECORDING SEC)

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

To promote interest in gardens and gardening.To engage in educational and informational activities with regard tohorticulture.To encourage the conservation of the natural beauties of Marin County.To encourage the study of conservation, horticulture, andenvironmental fields among Marin County students.

What it reported doing in 2025

This year the Marin Garden Club met our mission by creating community centered on our common interest in gardens, garden design, environmentalism and conservation. We hosted 8 general meetings, funded 8 scholarships at $4,000 each, participated in Bouquets to Art at the DeYoung Museum, participated in two floral workshops as a group, and heard from 6 outside speakers. We also offered several small group field trips, volunteer opportunities and gatherings related to conservation, gardens and the environment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 46% for direct work, and 54% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.9%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.61; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -62.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84% of revenue deployed · 91.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.