Marion County Master Gardeners Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911830020
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Salem, OR, US
- Phone
- 503-373-3770
- Rating
- 48
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Garden Club, Horticultural Program
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $84,064
- Expenses
- $58,510
- Assets
- $133,283
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Carol Haven (President)
- NA (President -Elect)
People named in this filing
- Carol Haven (President)
- Sharon Lohse (Secretary)
- Leslie Hayase (Communications Representative)
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
Marion County Master Gardeners™ are trained certified volunteers who promote the joy and science of home gardening in our community.
What it reported doing in 2025
MCMGA is committed to providing a wide variety of research-based opportunities to the home gardener and community. Master Gardeners volunteered over 3,000 hours to free educational programming through a variety of venues: weekly radio spots; lectures (in-person and on zoom); hands-on workshops; information our website; community speakers on request, and community clinics. This year MCMGA developed interactive teaching tools to use at our community clinics and booth at the Oregon State Fair. Farmers markets, and at our own plant sale. MCMGA provides year-round free gardening advice Monday through Friday through our help desk. The public is invited to drop-by, call, or email any gardening questions or problem.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
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: 17
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 14.3%; rating input score 14
- Program expense ratio: 20.5%; rating input score 21
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 30.4%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.28; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 30.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 14.3% of revenue deployed · 20.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $12K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- 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 14/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.