Master Gardener Foundation of Grays Harbor & Pacific Counties of Wa St
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911852095
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Elma, WA, USA
- Phone
- 3607984804
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $64,500
- Expenses
- $67,698
- Assets
- $66,581
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- M KARVIA (PRESIDENT)
- K RUPP (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- M KARVIA (PRESIDENT)
- K RUPP (VICE PRESIDENT)
- G Dutton (SECRETARY)
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 Washington State University Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties are university trained individuals who aim to help WSU Extension reach our local community with science-based horticulture and environmental stewardship information generated from research at WSU and other university systems. As a Foundation, we provide funding to increase the effectiveness and impact of the WSU Extension Master Gardener Program throughout Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provided financial support for the activities of the wsu extension master gardeners program in grays harbor and pacific counties. This includes maintainence of four demonstration gardens, located in elma, ocean shores, ilwaco and south bend, where master gardeners showcase sustainable gardening practices. The food raised in the demonstration beds/gardens was donated to local food banks. The foundation also covered supplies for workshops, youth activities, and plant clinics. Approximately 255 adults participated in 21 workshops. Topics included soil health, pruning, seed saving, pollinators, composting, soil amendments, and starting a vegetable garden. Twelve youth activites were held with 185 adults and 1325 children attending. All activities are offered without charge. Master gardeners volunters staffed seasonal plant clinics at local farmers markets and wsu extension offices offering personalized gardening help with pest and disease diagnostics and research based recommendations to approximately 900 county residents. The three fundraising activities were staffed by master gardener volunteers and offered educational opportunities. The home and garden show had approxiately 4000 visitors and 100 vendor booths both local and from out of the area. The garden tour and plant sale had between 400 and 500 visitors. The mother's day planter sale had about 200 visitors.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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 assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.8%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
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: -5%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 52.9% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 45.1% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 92.8% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $60K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.