Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 460925099
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Spokane, WA, USA
- Phone
- 5094772193
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Garden Club, Horticultural Program
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $101,520
- Expenses
- $93,833
- Assets
- $195,768
- Liabilities
- $6,007
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MATT VELASCO (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LAURIN DAVIS (BOARD MEMBER)
- DENNIS MCGUIRE (BOARD MEMBER)
- CECILIA MCGOWAN (BOARD MEMBER)
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
To enhance and supplement the efforts of the wsu master gardener program and its volunteers.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization holds a variety of events and programs as follows: provided volunteer services and fundraising to enhance and supplement the efforts of the wsu master gardeners program by educating the public on good gardening practices, sponsored clinics, demonstration gardens, school programs and speakers, and holding events that raise funds for the program. The community garden and demonstration beds and workshops help interested community members of all ages learn to grow their own food. We assist in establishing and maintaining community gardens and educating about sustainable gardening practices. During 2024, the organization utilized funding from the Washington state department of ecology grant to create educational videos about composting and other gardening techniques. The composting program focuses on building compost bins at community gardens and food banks, and educates the community about strategies to decrease organic waste in our waste streams.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.5%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 87.4%; rating input score 87
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: 7.6%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.09; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.5% of revenue deployed · 87.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $82K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.