Mill Mountain Garden Club Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
546043964
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Roaonke, VA, USA
Phone
8044677943
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$128,504
Expenses
$127,229
Assets
$263,337
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jeanne Fishwick (President)
  • Sarah Boxley Beck (First Vice President)
  • Allison Parry (Second Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Jeanne Fishwick (President)
  • Sarah Boxley Beck (First Vice President)
  • Allison Parry (Second Vice President)

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 stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening; to share the advantages of association by means of meetings, conferences, correspondence and publications; to restore, improve and protect the quality of the environment; to support educational programs and projects to advance horticulture and conservation; and to actively contribute to the horticulture, civic improvement and conservation of the resources of the Roanoke Valley of Virginia

What it reported doing in 2025

Maintain and improve Wildflower Garden on Roanoke's Mill Mountain (serves entire community); support conservation efforts in Roanoke Valley and Commonwealth of Virginia through community action and membership in Virginia Conservation Network; participation in Garden Club of America; Garden Club of Virginia and Roanoke Council of Garden Clubs; work with Roanoke Valley Garden Club to maintain City of Roanoke's designation as a Bee City USA; host information and educational meetings for members monthly (serves 100 members); hosted 2026 Annual Meeting of Garden Club of Virginia (serves its 3,400 members in 48 member clubs); support Garden Club of Virginia through Historic Garden Week fundraiser (serves conservation efforts throughout the Commonwealth)

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 76% for direct work, and 24% for grants.

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.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 80.4%; rating input score 80

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: 1%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.07; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 27.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81% of revenue deployed · 80.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $102K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.