Miss Frans Teaching Garden

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
874247012
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Tool, TX, USA
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Primary, Elementary Schools

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,540
Expenses
$20,689
Assets
$35,638

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Debbie Bozeman-Zook (President)

People named in this filing

  • Debbie Bozeman-Zook (President)
  • Beth Clampitt (VP 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create unique learning experiences for the students of Tool Elementary by providing the environment and resources to plant nurture and harvest fresh fruits and vegetables in their own edible garden And to experience the rewards of community involvement our student gardeners will share the bounty of each seasons harvest with the Tool Community Food Pantry.

What it reported doing in 2025

SAVE THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY PROJECT: While designing the garden layout the Garden Leaders made space for a combined Pollinator Garden and Water feature to attract pollinators specifically the Monarch as they are now on the Endangered Species list. We applied and were certified to be a Monarch Way Station by meeting their required qualification. Teaching materials such as Caterpillar cages and Monarch eggs were purchased for each class and a Butterfly Release was attended by the entire school of 282 students. With time our purpose is to establish Miss Frans Garden as a stopping point for the Monarchs migration.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.1%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -79.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.72; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -56% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $20K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.