Mother Natives

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
993046050
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9166900526
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Garden Club, Horticultural Program

Reported finances

Revenue
$155,444
Expenses
$137,800
Assets
$48,889

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHEVAUN ZAKHIR (CEO, CFO)

People named in this filing

  • SHEVAUN ZAKHIR (CEO, CFO)
  • JASON BOVE (SECRETARY)
  • MOLLY MCKINNEY (ASSISTANT TR)

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

We are a landscape design service that offers affordable rates for diy gardeners, an educational resource, and community for gardeners and creatives. The business provides free and low cost gardening workshops and classes. We host a free monthly garden club where community members can share seeds, plant starts, and knowledge.

What it reported doing in 2025

Mother natives has installed and continues to maintain two public native plant gardens, creating pollinator-friendly spaces that benefit both people and wildlife. We also provide a free community seed library at our nursery, which is open to all community members and supports resource sharing and food sovereignty. In addition, we are working toward a sustainable business model by growing plants on-site with the goal of keeping nursery prices affordable and accessible. These efforts reduce barriers to gardening, expand ecological education, and strengthen community connections through shared stewardship of the land.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.6%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.4%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 121.5% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 82.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 44% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $138K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.