Naperville Garden Club Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363131643
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Naperville, IL, USA
Phone
6305489600
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Garden Club, Horticultural Program

Reported finances

Revenue
$59,550
Expenses
$49,884
Assets
$136,227

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEB TRITT (President)
  • GWENN LLOYD (Vice President)
  • CAMILLE WOODWARD (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • HELEN CHA (Treasurer)
  • SHAWN TIERNEY (Secretary)
  • DEB TRITT (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening among amateurs; to aid in the protection of native trees, plants and birds; to encourage civic planting and other civic interests; to provide conservation scholarships to those students having interest in conservation based upon need of students; to donate plants, trees and service in beautifying public buildings and other public places in order to enhance the environment in which we live

What it reported doing in 2024

Educational programs, exhibits, lectures and other program activities and instruction for members and the general public

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. Assets have declined or grown slowly and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.9%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 91.8%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.2%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.73; rating input score 72; 72nd 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: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.9% of revenue deployed · 91.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $46K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 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.

  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.