Ohio Native Plant Month
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 842514200
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Shaker Heights, OH, USA
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $22,643
- Expenses
- $11,651
- Assets
- $64,140
- Liabilities
- $850
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jane Ellison (President)
People named in this filing
- Jane Ellison (President)
- Jessie Webster (Treasurer)
- Renee Boronka (At-Large)
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
Ohio Native Plants is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes to inspire Ohioans to learn about appreciate protect and plant native species for healthier backyard habitats while promoting the conservation of Ohios natural heritage and biodiversity. The organization advances its mission by providing educational resources community programs outreach initiatives and partnerships that encourage the use of native plants support pollinators and wildlife reduce invasive species and foster environmental stewardship throughout Ohio.
What it reported doing in 2025
Educational Website and Statewide Outreach: Ohio Native Plants invested $5,725 during 2025 to redesign and expand its public educational website creating a more comprehensive statewide resource for learning about locating growing and protecting Ohio native plants. The project developed and enhanced resources for home gardeners educators community organizations and growers including a native plant nursery map native plant lists seasonal plant sale information pollinator gardening guidance invasive species resources downloadable educational materials and native plant posters. The website redevelopment also established a stronger foundation for future educational outreach and public engagement in support of Nature in My Backyard Ohio Native Plant Month and the organizations broader mission to inspire Ohioans to learn about appreciate protect and plant native species.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 90% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 42
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 76
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 30.8%; rating input score 31
- Program expense ratio: 59.8%; rating input score 60
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 48.5%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.51; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -51.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 30.8% of revenue deployed · 59.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $7K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.