State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania Research Education

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251502645
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Orrtanna, PA, USA
Phone
7176774184
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$27,127
Expenses
$15,212
Assets
$493,765

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • KATIE EPSTEIN (Trustee)
  • MATTHEW BOYER (Trustee)
  • STEVE JOHNSTON (Trustee)

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

This trust is created and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, scientific, research, and educational purposes.

What it reported doing in 2024

Cash contributions exclusively for charitable, scientific, research, and educational purposes

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
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.9%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 85.5%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 43.9%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 32.46; rating input score 97; 97th 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: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.9% of revenue deployed · 85.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 48/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.