Summit County Master Gardeners

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
341899736
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Akron, OH, USA
Phone
3309284769
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Botanical, Horticultural, and Landscape Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$66,755
Expenses
$57,370
Assets
$73,718

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Cheryl Metcalf (Vice President)
  • Sarah Vradenburg (President)

People named in this filing

  • Geoff Kennedy (Director)
  • Cheryl Metcalf (Vice President)
  • Mary Beth Breckenridge (Director)

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

Education pertaining to research based gardening practices.

What it reported doing in 2024

MMITG/Design & Beyond - reaches 1000-1200 people who come annually to view demonstration gardens and learn about gardening hands-on. This program is funded by the two programs above.

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 98% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.5%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 61.1%; rating input score 61

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 53; 53rd 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: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.5% of revenue deployed · 61.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 6 filed program accomplishments · $35K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.