The Garden Club of East Hamptoninc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 134029646
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- East Hampton, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6313241958
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Garden Club, Horticultural Program
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $104,881
- Expenses
- $103,471
- Assets
- $169,860
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEBBIE DRUKER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DEBBIE DRUKER (PRESIDENT)
- RUTH ANN MCSPADDEN (1ST VICE PRE)
- ALLEGRA KELLY (2ND VICE PRE)
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; to share the advantages of membership by means of educational meetings, conferences, correspondence and publications; to restore, improve and protect the quality of the environment through programs and action in the fields of conservation and civic improvement; to beautify east hampton through the creation and maintenance of public gardens including the mary nimmo moran garden, the mimi meehan native plant garden, rachel's historic dooryard garden at mulford farm, the millstone garden park on main street, the brick courtyard garden at the east hampton library, the pollinator garden at east hampton town hall, the brightwell heritage apple trees at mulford farm, the amagansett orchid project, and in collaboration with others, the east hampton railroad station, the east hampton post office, and the nature trail on david's lane.
What it reported doing in 2024
The garden club of east hampton makes grants to several other local charitable organizations whose activities are consonant with its own activities and purposes. It also provides scholarships to east hampton high school students to study field ecology and botany, and organizes programs and events open to the public in accordance with its mission as stated above.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 60% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.1%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 95.4%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.64; rating input score 75; 75th 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: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.1% of revenue deployed · 95.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $99K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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: Operating margin scored 38/100.