The Garden Club of Jackson Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
640871063
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2007
Location
Jackson, MS, USA
Phone
6019464928
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Garden Club, Horticultural Program

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$100,527
Expenses
$66,767
Assets
$204,363

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUSIE PUCKETT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SUSIE PUCKETT (PRESIDENT)
  • HOLLY CRYSTAL (1ST VICE PRE)
  • ELEANOR ANTHONY (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

The purpose of the garden club of jackson is to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening, to protect and enhance the quality of the environment through educational programs and action in the fields of conservation and civic improvement, to share the advantages of association through conference and correspondence, and as a member club to support the garden club of america.

What it reported doing in 2024

During the year ending in may of 2025, the garden club of jackson (gcj) held a letter-writing campaign asking the community for support of its lefleur east foundation and renovation of parham bridges park. The gcj raised 83,300 during that campaign. Our project proposal for this project was estimated at 65,000 to be given in the fall of 2025. This year, we have donated 27,500 to the museum trail at lefleur's bluff state park. The gcj is continuing its work with the ms museum of art, the ms children's museum and the ms natural science museum, the governor's mansion, and lefleurs bluff state park on identifying their native plants and producing singage for them on their sites. This year, we donated 3,984.82 for the native plants initiative.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.7%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.6%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.06; rating input score 90; 90th 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: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 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.