The Milton Garden Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
046050172
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Milton Village, MA, USA
Phone
3392429885
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Garden Club, Horticultural Program

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,891
Expenses
$20,706
Assets
$56,010
Liabilities
$2,943

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANNE GATNIK FORMER (PRESIDENT)
  • DEBBIE HAGGERTY (PRESIDENT)
  • MACY LEE (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ANNE GATNIK FORMER (PRESIDENT)
  • DEBBIE HAGGERTY (PRESIDENT)
  • LISA RASK VIOLA (TREASURER)

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

Provide education and beautification relating to gardening.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide civic designs, teach conservation and maintain various town gardens and planters. Provide floral displays for special events of other civic groups.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 61% for direct work, and 39% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.9%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 77.7%; rating input score 78

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.71; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.9% of revenue deployed · 77.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.