The Winnetka Garden Club
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 366089704
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Winnetka, IL, USA
- Phone
- 3126231924
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Garden Club, Horticultural Program
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $47,414
- Expenses
- $42,469
- Assets
- $117,162
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Judy Castellini (Past President)
People named in this filing
- Michelle Laughlin (Current Pres.)
- Mary Reynolds (Photography)
- Liz Lind (Nominating)
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 purposes of the organization are exclusively charitable and educational, including the instruction of amateur gardeners to improve and develop their knowledge, skill and love of gardening; the conservation of native plants; the instruction of the public in horticulture; and the encouragement of civic beautification through planting in, and in the vicinity of Winnetka, Illinois.
What it reported doing in 2024
Meeting expenses and programs to inform the members as to horticulture, flower arranging and similar activities.
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 88% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 44.5%; rating input score 44
- Program expense ratio: 49.7%; rating input score 50
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.4%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.76; rating input score 73; 73rd 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: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 44.5% of revenue deployed · 49.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 8 filed program accomplishments · $21K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.