Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
546038283
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Richmond, VA, USA
Phone
8045140095
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,980
Expenses
$68,633
Assets
$518,021
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SALLY HARRISON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SALLY HARRISON (PRESIDENT)
  • GAIL GOODRICH HARWOOD (FIRST VICE P)
  • PAT CARSWELL (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provides youth and adult education resources and opportunities to its members to promote the love of gardening, floral design, civic and environmental responsiblity

What it reported doing in 2025

The old dominion gardener (odg) is an official publication of the Virginia federation of garden clubs (vfgc). The magazine is emailed each quarter to every person who is a member of vfgc. The odg contains educational articles, and events calendar, convention information, flower show school, flower show judges symposium and landscape design school curriculums and registration information. The districts and clubs within vfgc publicize news and events relating to activities and gardening projects. Information on contests for youth, for example, smokey bear/woodsy owl poster contest, essay and poetry contests, are also contained in the odg. The publication is a major connumication tool for vfgc. Income from the odg comes from dues, ads and contributions.

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 78% for direct work, and 22% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.8%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $263.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.55; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.8% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 65 of 65 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $58K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.