Ohio · Nonprofit
AMERICA IN BLOOM
AMERICA IN BLOOM (Ohio) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,199 to it, the largest being AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION ($26,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $323k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $43k
- Net assets
- $190k
What America in Bloom does
Mission
America in Bloom promotes nationwide beautification through education and community involvement by encouraging the use of flowers, plants, trees and other environmental and lifestyle enhancements.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Each fall, we gather in a different community for the America in Bloom national symposium & awards celebration. Over three days, attendees experience exciting keynotes, dynamic panels, presentations, and forums, plus fun activities and learning tours. And lots of awards are announced! It's an incredible chance to connect with and learn from each other.
$84,789 spent$44,053 earned by the program46% of program spendingAmerica in Bloom and the cn railway have partnered to create the "ecoconnexions from the ground up" grants program. With a true transcontinental network that extends to three north american coasts, cn passes through a wide range of urban and rural communities. We encourage communities along the cn corridor to take environmental action by improving their communities through healthy urban forests, natural landscaping, groundcover improvement, and flower displays.
$26,172 spent$62,500 earned by the program14% of program spendingAmerica in Bloom three-tiered participation program (levels 1, 2, and 3) is a continuing community enhancement program that encourages volunteer community leadership in coordination with municipal efforts in an ongoing commitment to community vitality, beauty, environmental stewardship, and the celebration of heritage.
$72,899 spent$64,686 earned by the program40% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $183,860.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $839k to $649k (−23%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
33% of AMERICA IN BLOOM’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Laura Kunkle
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $7k → $7k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AMERICA IN BLOOM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICA IN BLOOM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
76% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICA IN BLOOM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 73% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 85% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
74% of AMERICA IN BLOOM's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICA IN BLOOM holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICA IN BLOOM
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICA IN BLOOM: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICA IN BLOOM?
- AMERICA IN BLOOM (Ohio) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,199 to it, the largest being AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION ($26,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICA IN BLOOM have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $43,199 in grants to AMERICA IN BLOOM, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICA IN BLOOM?
- AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $26,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICA IN BLOOM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing