Illinois · Nonprofit
ANDERSON GARDENS
ANDERSON GARDENS (Illinois) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,661,358 to it, the largest being JOHN & LINDA ANDERSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($690,850). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Anderson Gardens does
Mission
To engage a growing audience of members and guests--in opportunities to enjoy the benefits of a world-class japanese garden that provides an uplifting and inspirational outdoor setting. Leverages the power of nature and culture for the purpose of bringing people together to build community. Develops and delivers first-class programming that creates enriching experiences for people of all ages. Functions as an experimental classroom for life-long learning.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Developing and maintaining a 12-plus acre authentic 16th century sukiya- style japanese garden.
$915,718 spent41% of program spendingProviding garden admissions, tours, educational seminars and events to educate the public in appreciating the serenity and beauty of a japanese pond-strolling garden-83,558 visitors in 2025.
$936,941 spent$1,535,287 earned by the program42% of program spendingSell books, craft materials, representing art and other cultural objects in support of providing information about japanese culture and gardening.
$394,301 spent$479,517 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,246,960.
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 2022 to 2023, from $14M to $14M (+3%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 4% · 2021 3% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
37% of ANDERSON GARDENS’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 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $20k → $354k.
6 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 ANDERSON GARDENS’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
ANDERSON GARDENS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 54%; half comes from just 3 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 43% · 2019 46% · 2020 33% · 2021 67% · 2022 49% · 2023 49% — 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.
How long its funders stay
72% of ANDERSON GARDENS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
92% of ANDERSON GARDENS's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $213k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
ANDERSON GARDENS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ANDERSON GARDENS
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ANDERSON GARDENS?
- ANDERSON GARDENS (Illinois) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,661,358 to it, the largest being JOHN & LINDA ANDERSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($690,850). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ANDERSON GARDENS have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,661,358 in grants to ANDERSON GARDENS, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ANDERSON GARDENS?
- JOHN & LINDA ANDERSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $690,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ANDERSON GARDENS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 27 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing