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BOK TOWER GARDENS INC

BOK TOWER GARDENS INC (Florida) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,904,524 to it, the largest being TING TSUNG & WEI FONG CHAO FOUNDATION ($200,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$9.5M
Funders on record
39
Grants received
$1.9M
Net assets
$87M
27/39 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Bok Tower Gardens Inc does

Mission

To inspire a better and more beautiful world by sharing edward bok's legacy.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Bok tower gardens operates a 470+ acre public garden designed by landscape architect frederick law olmsted jr, offering visitors and members environmental, natural, art and cultural experiences through a variety of programming. The gardens hosted music concerts, art exhibits, and educational programming for all ages, with a total visitation of 268,307 visitors in 2025.

    $3,665,420 spent$2,508,780 earned by the program
    84% of program spending
  2. Bok tower gardens hosted a series of intimate evening concerts and presented outdoor/horticultural exhibits accenting the daily visitation experience.

    $468,079 spent
    11% of program spending
  3. The rare plant conservation program at bok tower gardens integrated biological research, curated a collection of rare plant species native to central and north florida; rescued rare plant populations from development sites; performed conservation education for the public and with academic institutions, introduced new populations onto protected lands, restored critical habitats, and met federal recovery objectives for listed plant species.

    $217,972 spent$44,765 earned by the program
    5% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,351,471.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($7.9M) Expenses 100 ($7.0M) Net assets 100 ($66M)2018 Revenue 99 ($7.8M) Expenses 106 ($7.4M) Net assets 103 ($67M)2019 Revenue 86 ($6.8M) Expenses 94 ($6.6M) Net assets 105 ($69M)2020 Revenue 96 ($7.6M) Expenses 94 ($6.6M) Net assets 107 ($70M)2021 Revenue 95 ($7.5M) Expenses 87 ($6.1M) Net assets 117 ($77M)2022 Revenue 85 ($6.7M) Expenses 102 ($7.1M) Net assets 102 ($67M)2023 Revenue 108 ($8.5M) Expenses 112 ($7.9M) Net assets 109 ($71M)2024 Revenue 132 ($10M) Expenses 118 ($8.2M) Net assets 127 ($83M)2025 Revenue 121 ($9.5M) Expenses 122 ($8.5M) Net assets 132 ($87M)
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Revenue (121)Expenses (122)Net assets (132)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $72M to $84M (+16%).

$66M
$68M
$69M
$70M
$77M
$68M
$72M
$84M
$88M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 25% · 2018 10% · 2019 8% · 2020 15% · 2021 15% · 2022 7% · 2023 8% · 2024 16% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$899k
’17
$376k
’18
$229k
’19
$968k
’20
$1.4M
’21
−$406k
’22
$672k
’23
$2.2M
’24
$1000k
’25
5.7
months of
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.

Board chair

Joshua C Webb

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed161618181518161719
Joined·+1+5+0+1+3+0+3+2
No longer listed·13040220
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $30k → $219k.

14 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 BOK TOWER GARDENS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. 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

BOK TOWER GARDENS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left

50% 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 BOK TOWER GARDENS INC.

11%
largest funder
27%
top three
~18
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 62% · 2019 31% · 2020 29% · 2021 29% · 2022 21% · 2023 23% — 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

55% of BOK TOWER GARDENS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

BOK TOWER GARDENS INC draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 13 states in all.

NY
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
DE
NC
AL
GA
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $757k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding BOK TOWER GARDENS INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.5M on record — $927k federal, $538k state.

Federal$927k
grants $927kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of the Interior$871k
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services$41k
  • National Endowment for the Humanities$15k
State$538k
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Top programs
  • STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - GENERAL $381k
  • RESEARCH SERVICES - GENERAL $156k
  • REFUNDS - GENERAL $662
  • FEES - GENERAL-FOR SERVICE $97
  • FEES - GENERAL - COMMODITIES $50
  • FEES-GENERAL-FOR SERVICE $20

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

51% of spending goes to programs.

Program 51%Management 42%Fundraising 7%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

69%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

FL

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Questions and answers

Who funds BOK TOWER GARDENS INC?
BOK TOWER GARDENS INC (Florida) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,904,524 to it, the largest being TING TSUNG & WEI FONG CHAO FOUNDATION ($200,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BOK TOWER GARDENS INC have?
IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $1,904,524 in grants to BOK TOWER GARDENS INC, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BOK TOWER GARDENS INC?
TING TSUNG & WEI FONG CHAO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BOK TOWER GARDENS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 39 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