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BOOTHBAY REGION GARDEN CLUB INC

BOOTHBAY REGION GARDEN CLUB INC (Maine) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being Schacknow Family Foundation Inc ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$28k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$500
Net assets
$123k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Boothbay Region Garden Club Inc does

Mission

Promote interest in the practice of gardening

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. The primary exempt purposes of the Boothbay Region Garden Club (BRGC) are to promote interest in the art and practice of gardening, community beautification, and the preservation and conservation of natural resources and wildlife. During the year the BRGC's specific accomplishments were as follows:

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  2. Education: Presented monthly educational programs in horticultural disciplines, sponsored floral design classes, and supported other non-profit organizations whose goals are to seek improvement in the environment. The BRGC awarded two scholarships to students studying earth sciences and donated youth camperships to the local YMCA and Sea & Science Center for environmental study. These activities further the BRGC's exempt purposes of advancing horticultural education and the preservation of natural resources.

    $16,397 spentof which $12,050 as grants
    73% of program spending
  3. Community Services: Beautified public and historic buildings in the Boothbay Region of Maine with wreaths at Christmas time and window boxes in the spring. In addition, gardens were planned, planted, and maintained at civic monuments and signs, memorial parks, cemeteries and town buildings throughout the year. Participated in the national Blue Star Marker project to honor veterans. Money was also donated to other IRC Section 501(c)(3) organizations. These activities further the BRGC's exempt purpose of civic beautification and promote civic responsibility and help lower the tax burden on local citizenry.

    $5,555 spentof which $500 as grants
    25% of program spending
  4. Garden Therapy: Conducted programs at an area nursing home on growing plants and using plant materials in creative projects and other conservation related activities The organization also provided Christmas tray favors for Meals on Wheels and an area nursing home. These activities further the BRGC's exempt purposes of promoting civic responsibility and improving the well-being of the public.

    $402 spent
    2% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $22,354.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($4k) Expenses 100 ($18k) Net assets 100 ($125k)2022 Revenue 322 ($14k) Expenses 121 ($22k) Net assets 85 ($106k)2023 Revenue 531 ($23k) Expenses 152 ($28k) Net assets 80 ($99k)2024 Revenue 992 ($43k) Expenses 144 ($26k) Net assets 97 ($121k)2025 Revenue 643 ($28k) Expenses 149 ($27k) Net assets 99 ($123k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (643)Expenses (149)Net assets (99)Peer revenue range

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 $99k to $121k (+22%).

$125k
$106k
$99k
$121k
$123k
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

5% of BOOTHBAY REGION GARDEN CLUB INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,989 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$14k
’21
−$8k
’22
−$5k
’23
$16k
’24
$333
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of BOOTHBAY REGION GARDEN CLUB INC’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.

Where its funders are

BOOTHBAY REGION GARDEN CLUB INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 1 state in all.

FL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Against its field

BOOTHBAY REGION GARDEN CLUB INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)59% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

58%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds BOOTHBAY REGION GARDEN CLUB INC?
BOOTHBAY REGION GARDEN CLUB INC (Maine) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being Schacknow Family Foundation Inc ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BOOTHBAY REGION GARDEN CLUB INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $500 in grants to BOOTHBAY REGION GARDEN CLUB INC.
Who is the largest funder of BOOTHBAY REGION GARDEN CLUB INC?
Schacknow Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BOOTHBAY REGION GARDEN CLUB INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 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