New York · Nonprofit
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION (New York) receives grants from 195 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,237,907 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT W WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST ($6,124,425). 117 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $36M
- Funders on record
- 195
- Grants received
- $25M
- Net assets
- $144M
What Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation does
Mission
An urban botanic garden that connects people to the world of plants (see schedule o).
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Maintenance: see schedule o.
$5,551,671 spent24% of program spendingHorticulture: see schedule o.
$5,164,703 spent22% of program spendingEducation and outreach programs: see schedule o.
$4,448,910 spentof which $10,000 as grants$598,723 earned by the program19% of program spendingSecurity:security ensures that our garden and its living collections are protected and that our visitors' environment is safe. Program enhancements:combining recreation with horticultural and ecological interpretation and education, the garden produces a variety of seasonal public programs that highlight the collections and the season and celebrate the cultural diversity of brooklyn. In the spring, the garden honors the japanese tradition of hanami: celebrating the cherry blossom season with dance, music, and performance. The garden celebrates summer and fall with programmed evenings, highlighting local artists and brooklyn culture. In addition, the garden enhances the experience of its visitors and patrons with various exhibitions and a comprehensive visitor services program. Membership: membership enhances the garden visitor experience by providing year-round access to the garden, specialty after-hours garden events, as well as additional educational materials. The membership program avails visitors of various garden and community discounts. Admissions:the garden is committed to making its exhibitions, programs, and collections accessible to all who visit. To ensure…
$7,882,817 spent$4,728,826 earned by the program34% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,048,101.
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 2023 to 2024, from $137M to $159M (+16%).
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: 2017 27% · 2018 28% · 2019 31% · 2020 31% · 2021 32% · 2022 34% · 2023 35% · 2024 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% 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.
Board chair
Diane H Steinberg
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 43 funders to 93 funders, grant income rose $1.6M → $3.0M.
22 of 195 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $6k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Green-Wood Cemetery). These are real filings, and they are not money BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION raised.
From the IRS filings of BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 195 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
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 55% · 2019 16% · 2020 28% · 2021 50% · 2022 28% · 2023 17% — 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
54% of BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
81% of BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 330 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 330 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $471k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$461k
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
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.
Organizations like BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION?
- BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION (New York) receives grants from 195 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,237,907 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT W WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST ($6,124,425). 117 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 195 organizations giving $25,237,907 in grants to BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION, 117 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION?
- THE ROBERT W WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $6,124,425 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 195 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