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Screen a listBrooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$36Mrevenue
FY2024 · +27% in 3 yrs328staff
8 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin18.7%
Months of reserve5.9mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+6.2%
Middle half of peersMedianBrooklyn Botanic Garden
Where the money goes FY2024 · $29M spent
Programs$24M82%Management and general$3.3M11%Fundraising$1.9M6%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Federal awards stopped after FY2021
$211k in FY2021, none traced since.
USAspendingIn its favor1
Strong governance
36 of 36 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VI195funders
$3.5Ma year, last 3 years
33%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23The Robert W Wilson Charitable TrustSince FY2020$1.0M$2.0M$1.0M$500kHelen V Froehlich FoundationOn and off$640k$384k$325kJoseph S & Diane H Steinberg 1992 Charitable TrustEvery year since FY2017$111k$65k$177k$200k$66k$419k$44kMorris and Alma Schapiro FundSince FY2020$40k$200k$400k$400kLeon Levy FoundationEvery year since FY2017$51k$50k$63k$175k$317k$50k$50kBrooklyn Botanic Garden Corp Trust U/W Ella ReussnerSince FY2018$88k$102k$122k$137k$151k$117kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$1.1M$1.1M$150k$147k$203k$298k$389k152 other fundersUp to $160k a year each$324k$579k$635k$1.3M$1.1M$908k$1.2M
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund