North Carolina · Nonprofit
BULLINGTON GARDENS INC
BULLINGTON GARDENS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $204,118 to it, the largest being WHEELS IN THE WOODS FOUNDATION INC ($97,700). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $297k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $204k
- Net assets
- $916k
What Bullington Gardens Inc does
Mission
To connect children and adults with the natural world through science-based horticulture education; to demonstrate the beauty and value of native and ornamental plants through themed public gardens; and to enhance the life skills for children and adults with physical or mental challenges through horticulture therapy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Horticulture therapy programs offering plant-based activities to students and adults with special needs as a means of skill development, rehabilitation and wellness. Students tend gardens, learn propagation techniques, and enjoy the grounds. Served 215 students and 100 teens.
$55,596 spent$18,577 earned by the program27% of program spendingConduct workshops that connect children and adults to the natural world through science-based horticulture education. Educated over 650 adults in educational classes or environmental workshops. Taught 1500 students in classes or field trips.
$31,981 spent$13,669 earned by the program15% of program spendingProvide a botanical experience for the use, education and enjoyment of the general population. Held 36 workshops or community events in 2025 hosted 12,000 visitors to fairy trail.
$119,534 spent$830 earned by the program58% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $207,111.
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 2021 to 2022, from $573k to $787k (+37%).
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: 2021 8% · 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
46% of BULLINGTON GARDENS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (54% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
Martin Eble
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $7k → $31k.
2 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 BULLINGTON GARDENS 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.
How concentrated its funding is
BULLINGTON GARDENS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 94% · 2020 97% · 2021 96% · 2022 87% · 2023 48% — 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
43% of BULLINGTON GARDENS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
BULLINGTON GARDENS INC draws 73% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $44k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
BULLINGTON GARDENS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,448 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,448 employment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BULLINGTON GARDENS INC
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BULLINGTON GARDENS INC?
- BULLINGTON GARDENS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $204,118 to it, the largest being WHEELS IN THE WOODS FOUNDATION INC ($97,700). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BULLINGTON GARDENS INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $204,118 in grants to BULLINGTON GARDENS INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BULLINGTON GARDENS INC?
- WHEELS IN THE WOODS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $97,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BULLINGTON GARDENS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 11 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