Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
Garden Club of Allegheny County
Garden Club of Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,205 to it, the largest being HAWKSGLEN FOUNDATION-TR ($30,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $137k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $63k
- Net assets
- $133k
What Garden Club of Allegheny County does
Mission
Promote greater knowledge of horticulture, stimulate interest in conservation and historic preservation, encourage community and environmental education, civic planning and planting programs
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Civic Planning/Planting - award grants to deserving nonprofit organizations who participate in civic planning and planting.
$55,000 spentof which $55,000 as grants46% of program spendingHorticulture - award grants to deserving nonprofit organizations who participate in greater knowledge of horitculture, conservation and preservation.
$8,960 spentof which $8,960 as grants7% of program spendingEnvironmental Education - award grants to deserving nonprofit organizations who encourage community and environmental education.
$22,000 spentof which $22,000 as grants18% of program spendingGCAC conducts educational workshops throughout the year and also offers gardening related items for sale through the Bits and Bobs program at its annual Pizzazz event to further its mission and educate. Additionally, Timeless Treasures, another program, supports the mission through sales of unique items during the annual Pizzazz event.
$34,139 spent28% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $120,099.
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 2017 to 2018, from $147k to $106k (−28%).
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.
83% of Garden Club of Allegheny County’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 10 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $400 → $6k.
From the IRS filings of Garden Club of Allegheny County’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
Garden Club of Allegheny County leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
32% 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 Garden Club of Allegheny County.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 93% · 2019 84% · 2020 68% · 2021 37% · 2022 64% · 2023 82% — 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.
Where its funders are
68% of Garden Club of Allegheny County's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
Garden Club of Allegheny County is better cushioned than half of the 88 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 88 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like Garden Club of Allegheny County
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Garden Club of Allegheny County: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Garden Club of Allegheny County?
- Garden Club of Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,205 to it, the largest being HAWKSGLEN FOUNDATION-TR ($30,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Garden Club of Allegheny County have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $63,205 in grants to Garden Club of Allegheny County, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Garden Club of Allegheny County?
- HAWKSGLEN FOUNDATION-TR is the largest funder on record, with $30,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Garden Club of Allegheny County find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 6 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