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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
5/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

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

  1. Civic Planning/Planting - award grants to deserving nonprofit organizations who participate in civic planning and planting.

    $55,000 spentof which $55,000 as grants
    46% of program spending
  2. Horticulture - award grants to deserving nonprofit organizations who participate in greater knowledge of horitculture, conservation and preservation.

    $8,960 spentof which $8,960 as grants
    7% of program spending
  3. Environmental Education - award grants to deserving nonprofit organizations who encourage community and environmental education.

    $22,000 spentof which $22,000 as grants
    18% of program spending
  4. GCAC 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 spent
    28% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $120,099.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($158k) Expenses 100 ($99k) Net assets 100 ($147k)2018 Revenue 62 ($97k) Expenses 140 ($138k) Net assets 72 ($106k)2019 Revenue 85 ($134k) Expenses 140 ($138k) Net assets 69 ($102k)2020 Revenue 87 ($138k) Expenses 119 ($117k) Net assets 84 ($123k)2021 Revenue 48 ($76k) Expenses 89 ($88k) Net assets 76 ($112k)2022 Revenue 92 ($146k) Expenses 106 ($105k) Net assets 103 ($152k)2023 Revenue 90 ($142k) Expenses 165 ($163k) Net assets 89 ($131k)2024 Revenue 79 ($124k) Expenses 130 ($128k) Net assets 86 ($127k)2025 Revenue 91 ($144k) Expenses 142 ($140k) Net assets 89 ($131k)2026 Revenue 87 ($137k) Expenses 136 ($134k) Net assets 90 ($133k)
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Revenue (87)Expenses (136)Net assets (90)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 2017 to 2018, from $147k to $106k (−28%).

$147k
$106k
$102k
$123k
$112k
$152k
$131k
$127k
$131k
$133k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

83% of Garden Club of Allegheny County’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,639 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

$59k
’17
−$41k
’18
−$4k
’19
$21k
’20
−$12k
’21
$41k
’22
−$21k
’23
−$4k
’24
$3k
’25
$2k
’26
12
months of
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.

2017201820252026
Listed12121212
Joined·+3·+0
No longer listed·3·0
03Who funds it

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.

48%
largest funder
95%
top three
~3
effective funders

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.

NY
PA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

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

Garden Club of Allegheny County is better cushioned than half of the 88 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve11.9mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 88 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 11%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

PA

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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