Wisconsin · Nonprofit
Garden Club of Greater Milwaukee
Garden Club of Greater Milwaukee (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,500 to it, the largest being DUDLEY AND CONSTANCE GODFREY FOUNDATION INC ($30,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $218k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $31k
- Net assets
- $161k
What Garden Club of Greater Milwaukee does
Mission
The mission of the Garden Club of Greater Milwaukee is to educate members and the community about the art and science of gardening floral design landscape design and horticulture. We embrace best practices that promote sustainability protect the environment and conserve our natural resources. We volunteer ini our community to share our passion for the natural world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The club works with the Hunger Task Force in Oak Creek WI to maintain their gardens and assist in purchasing native plants for the garden.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Internal program expenses include speaker fees room rental meal expense workshop supplies workshop space rental transportation and educational day and overnight trips for members. Revenue is from members payment to the club for the meals workshop tuition and travel costs. The club funds all room rental fees speaker fees gratuities and planning expenses for the events.
$145,780 spent$136,811 earned by the program81% of program spendingScholarships were awarded to six students who attend University of Wisconsin campuses and Technical Colleges. Two scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each were awarded to students who attend Milwaukee Area Technical College. Three $3,000 scholarships were awarded to students who attend the University of Wisconsin campuses and $3,000 was awarded to a student participating in the Capstone program at the University of Wisconsin School of Landscape Architecture.
$14,000 spentof which $14,000 as grants8% of program spendingThe club donated funds to Boerner Botanical Garden Teens Grow Green Habitat for Humanity Lakeshore State Park Alices Garden Milwaukee Victory Garden Initiative among other local organizations.
$7,119 spentof which $1,000 as grants4% of program spendingGeneral and administrative expenses insurance and business registration fees plus dues paid to the Wisconsin Garden Club Federation and the Milwaukee District Garden Clubs. Also included are expenses for the Annual Meeting and the Annual Club Fundraiser event.
$12,496 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $179,395.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $131k to $163k (+24%).
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.
34% of Garden Club of Greater Milwaukee’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Garden Club of Greater Milwaukee’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.
Where its funders are
Garden Club of Greater Milwaukee draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 1 state in all.
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 Greater Milwaukee runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Garden Club of Greater Milwaukee
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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Garden Club of Greater Milwaukee: 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 Greater Milwaukee?
- Garden Club of Greater Milwaukee (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,500 to it, the largest being DUDLEY AND CONSTANCE GODFREY FOUNDATION INC ($30,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Garden Club of Greater Milwaukee have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $30,500 in grants to Garden Club of Greater Milwaukee, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Garden Club of Greater Milwaukee?
- DUDLEY AND CONSTANCE GODFREY FOUNDATION INC 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 Greater Milwaukee find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 1 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