Tennessee · Nonprofit
GARDEN CLUB OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
GARDEN CLUB OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,100 to it, the largest being MCKENZIE FOUNDATION D/B/A THE MCKENZIE FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $73k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $178k
What Garden Club of Lookout Mountain does
Mission
The Garden Club of Lookout Mountain was formed to provide education in the practice of horticulture, gardening, conservation of natural resources and assisting with community improvements and parks.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Local and regional meetings to promote horticulture gardening conservation and beautification to members and the public at large .
$32,412 spent67% of program spendingBeautification, landscaping and invasive plant removal at parks which the club helps maintain on lookout mountain
$13,499 spent28% of program spendingPrinting of articles and web site upkeep to encourage conservation practices and information to the general public
$2,353 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $48,264.
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 $244k to $180k (−26%).
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.
0% of GARDEN CLUB OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $100.
From the IRS filings of GARDEN CLUB OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN’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 LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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: 2022 50% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
50% of GARDEN CLUB OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN's grant income comes from Tennessee 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 LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN has grown faster than half of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like GARDEN CLUB OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GARDEN CLUB OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN?
- GARDEN CLUB OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,100 to it, the largest being MCKENZIE FOUNDATION D/B/A THE MCKENZIE FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GARDEN CLUB OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $10,100 in grants to GARDEN CLUB OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
- Who is the largest funder of GARDEN CLUB OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN?
- MCKENZIE FOUNDATION D/B/A THE MCKENZIE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GARDEN CLUB OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 4 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