Oklahoma · Nonprofit
Global Gardens Incorporated
Global Gardens Incorporated (Oklahoma) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,156,280 to it, the largest being TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($613,275). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 54
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Global Gardens Incorporated does
Mission
Global Gardens cultivates self-driven learners and agents of community change through garden-centered science and peace education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Global Gardens' during-school program served 2,046 students at 8 elementary schools in Tulsa. Global Gardens educators met weekly with more than 100 classes in grades PreK-5 throughout the school year to facilitate a dynamic, science-based gardening curriculum that included hands-on gardening and garden-inspired projects. The program supported state science standards, promoted teamwork and problem solving, and inspired motivation for learning. It also provided students with seed-to-plate experiences that fostered healthy eating habits and positive attitudes toward fresh fruits and vegetables.
$311,864 spent39% of program spendingGlobal Gardens' after-school program served 158 students in grades 3-5 at 7 locations in Tulsa. Participants spent 3-4 hours per week in the program, which lasted from August through May. Students earned and cultivated their own gardens while developing confidence, self-awareness, goal orientation, social problem-solving skills, and readiness for civic engagement. In addition to gardening, the program incorporated peace education activities, journaling, cooking, creative activities, conflict resolution, and community-focused projects.
$241,626 spent31% of program spendingGlobal Gardens family food farm program brought families and community members together weekly for 10 months to garden, cook healthy meals, spend peaceful family time, and build community. Each family received its own garden plot and supplies, and families worked together to cultivate shared plots. At each weekly gathering, participants shared a plant-based meal featuring garden produce. Global Gardens family programs reached 120 people in FY2025. Global Gardens Alliance program provided weekly visits for one quarter (7 visits) at 4 elementary schools, serving a total of 262 students. At each school, the program served classes in grades 2 and/or 3. Weekly lessons focused on growing food in hydroponic trays, cooking and tasting this food, and hands-on exploration aligned with Oklahoma science standards. Global Gardens community outreach program partnered with local schools, groups, and organizations to engage 608 community members of all ages in garden-related pursuits. The community outreach team participated in local fairs and events, delivered educational presentations, conducted workshops and trainings, hosted teams and groups in the gardens, and provided lessons and…
$168,848 spent21% of program spendingGlobal Gardens' summer program served 2,131 students at 13 locations across Tulsa. In free week-long camps, participants entering grades 4-9 explored the garden ecosystem, completed projects and experiments, harvested and cooked with garden produce, and engaged in creative activities. In Tulsa Public Schools summer school programs, Global Gardens provided enrichment lessons focused on hands-on science and healthy eating.
$69,333 spent9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $791,671.
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 2023 to 2024, from $704k to $917k (+30%).
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: 2017 8% · 2018 6% · 2021 15% · 2022 11% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Global Gardens Incorporated’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% 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.
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
Miya Boyken
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $98k → $550k.
7 of 54 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 Global Gardens Incorporated’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 funders by total. 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
Global Gardens Incorporated has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
65% 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 Global Gardens Incorporated.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 39% · 2019 31% · 2020 24% · 2021 23% · 2022 40% · 2023 38% — 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
54% of Global Gardens Incorporated's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
85% of Global Gardens Incorporated's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $837k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
Global Gardens Incorporated holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,152 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Global Gardens Incorporated receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2k on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $2k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Global Gardens Incorporated
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 Oklahoma
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 Global Gardens Incorporated: 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 Global Gardens Incorporated?
- Global Gardens Incorporated (Oklahoma) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,156,280 to it, the largest being TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($613,275). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Global Gardens Incorporated have?
- IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $3,156,280 in grants to Global Gardens Incorporated, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Global Gardens Incorporated?
- TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $613,275 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Global Gardens Incorporated find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. 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 54 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