California · Nonprofit
HALLBERG BUTTERFLY GARDENS
HALLBERG BUTTERFLY GARDENS (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being THE EACH FOUNDATION ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $252k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $500
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Hallberg Butterfly Gardens does
Mission
Foster the breeding, propagation, protection, preservation and scientific study of the lepidoptera order by operation of one or more experimental butterfly habitats. Provide education and information centers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The program is for the preservation and enhancement of butterfly habitat. The gardens hosted regular volunteers every tuesday and the last saturday of the month. There were 72 volunteers during the year who put in a total of over 353 hours. Work included trail maintenance, propagation of native and habitat friendly plants for the gardens and plant sales, and invasive plant removal. Volunteers also worked on enhancement & expansion of the garden's milkweed patches & nectar sources for the monarch habitat patch. The monarch habitat patch is included in the ongoing research project headed by the non-profit, pollinator partnership. This group studies the phenology of the monarch butterfly in california.also a grant was received from the xerces society for plants to be planted in the monarch patch.
$92,871 spent100% of program spendingThe Hallberg Butterfly Gardens offered the following activites during the year.self-guided tours were offered by appointment spring through fall. There were 1,007 people who came and toured the gardens including 648 children from local schools. 728 butterflies from 24 different species were identified by guests and volunteers who came to the gardens.the gardens held its 5th annual moth night in july to celebrate national moth week.32 people came to learn the importance of moths in the ecosystems. Throughout the evening the participants helped to document and id the moths found in the gardens at 2 uv light stations used to attract moths and other insects. There were 67 observations from 34 different species of moths, beetles and flies.every first sunday of the month guests were invited to draw and paint observations in the gardens.
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $92,871.
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 $1.2M to $1.7M (+38%).
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: 2021 6% · 2023 13% · 2024 2% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of HALLBERG BUTTERFLY GARDENS’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. 3 of the last 8 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 HALLBERG BUTTERFLY GARDENS’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
100% of HALLBERG BUTTERFLY GARDENS's grant income comes from California funders.
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
HALLBERG BUTTERFLY GARDENS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
36%
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 HALLBERG BUTTERFLY GARDENS: 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 HALLBERG BUTTERFLY GARDENS?
- HALLBERG BUTTERFLY GARDENS (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being THE EACH FOUNDATION ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HALLBERG BUTTERFLY GARDENS have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $500 in grants to HALLBERG BUTTERFLY GARDENS.
- Who is the largest funder of HALLBERG BUTTERFLY GARDENS?
- THE EACH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HALLBERG BUTTERFLY GARDENS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 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