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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MD INC

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MD INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being Eliasberg Family Foundation Inc ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$28k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$15k
Net assets
$69k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Horticultural Society of Md Inc does

Mission

Educational programs in the horticultural arena

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Educational lecture series: open to the public for free. Notifications by mail and garden club radio show. Topics further the knowledge of members and guests. The hall accomodates 250.

    $6,365 spent
    29% of program spending
  2. Educational trips, workshops, seminars and publications, garden tours

    $4,056 spent
    19% of program spending
  3. Vollmer garden and outreach program

    $11,417 spent
    52% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $21,838.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($68k) Expenses 100 ($59k) Net assets 100 ($169k)2019 Revenue 84 ($57k) Expenses 118 ($70k) Net assets 93 ($156k)2020 Revenue 77 ($52k) Expenses 97 ($57k) Net assets 90 ($151k)2021 Revenue 43 ($29k) Expenses 78 ($47k) Net assets 79 ($134k)2022 Revenue 36 ($25k) Expenses 81 ($48k) Net assets 65 ($111k)2023 Revenue 47 ($32k) Expenses 111 ($66k) Net assets 46 ($77k)2024 Revenue 41 ($28k) Expenses 61 ($36k) Net assets 41 ($69k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (41)Expenses (61)Net assets (41)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $111k to $77k (−30%).

$169k
$156k
$151k
$134k
$111k
$77k
$69k
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assets

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MD INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,989 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$9k
’18
−$12k
’19
−$5k
’20
−$17k
’21
−$23k
’22
−$33k
’23
−$8k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $3k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MD INC’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

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MD INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state in all.

FL

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

’20
’21
’22
’23
Maryland 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

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MD INC's revenue fell 59% between 2018 and 2024.

Operating margin−30% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−14% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MD INC: 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 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MD INC?
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MD INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being Eliasberg Family Foundation Inc ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MD INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MD INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MD INC?
Eliasberg Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF MD INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), 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