Washington · Nonprofit
MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF KITSAP COUNTY
MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF KITSAP COUNTY (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,792 to it, the largest being Wells Fargo Foundation ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $85k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $157k
What Master Gardener Foundation of Kitsap County does
Mission
Promoting long term environmental health through sound and sustainable horticultural practices. The purpose of this non-profit Foundation are solely educational and charitable to enhance and supplement the effort of the WSU Master Gardener Program and thereby provide education and information to the citizens of Kitsap County state of Washington
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Hosted annual plant sale which is our primary fundraising activity. Current year proceeds are used to support the following year foundation expenses. These funds are used to support the WSU Program as well as demonstration gardens. The WSU program supports 200+ volunteer gardeners that provide education and time in the Kitsap County community. It also supports 4 demonstration gardens within the county. The demonstration gardens donated 5300+ pounds of food to local food banks.
$14,361 spent63% of program spendingWSU Program is supported by the foundation provides certification and training to over 200 community volunteers certified Master Gardeners Emeritus Master Gardeners and new Master Gardener Interns and cover the cost to provide and maintain 4 demonstration gardens. The foundation pays for the rent for the WSU Extension office as well as covers operations expense to support currently certified and intern Master Gardeners who contributed 17000+ hours of volunteer time to the community by hosting plant answer clinics farmers markets various special events STEM water conservations etc.
$7,503 spent33% of program spendingThe foundation also provided community education through monthly seminars open to the public 6 months of the year January through June typically. Foundation funds pay for speakers any seminar costs to support the administration of the organization in order to fulfill its mission. Approximately 30 to 40 people attend these seminars including members of the public.
$950 spent4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $22,814.
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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $110k to $143k (+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.
0% of MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF KITSAP COUNTY’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. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $183 → $162.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF KITSAP COUNTY’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
MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF KITSAP COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF KITSAP COUNTY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $792 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF KITSAP COUNTY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
70%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF KITSAP COUNTY?
- MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF KITSAP COUNTY (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,792 to it, the largest being Wells Fargo Foundation ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF KITSAP COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,792 in grants to MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF KITSAP COUNTY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF KITSAP COUNTY?
- Wells Fargo Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF KITSAP COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2 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