Washington · Nonprofit
MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF PIERCE COUNTY
MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF PIERCE COUNTY (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $910 to it, the largest being PUGET SOUND ENERGY FOUNDATION ($550). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $88k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $910
- Net assets
- $174k
What Master Gardener Foundation of Pierce County does
Mission
To support the Washington State University Master Gardener Program in providing education and information on gardening and horticulture to residents of Washington State primarily those residing in Pierce County.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Educate our community about various horticulture aspects including growing plants care and pruning fertilizer soil structure at two demonstration gardens. In 2023 we had 335 Master Gardener members. An estimate of 5603 volunteer hours was recorded to maintain the gardens. An estimate of 428 adults and 526 youth was recorded as Community Engagement.
$14,029 spent55% of program spendingEngage and support our community regarding food scarcity and food production. This was accomplished by grants to community gardens and specific beds demonstrating edible plants. Produce grown and donated to food banks. An estimate of 1850 volunteer hours was recorded. Community Engagement was not tracked. Approximately 1,000 lbs. of produce was donated to local foodbanks.
$2,454 spent10% of program spendingProvide education and recreation that the community and gardeners request. This includes clinics programs for children continuing education sessions propagation studies and more. An estimate of 12,994 volunteer hours 573 adults and 277 youth Community Engagement hours were recorded.
$9,244 spent36% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $25,727.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $138k to $174k (+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.
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
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $550 → $26.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 PIERCE 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 PIERCE COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% 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
40% 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 MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF PIERCE COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 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 PIERCE 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. $360 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.
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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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF PIERCE COUNTY: 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 MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF PIERCE COUNTY?
- MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF PIERCE COUNTY (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $910 to it, the largest being PUGET SOUND ENERGY FOUNDATION ($550). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF PIERCE COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $910 in grants to MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF PIERCE COUNTY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF PIERCE COUNTY?
- PUGET SOUND ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MASTER GARDENER FOUNDATION OF PIERCE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), 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