Florida · Nonprofit
MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC (Florida) receives grants from 122 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,673,403 to it, the largest being WEM FOUNDATION ($5,065,000). 79 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 122
- Grants received
- $8.7M
- Net assets
- $23M
What McKee Botanical Garden Inc does
Mission
Mckee botanical garden, inc. ("mckee") is a florida not-for-profit corporation formed in 2003 to restore and operate mckee botanical garden, a public botanical garden in vero beach, florida. It derives virtually all of its revenues from public support, either through contributions and grants or from program services fees. In recognition of the many functions mckee botanical garden serves in its community and beyond, the board of directors and advisors developed a multifaceted mission statement to guide its future. The mission of mckee is "to nurture and enhance a historic garden in a unique tropical setting for the education, enjoyment and enrichment of all." mckee's exotic and native collections are carefully cultivated to interest visitors with the possibilities of landscaping in a tropical zone. Emphasis is placed on plants that provide additional interaction, such as the butterfly-attracting vines that wind through the entrance pergola.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Mckee botanical garden is constantly developing new programs to benefit its visitor experience. One of the garden's most successful ventures has been the continuation of bringing traveling exhibits to mckee. In addition to our exhibitions, mckee continues to host regular educational classes, ranging from how to mount an orchid to cooking with seasonal foods. The garden makes every effort to engage the community on a regular basis by establishing traditions that are highly anticipated year after year, including favorites such as holidays at mckee, nights of lights, annual motor car exhibition, fairy and pirate festival and the waterlily celebration.efforts are made to engage area schools and other special groups with an annual discount day; scholarships to camp mckee; field trips for underprivileged children; seasonal discounts and special passes for those who might not be able to afford the price of admission. Motorized scooters, wheelchairs and wheelchair-friendly pathways make the garden accessible and inclusive for everyone. Each year, mckee hosts a community appreciation day and all visitors pay just one dollar to enjoy the garden for the day.
$2,451,084 spent$2,471,599 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,451,084.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $16M to $22M (+35%).
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.
40% of MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC’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. 0 of the last 5 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.
Chief executive
Rochelle Wohlberg
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 33 funders to 55 funders, grant income rose $328k → $5.4M.
14 of 122 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 122 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
MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 71%; 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: 2017 21% · 2018 27% · 2019 32% · 2020 19% · 2021 21% · 2022 15% · 2023 93% — growing more concentrated.
“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
51% of MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 23 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7k on record.
- FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - GENERAL $7k
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $50
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 MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
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 MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN 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 MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC?
- MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC (Florida) receives grants from 122 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,673,403 to it, the largest being WEM FOUNDATION ($5,065,000). 79 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC have?
- IRS filings report 122 organizations giving $8,673,403 in grants to MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC, 79 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC?
- WEM FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,065,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 122 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