California · Nonprofit
MONTEREY BAY MASTER GARDENERS
MONTEREY BAY MASTER GARDENERS (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $73 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($73). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $54k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $73
- Net assets
- $111k
What Monterey Bay Master Gardeners does
Mission
Financial support for the University of California Master Gardener program in Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties whose purpose is to support home gardeners and the public with researched based information through classes, information booths, gardens and other activities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Construction of a new demonstration garden in Watsonville
$23,886 spent68% of program spendingPublic information workshops
$1,904 spent5% of program spendingPortable edible garden program offering training for container gardening and nutrition information for families with limited space.
$2,511 spent7% of program spendingTraining a new class of 42 Master Gardeners
$6,318 spent18% of program spendingPublic information booths, Public inquiry with gardening questions, MG continuing education
$732 spent2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $35,351.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $25 → $16.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 MONTEREY BAY MASTER GARDENERS’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 MONTEREY BAY MASTER GARDENERS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $73 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
MONTEREY BAY MASTER GARDENERS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,152 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like MONTEREY BAY MASTER GARDENERS
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In California
Nationally
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MONTEREY BAY MASTER GARDENERS?
- MONTEREY BAY MASTER GARDENERS (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $73 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($73). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MONTEREY BAY MASTER GARDENERS have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $73 in grants to MONTEREY BAY MASTER GARDENERS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MONTEREY BAY MASTER GARDENERS?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $73 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MONTEREY BAY MASTER GARDENERS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), 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