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NAPERVILLE GARDEN CLUB INC

NAPERVILLE GARDEN CLUB INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $420 to it, the largest being SCHWABERO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($420). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$60k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$420
Net assets
$136k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Naperville Garden Club Inc does

Mission

To stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening among amateurs; to aid in the protection of native trees, plants and birds; to encourage civic planting and other civic interests; to provide conservation scholarships to those students having interest in conservation based upon need of students;to donate plants, trees and service in beautifying public buildings and other public places in order to enhance the environment in which we live

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Scholarships and donations to conservation groups

    $45,784 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Educational programs, exhibits, lectures and other program activities and instruction for members and the general public

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $45,784.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($41k) Expenses 100 ($46k) Net assets 100 ($122k)2018 Revenue 92 ($37k) Expenses 88 ($40k) Net assets 98 ($119k)2019 Revenue 113 ($46k) Expenses 99 ($45k) Net assets 98 ($119k)2020 Revenue 116 ($47k) Expenses 101 ($47k) Net assets 99 ($120k)2021 Revenue -25 ($-10239) Expenses 70 ($32k) Net assets 64 ($77k)2022 Revenue 115 ($47k) Expenses 65 ($30k) Net assets 78 ($94k)2024 Revenue 140 ($57k) Expenses 71 ($33k) Net assets 104 ($127k)2025 Revenue 146 ($60k) Expenses 108 ($50k) Net assets 112 ($136k)
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Revenue (146)Expenses (108)Net assets (112)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $122k to $79k (−35%).

$123k
$119k
$121k
$122k
$79k
$96k
$129k
$136k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

2% of NAPERVILLE GARDEN CLUB INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$5k
’17
−$3k
’18
$601
’19
$680
’20
−$43k
’21
$17k
’22
$24k
’24
$10k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
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total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of NAPERVILLE GARDEN CLUB 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

100% of NAPERVILLE GARDEN CLUB INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

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

NAPERVILLE GARDEN CLUB INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,195 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin16% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,195 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like NAPERVILLE GARDEN CLUB INC

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In Illinois

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

0%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds NAPERVILLE GARDEN CLUB INC?
NAPERVILLE GARDEN CLUB INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $420 to it, the largest being SCHWABERO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($420). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NAPERVILLE GARDEN CLUB INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $420 in grants to NAPERVILLE GARDEN CLUB INC.
Who is the largest funder of NAPERVILLE GARDEN CLUB INC?
SCHWABERO FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $420 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NAPERVILLE GARDEN CLUB INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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