New York · Nonprofit
QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC
QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC (New York) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,184,352 to it, the largest being Max and Selma Kupferberg Family Foundation ($305,000). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.7M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Queens Botanical Garden Society Inc does
Mission
Queens botanical garden is an urban oasis where people, plants and cultures are celebrated through inspiring gardens, innovative educational programs and demonstrations of environmental stewardship.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Grounds care and security - responsible for the upkeep and security of this 39-acre public garden and living museum, comprising 18 acres of formal gardens and 21 acres of arboretum. Maintains more than 20 ornamental and educational gardens including: a herb garden, woodland garden, rose garden, wedding garden, other perennial gardens and seasonal displays. Environmental strategies are in practice throughout the facility: water permeable pavers are in place throughout the garden; bioswales absorb excess rainwater, helping to ease the burden on nyc's sewer system; geothermal wells heat and cool the leed platinum certified visitor & administration building; native plantings, including the green roof, feed local fauna and migratory birds. Composting toilets and gray water systems result in using 82% less water, photovoltaic panels harness the sun's energy just as plants do. All features mentioned support the garden's commitment to sustainability.
$1,608,140 spent35% of program spendingEducation - provides programs, workshops and special events that advance a dual mission of sustainability and cultural expression. In fy25 qbg educators worked with 22,947 school children and 3,624 teachers and chaperones through onsite environmental education workshops, tours and teacher training programs. Education programs focus on steam learning (science, technology, engineering, art, math) to teach urban children about plants, ecosystems, trees, and bees. Qbg is home to one of the largest composting education sites in the city, and focuses on outreach to various neighborhoods in queens. Qbg also hosts several nature-based programs for early childhood through middle school-aged youth throughout the year, ranging from one-time classes to multi-week sessions during out-of-school times.
$1,717,433 spent$952,108 earned by the program37% of program spendingVisitor services - promotes a positive visitor experience and welcomed over 250,000 visitors onsite in fy25. Qbg served 259,013 people which includes 10,487 reached through our outreach and virtual engagement efforts. The visitor & administration building houses a variety of amenities including the gift shop, food service concessions, qbg gallery, special event & facility rentals and qbg membership hospitality. Throughout the year, visitor services provides meaningful, workplace readiness volunteer experiences for dozens of high school students and college interns.public programs staff coordinate nearly 95 public programs and events for visitors in a typical year; public programs highlight the changes in nature throughout the seasons, plant collections throughout the garden, bees and honey, cultural significance of plants, visual arts, performing arts and green / sustainable living.
$961,654 spent$359,107 earned by the program21% of program spendingOutreach , volunteers and planning/capital projects and research
$319,121 spent7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,606,348.
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.
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 $25M to $13M (−46%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 60% · 2018 57% · 2019 63% · 2020 65% · 2021 68% · 2022 57% · 2023 32% · 2024 40% · 2025 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
Evie Hantzopoulos
Executive director
Board chair
Raymond D Jasen
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $302k → $516k.
7 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 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
QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 10% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
47% 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 QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 43% · 2019 42% · 2020 26% · 2021 21% · 2022 23% · 2023 24% — diversifying over time.
“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
54% of QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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
64% of QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $582k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY 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 QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $100k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$100k
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 QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
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 QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC?
- QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC (New York) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,184,352 to it, the largest being Max and Selma Kupferberg Family Foundation ($305,000). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $3,184,352 in grants to QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC?
- Max and Selma Kupferberg Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $305,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 47 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