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SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA MASTER GARDENER ASSOC INC

SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA MASTER GARDENER ASSOC INC (Indiana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,092 to it, the largest being The Aline and Edgar Igleheart Foundation Inc ($11,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$137k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$20k
Net assets
$399k
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Southwestern Indiana Master Gardener Assoc Inc does

Mission

Horticultural education

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Swimga's merit scholarship recipient is selected by the office of academic programs with approval of the head of horticulture and landscape architecture department and dean of the college of agriculture. The recipient (1) must have graduated from a gibson, posey, vanderburgh, or warrick county, indiana high school; (2) must be a full time student in the department of horticulture and landscape architecture at purdue, and (3) majoring in a horticulture related field with a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average. Swimga's scholarship is selected by the office of academic programs with approval of the head of horticulture and landscape arhitecture department and dean of the college of agriculture. It will be awarded based on the financial need as determined by purdue's division of financial aid. The recipient (1) must have graduated from a gibson, posey, vanderburgh, or warrick county, indiana high school; (2) must be a full time student in the department of horticulture and landscape architecture at purdue, and (3) majoring in a horticulture related field with a cumulative grade point average of 2.65. Purdue university does the selecting subject to their selection rules which…

  2. Swimga offers annual and perennial flowers, herbs, grasses, and vegetables for sale, with the proceeds going to fund their many public gardening projects in the area, including neighborhood vegetable gardens and gardening education, school programs, a production garden benefiting the countless flower gardens for public enjoyment.

    $7,524 spent
    15% of program spending
  3. Swimga offers garden walks and seminars with the proceeds going to fund their many public gardening projects in the area, including neighborhood gardens benefiting the countless flower gardens for public enjoyment.

    $41,165 spent
    85% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $48,689.

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 ($75k) Expenses 100 ($69k) Net assets 100 ($248k)2018 Revenue 94 ($71k) Expenses 146 ($101k) Net assets 90 ($224k)2019 Revenue 128 ($97k) Expenses 95 ($66k) Net assets 102 ($253k)2020 Revenue 44 ($33k) Expenses 85 ($59k) Net assets 91 ($225k)2021 Revenue 129 ($97k) Expenses 76 ($53k) Net assets 114 ($282k)2022 Revenue 115 ($87k) Expenses 119 ($83k) Net assets 120 ($298k)2023 Revenue 183 ($138k) Expenses 111 ($77k) Net assets 143 ($355k)2024 Revenue 182 ($137k) Expenses 130 ($90k) Net assets 161 ($399k)
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Revenue (182)Expenses (130)Net assets (161)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $298k to $355k (+19%).

$248k
$224k
$253k
$225k
$282k
$298k
$355k
$399k
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Total assets

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.

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2018
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

40% of SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA MASTER GARDENER ASSOC INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$6k
’17
−$30k
’18
$31k
’19
−$26k
’20
$44k
’21
$4k
’22
$61k
’23
$47k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $9k → $44.

Funder
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funders
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2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA MASTER GARDENER ASSOC 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.

How concentrated its funding is

SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA MASTER GARDENER ASSOC INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% 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

45% 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 SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA MASTER GARDENER ASSOC INC.

55%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 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

100% of SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA MASTER GARDENER ASSOC INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.

IN

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA MASTER GARDENER ASSOC INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin34% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

IN

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Questions and answers

Who funds SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA MASTER GARDENER ASSOC INC?
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA MASTER GARDENER ASSOC INC (Indiana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,092 to it, the largest being The Aline and Edgar Igleheart Foundation Inc ($11,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA MASTER GARDENER ASSOC INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $20,092 in grants to SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA MASTER GARDENER ASSOC INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA MASTER GARDENER ASSOC INC?
The Aline and Edgar Igleheart Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $11,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA MASTER GARDENER ASSOC INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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