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THE GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC

THE GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $81 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($81). 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 FY2025
$188k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$81
Net assets
$1.5M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Inc does

Mission

Assisting member clubs with education and appreciation of horticulture, landscape and floral design, gardening and environmental concerns through workshops and schools.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The organization (1) coordinates the interests of garden clubs of the commonwealth of massachusetts and brings them into closer relations of mutual helpfulness by association, conferences and correspondence, (2) aids in the protection and conservation of natural resources, (3) promotes civic beauty and roadside improvements, (4) advances the art of gardening and flower arranging and encourages education in the areas of ecology, horticulture and landscape design, (5) cooperates with other organizations and agencies in furthering these interests, and (6) aids worthy students pursuing the study of horticulture arts and sciences through scholarship funds maintained by the organization. Membership in the organization is open to any garden club in massachusetts, any individual, and any non-profit, tax-exempt society or organization whose activity promotes the purpose of the organization. The main sources of support and revenues are from member club dues, conferences, flower shows, schools and workshops.

    $99,176 spentof which $12,195 as grants$140,816 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $99,176.

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 ($288k) Expenses 100 ($215k) Net assets 100 ($997k)2018 Revenue 82 ($235k) Expenses 88 ($189k) Net assets 105 ($1.0M)2019 Revenue 75 ($216k) Expenses 84 ($180k) Net assets 110 ($1.1M)2020 Revenue 50 ($143k) Expenses 60 ($128k) Net assets 110 ($1.1M)2021 Revenue 39 ($114k) Expenses 36 ($77k) Net assets 127 ($1.3M)2022 Revenue 47 ($135k) Expenses 54 ($116k) Net assets 119 ($1.2M)2023 Revenue 60 ($172k) Expenses 69 ($148k) Net assets 126 ($1.3M)2024 Revenue 67 ($193k) Expenses 67 ($145k) Net assets 138 ($1.4M)2025 Revenue 65 ($188k) Expenses 62 ($134k) Net assets 151 ($1.5M)
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Revenue (65)Expenses (62)Net assets (151)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 $1.1M to $1.3M (+16%).

$1.0M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.3M
$1.2M
$1.3M
$1.4M
$1.5M
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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
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

1% of THE GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS 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. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$73k
’17
$46k
’18
$36k
’19
$15k
’20
$36k
’21
$19k
’22
$23k
’23
$47k
’24
$54k
’25
30
months of
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.

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Listed777777114846
Joined·+4+0+3+0+4+4+39+0
No longer listed·40304022
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $12 → $16.

Funder
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'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1

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 THE GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS 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 THE GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC'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. $81 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin29% · above the median
Months of reserve29.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−5% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like THE GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 26%Fundraising 0%

Governance

46
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC?
THE GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $81 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($81). 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 THE GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $81 in grants to THE GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC?
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $81 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 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