Ohio · Nonprofit
THE GARDEN CLUB OF CLEVELAND
THE GARDEN CLUB OF CLEVELAND (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,731 to it, the largest being SELECT EQUITY GROUP FOUNDATION ($1,750). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $106k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $195k
What The Garden Club of Cleveland does
Mission
To stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening. Sharing the advantages of association by means of educational meetings, conferences, correspondence and publications. To restore, improve and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs, and action in the fields of conservation and civic improvements.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Program meetings, workshops, and events to educate members and the public on conservation, horticulture, and floral design.
$91,497 spent84% of program spendingDues paid to the national organization, the garden club of america. Associated travel expenses to attend national meetings and educational conferences.
$11,160 spentof which $11,160 as grants10% of program spendingCharitable gifts to other 501(c)(3) organizations which support and promote conservation, horticulture & floral design.
$6,110 spentof which $6,110 as grants6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $108,767.
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 $127k to $185k (+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.
95% of THE GARDEN CLUB OF CLEVELAND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $230 → $16.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 OF CLEVELAND’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
THE GARDEN CLUB OF CLEVELAND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 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
53% of THE GARDEN CLUB OF CLEVELAND's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21 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
THE GARDEN CLUB OF CLEVELAND has grown faster than half of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE GARDEN CLUB OF CLEVELAND
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE GARDEN CLUB OF CLEVELAND: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE GARDEN CLUB OF CLEVELAND?
- THE GARDEN CLUB OF CLEVELAND (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,731 to it, the largest being SELECT EQUITY GROUP FOUNDATION ($1,750). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE GARDEN CLUB OF CLEVELAND have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $3,731 in grants to THE GARDEN CLUB OF CLEVELAND, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GARDEN CLUB OF CLEVELAND?
- SELECT EQUITY GROUP FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GARDEN CLUB OF CLEVELAND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 4 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