Indiana · Nonprofit
WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC
WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC (Indiana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,457,664 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC ($12,727,852). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $21M
What Wellfield Botanic Gardens Inc does
Mission
The overlying purpose of wellfield botanic gardens is to tirelessly promote the inseparable relationship between water, plants and animals. The gardens will be a place that fosters a sense of responsibility and a sense of stewardship for the natural world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The horticulture department is the backbone of the botanic garden, involved in virtually every aspect of the garden's aesthetic and function. From designing spaces to planting and maintaining over time, this area is critical to both temporary and long-term exhibit spaces, event areas and attractions.
$595,136 spent$-7,980 earned by the program66% of program spendingThe guest services department is responsible for our guest's interaction with our garden, its programs, and in concert with horticulture and education produces special events that serve and further wellfield's mission. In 2024, 22,343 guests visited wellfield through standard admission, 27,980 attended special events and 4,257 attended through facility utilization.
$174,870 spent$174,191 earned by the program19% of program spendingThe education department envisions, creates and facilitates all aspects of learning at the gardens. From pre-k through lifelong learners, all ages are addressed through the gardens' many educational initiatives, including guided school field trips (1,643 students/teachers served in 2024) classes and educational programs (542 participants in 2024), family educational events(2,185 participants in 2024), and private tours (366 served in 2024).
$39,208 spent$46,060 earned by the program4% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$97,195 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $906,409.
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 2020 to 2021, from $7.6M to $16M (+111%).
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: 2020 7% · 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS 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. 1 of the last 8 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
Eric Garton
Executive director
Board chair
Janet Evanega
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 8 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $1.4M → $4.4M.
5 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS 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
WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% 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 WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 66% · 2019 98% · 2020 96% · 2021 93% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.
“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
50% of WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 79% 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
89% of WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS 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. Of the $1.5M that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,187 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,187 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
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 WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC: 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 WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC?
- WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC (Indiana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,457,664 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC ($12,727,852). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $14,457,664 in grants to WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,727,852 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS 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.
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 14 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