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WILLIAM S BOWMAN TRUST FOR HORTI- CULTURAL BEAUTIFICATION OF HERSHEY

WILLIAM S BOWMAN TRUST FOR HORTI- CULTURAL BEAUTIFICATION OF HERSHEY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being TWIN TREES FOUNDATIONINC ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$108k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$3k
Net assets
$1.0M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What William S Bowman Trust for Horti- Cultural Beautification of Hershey does

Mission

Horticultural beautification of hershey, pa

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Hanging flower baskets along streets of hershey and other horticultural beautification projects in hershey.

    $49,439 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $49,439.

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 ($55k) Expenses 100 ($43k) Net assets 100 ($582k)2018 Revenue 184 ($100k) Expenses 98 ($42k) Net assets 109 ($636k)2019 Revenue 159 ($87k) Expenses 96 ($41k) Net assets 113 ($657k)2020 Revenue 136 ($74k) Expenses 82 ($35k) Net assets 120 ($697k)2021 Revenue 263 ($143k) Expenses 65 ($27k) Net assets 144 ($838k)2022 Revenue 150 ($82k) Expenses 111 ($47k) Net assets 119 ($690k)2023 Revenue 156 ($85k) Expenses 77 ($33k) Net assets 136 ($792k)2024 Revenue 167 ($91k) Expenses 110 ($47k) Net assets 162 ($944k)2025 Revenue 197 ($108k) Expenses 147 ($63k) Net assets 175 ($1.0M)
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Revenue (197)Expenses (147)Net assets (175)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 2023 to 2024, from $792k to $944k (+19%).

$582k
$636k
$657k
$697k
$838k
$690k
$792k
$944k
$1.0M
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2017 5% · 2018 10% · 2019 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

39% of WILLIAM S BOWMAN TRUST FOR HORTI- CULTURAL BEAUTIFICATION OF HERSHEY’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.

$12k
’17
$59k
’18
$46k
’19
$39k
’20
$116k
’21
$35k
’22
$52k
’23
$44k
’24
$45k
’25
12
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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Listed989999888
Joined·+1+1+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·20000100
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $250 → $500.

Funder
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'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of WILLIAM S BOWMAN TRUST FOR HORTI- CULTURAL BEAUTIFICATION OF HERSHEY’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

WILLIAM S BOWMAN TRUST FOR HORTI- CULTURAL BEAUTIFICATION OF HERSHEY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state in all.

FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

WILLIAM S BOWMAN TRUST FOR HORTI- CULTURAL BEAUTIFICATION OF HERSHEY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin42% · top quartile
Months of reserve12.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 21%Fundraising 1%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

51%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds WILLIAM S BOWMAN TRUST FOR HORTI- CULTURAL BEAUTIFICATION OF HERSHEY?
WILLIAM S BOWMAN TRUST FOR HORTI- CULTURAL BEAUTIFICATION OF HERSHEY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being TWIN TREES FOUNDATIONINC ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WILLIAM S BOWMAN TRUST FOR HORTI- CULTURAL BEAUTIFICATION OF HERSHEY have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,500 in grants to WILLIAM S BOWMAN TRUST FOR HORTI- CULTURAL BEAUTIFICATION OF HERSHEY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WILLIAM S BOWMAN TRUST FOR HORTI- CULTURAL BEAUTIFICATION OF HERSHEY?
TWIN TREES FOUNDATIONINC is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WILLIAM S BOWMAN TRUST FOR HORTI- CULTURAL BEAUTIFICATION OF HERSHEY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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