Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Trustees Of Rancho Santa Ana Botan, operating under the name California Botanic Garden, is located in Claremont, CA. The organization was established in 1936. According to its NTEE Classification (C41) the organization is classified as: Botanical Gardens & Arboreta, under the broad grouping of Environment and related organizations. As of 06/2021, California Botanic Garden employed 96 individuals. This organization is an independent organization and not affiliated with a larger national or regional group of organizations. California Botanic Garden is a 501(c)(3) and as such, is described as a "Charitable or Religous organization or a private foundation" by the IRS.
For the year ending 06/2021, California Botanic Garden generated $6.3m in total revenue. This represents relatively stable growth, over the past 6 years the organization has increased revenue by an average of 8.7% each year. All expenses for the organization totaled $4.6m during the year ending 06/2021. You can explore the organizations financials more deeply in the financial statements section below.
Form
990
Mission & Program ActivityExcerpts From the 990 Filing
TAX YEAR
2021
Describe the Organization's Mission:
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RSABG AIMS TO INSPIRE, INFORM AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY ABOUT CALIFORNIA'S NATIVE FLORA.
Describe the Organization's Program Activity:
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RESEARCH, LIBRARY AND HERBARIUM - THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A COMPREHENSIVE LIVING COLLECTION OF CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS, AN EXTENSIVE DRIED SPECIMEN COLLECTION IN THE HERBARIUM, AND A WIDE-RANGING COLLECTION OF BOTANY VOLUMES HELD IN ITS LIBRARY. NO COST HAS BEEN CAPITALIZED FOR THESE COLLECTIONS AS IT IS IMPRACTICAL TO DETERMINE THEIR VALUE DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF ITEMS AND THE LONG SPAN OF YEARS IT HAS TAKEN TO CREATE THE COLLECTIONS. IN ADDITION, CAPITALIZING COLLECTIONS CONTRADICTS STANDARDS OF COLLECTIONS STEWARDSHIP AND IS COUNTER TO THE ETHICAL STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE MUSEUM FIELD. LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE - THE RESEARCH LIBRARY CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 48,000 VOLUMES AND 750 CURRENT JOURNALS AND PERIODICALS. ACQUISITIONS INCREASE YEARLY AND INCLUDE BOUND JOURNALS AND PERIODICALS. THE LIBRARY ALSO HOUSES THE ARCHIVES WHICH INCLUDE THE MARCUS JONES ARCHIVES AND COLLECTION, AS WELL AS THE SAMUEL PARISH COLLECTIONS; BOTH MEN WERE LOCAL BOTANISTS IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY. HERBARIUM - THE COMBINED HERBARIUM OF RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDENS IS ABOUT THE TENTH LARGEST IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE THIRD LARGEST IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, WITH CURRENT HOLDINGS TOTALING OVER 1,100,000 SPECIMENS REPRESENTING PLANT DIVERSITY WORLDWIDE AND WITH SUPERLATIVE STRENGTHS IN HOLDING OF PLANTS FROM CALIFORNIA AND OTHER MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE REGIONS.
CONSERVATION - WE ARE WORKING TO CONSERVE CALIFORNIA FLORA THROUGH INVENTORY, MONITORING, RESEARCH, HORTICULTURE, RESTORATION AND SEED BANK PROGRAMS. PLANT CONSERVATION AT RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN (RSABG) IS CENTRAL TO OUR MISSION AND IS A NATURAL EXTENSION OF OUR RICH HISTORY IN RESEARCH AND HORTICULTURE. CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY IS CHALLENGING AS WE FACE CATASTROPHIC DROUGHT, WILDFIRES, INVASION OF EXOTIC SPECIES, AND EXPANDING URBANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT. RSABG HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE IN THE WORLD OF CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT CONSERVATION AND, AS OUR CHALLENGES GROW, RSABG WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AT THE FRONT LINES. RSABG HAS ACTIVE PROGRAMS IN FLORISTIC RESEARCH, RARE PLANT RESEARCH AND MONITORING, POPULATION GENETICS, SEED COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION, PLANT PROPAGATION, RESTORATION, AND INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT TO ADVANCE CONSERVATION OF CALIFORNIA'S NATIVE PLANTS AND HABITATS.
HORTICULTURE - LIVING PLANT COLLECTIONS: LIVING COLLECTION - THE LIVING COLLECTION CONTRIBUTES TO THE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION MISSION OF THE GARDEN. THROUGH PUBLIC HORTICULTURE, THE LIVING COLLECTION ALSO PROMOTES THE THOUGHTFUL UTILIZATION OF OUR NATURAL HERITAGE. THE LIVING COLLECTION COVERS 86 ACRES HOUSING OVER 2,500 ACCESSIONS OF PLANTS NATIVE TO CALIFORNIA AND BAJA. THOSE ACCESSIONS REPRESENT 1,400 TAXA, DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLANTS, INCLUDING 900 SPECIES. SEED CONSERVATION PROGRAM - THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN'S SEED PROGRAM IS THE CURATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE GARDEN'S EXTENSIVE SEED COLLECTION. THE COLLECTION IS COMPRISED OF OVER 4,000 ACCESSIONS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 1,600 CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SPECIES AND CULTIVARS.
GRADUATE EDUCATION, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, VISITOR AND NURSERY SERVICES IN PROMOTION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION.
Name (title) | Role | Hours | Compensation |
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Lucinda A Mcdade Executive Director | Officer | 40 | $136,250 |
Kristine Crosby Director Of Finance | Officer | 40 | $90,376 |
Thomas C Brayton Chair-Board Of Trustees | OfficerTrustee | 1 | $0 |
Marshall W Taylor Treasurer, Board Member | OfficerTrustee | 1 | $0 |
Ann Platt Walker Vice Chair, Board Member | OfficerTrustee | 1 | $0 |
Mary F Perera Secretary, Board Member | OfficerTrustee | 1 | $0 |
Statement of Revenue | |
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Federated campaigns | $0 |
Membership dues | $295,599 |
Fundraising events | $0 |
Related organizations | $0 |
Government grants | $1,038,321 |
All other contributions, gifts, grants, and similar amounts not included above | $1,855,957 |
Noncash contributions included in lines 1a–1f | $21,151 |
Total Revenue from Contributions, Gifts, Grants & Similar | $3,189,877 |
Total Program Service Revenue | $1,558,292 |
Investment income | $464,542 |
Tax Exempt Bond Proceeds | $0 |
Royalties | $0 |
Net Rental Income | $34,635 |
Net Gain/Loss on Asset Sales | $923,462 |
Net Income from Fundraising Events | $0 |
Net Income from Gaming Activities | $0 |
Net Income from Sales of Inventory | $114,695 |
Miscellaneous Revenue | $0 |
Total Revenue | $6,285,503 |
Statement of Expenses | |
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Grants and other assistance to domestic organizations and domestic governments. | $0 |
Grants and other assistance to domestic individuals. | $0 |
Grants and other assistance to Foreign Orgs/Individuals | $0 |
Benefits paid to or for members | $0 |
Compensation of current officers, directors, key employees. | $236,370 |
Compensation of current officers, directors, key employees. | $178,538 |
Compensation to disqualified persons | $0 |
Other salaries and wages | $2,196,458 |
Pension plan accruals and contributions | $0 |
Other employee benefits | $394,562 |
Payroll taxes | $176,577 |
Fees for services: Management | $0 |
Fees for services: Legal | $0 |
Fees for services: Accounting | $24,567 |
Fees for services: Lobbying | $0 |
Fees for services: Fundraising | $0 |
Fees for services: Investment Management | $0 |
Fees for services: Other | $413,356 |
Advertising and promotion | $0 |
Office expenses | $159,487 |
Information technology | $0 |
Royalties | $0 |
Occupancy | $258,755 |
Travel | $63,965 |
Payments of travel or entertainment expenses for any federal, state, or local public officials | $0 |
Conferences, conventions, and meetings | $0 |
Interest | $203 |
Payments to affiliates | $0 |
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization | $151,054 |
Insurance | $50,563 |
All other expenses | $0 |
Total functional expenses | $4,623,760 |
Balance Sheet | |
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Cash—non-interest-bearing | $702,402 |
Savings and temporary cash investments | $1,178,699 |
Pledges and grants receivable | $73,521 |
Accounts receivable, net | $1,079,875 |
Loans from Officers, Directors, or Controlling Persons | $0 |
Loans from Disqualified Persons | $0 |
Notes and loans receivable | $0 |
Inventories for sale or use | $114,644 |
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges | $57,029 |
Net Land, buildings, and equipment | $3,225,767 |
Investments—publicly traded securities | $23,314,420 |
Investments—other securities | $0 |
Investments—program-related | $0 |
Intangible assets | $0 |
Other assets | $606,434 |
Total assets | $30,352,791 |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $818,922 |
Grants payable | $0 |
Deferred revenue | $171,728 |
Tax-exempt bond liabilities | $0 |
Escrow or custodial account liability | $0 |
Loans and other payables to any current Officer, Director, or Controlling Person | $0 |
Secured mortgages and notes payable | $0 |
Unsecured mortgages and notes payable | $587,837 |
Other liabilities | $0 |
Total liabilities | $1,578,487 |
Net assets without donor restrictions | $19,002,512 |
Net assets with donor restrictions | $9,771,792 |
Capital stock or trust principal, or current funds | $0 |
Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building, or equipment fund | $0 |
Retained earnings, endowment, accumulated income, or other funds | $0 |
Total liabilities and net assets/fund balances | $30,352,791 |
Over the last fiscal year, we have identified 3 grants that Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Trustees Of Rancho Santa Ana Botan has recieved totaling $40,850.
Awarding Organization | Amount |
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Center For Plant Conservation Inc Escondido, CA PURPOSE: SEED COLLECTION | $22,400 |
Maxwell Hanrahan Foundation Portola Valley, CA PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER INTERNSHIPS IN APPLIED PLANT CONSERVATION AT THE CALIFORNIA BOTANIC GARDEN | $10,000 |
Schwab Charitable Fund San Francisco, CA PURPOSE: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS | $8,450 |
Beg. Balance | $5,901,424 |
Earnings | $738,698 |
Net Contributions | $23,750 |
Other Expense | $10,786 |
Ending Balance | $6,653,086 |
Organization Name | Assets | Revenue |
---|---|---|
National Tropical Botanical Garden Kalaheo, HI | $83,543,723 | $14,124,029 |
Descanso Gardens Guild Inc La Canada Flintridge, CA | $18,003,648 | $13,487,216 |
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Inc Santa Barbara, CA | $41,433,162 | $7,409,122 |
Quail Gardens Foundation Inc Encinitas, CA | $12,969,442 | $5,829,721 |
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Trustees Of Rancho Santa Ana Botan Claremont, CA | $30,352,791 | $6,285,503 |
San Francisco Botanical Garden Society At Strybing Arboretum San Francisco, CA | $28,257,332 | $7,447,772 |
South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation Inc Palos Verdes, CA | $7,245,065 | $6,772,558 |
Japanese Friendship Garden Society Of San Diego San Diego, CA | $20,950,553 | $6,471,956 |
Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation Inc Arcadia, CA | $16,499,897 | $6,980,616 |
Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum Superior, AZ | $11,174,604 | $2,877,918 |
Tucson Botanical Gardens Tucson, AZ | $7,479,246 | $3,474,163 |
Ruth Bancroft Garden Inc Walnut Creek, CA | $5,532,672 | $2,150,535 |