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Japanese Garden Society of Oregon

Japanese Garden Society of Oregon is a garden club based in Portland, OR that was founded in 1963. As of 2019 they had $10 million in revenue and $39 million in assets.

The Japanese Garden Society of Oregon is a private, not-for-profit organization formed in the early 1960s by Portland citizens interested in promoting a more intimate relationship between the peoples of Japan and our city and state.

EIN:

93-0511171

City:

Portland

State:

Oregon

Website:

japanesegarden.org

Phone:

(503) 223-1321

Twitter:

@pdxjapanesegdn

Founded:

1963

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

C42: Garden clubs and horticultural programs

Revenue:

$10,020,581

Assets:

$39,456,160

Employees:

160

Fiscal year end:

December

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at Japanese Garden Society of Oregon

More than 450,000 guests visited the Garden in 2018, and we had over members. We brought world-class exhibitions to the Garden through the culture & arts program, brought training and education through our international Japanese Garden training center, and we expanded relationships between japan and united states Garden professionals through our international program

Form 990s for Japanese Garden Society of Oregon

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2018-12	Dec 12, 2019	990	View PDF
2017-12	Dec 12, 2018	990	View PDF
2016-12	Nov 9, 2017	990	View PDF
2015-12	Jun 30, 2016	990	View PDF
2014-12	Sep 24, 2015	990	View PDF
...and five more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for Japanese Garden Society of Oregon

Field	2018
Federated campaigns	$0
Membership dues	$790,907
Fundraising event contributions	$327,768
Related organizations	$92,738
Government grants (contributions)	$0
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$1,306,277
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$2,517,690

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$2,517,690	$5,873,406	-57.1%
Program services	$5,884,817	$5,174,733	13.7%
Investment income and dividends	$474	$1,448	-67.3%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$0	$-1,797	-100%
Net income from fundraising events	$-43,949	$0	-999%
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$1,571,233	$1,092,787	43.8%
Miscellaneous revenues	$90,316	$13,954	547.2%
Total revenues	$10,020,581	$12,154,531	-17.6%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$0	$0
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$0
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$506,406	$611,942	-17.2%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$85,378	$26,389	223.5%
Non-officer salaries and wages	$4,203,765	$3,673,800	14.4%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$89,626	$73,865	21.3%
Other employee benefits	$457,786	$400,876	14.2%
Payroll taxes	$480,323	$431,590	11.3%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$33,496	$50,883	-34.2%
Accounting fees	$29,750	$27,650	7.6%
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$0	$0
Investment mgmt fees	$0	$0
Other fee-for-service	$313,461	$262,291	19.5%
Advertising and promotion	$197,628	$159,875	23.6%
Office expenses	$439,092	$308,479	42.3%
Information tech. expenses	$0	$0
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$306,056	$306,207	-0.0%
Travel	$171,016	$109,983	55.5%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$0	$0
Interest	$262,227	$304,281	-13.8%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$872,217	$501,863	73.8%
Insurance	$90,130	$71,691	25.7%
All other expenses	$1,532,867	$1,446,983	5.9%
Total expenses	$10,071,224	$8,768,648	14.9%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$199,324	$959,210	-79.2%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$102,688	$105	97698.1%
Pledges and grants receivable	$1,736,851	$4,422,015	-60.7%
Accounts receivable	$18,383	$8,563	114.7%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$179,690	$159,764	12.5%
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$243,936	$56,787	329.6%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$32,711,155	$33,529,380	-2.4%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$0	$0
Investments, other securities	$0	$0
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$4,264,133	$3,400,466	25.4%
Total assets	$39,456,160	$42,536,290	-7.2%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$361,035	$438,037	-17.6%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$38,927	$39,160	-0.6%
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$3,350,000	$3,500,000	-4.3%
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$2,592,402	$1,025,281	152.8%
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$400,000	$5,685,250	-93.0%
Other liabilities	$150,000	$100,000	50%
Total liabilities	$6,892,364	$10,787,728	-36.1%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$28,612,851	$28,584,593	0.1%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$657,377	$842,048	-21.9%
Permanently restricted net assets	$3,293,568	$2,321,921	41.8%

Vendors for Japanese Garden Society of Oregon

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
WordPress	Content management system software		2020-07-30
█████████	Marketing software		2020-07-30
████ █████ ███ ██ ███	Tax accounting		2019-12-12
█████ ████████ ███████	Printing	$194,314	2019-12-12
██████ ███ ███████████ ████	It Services	$111,621	2019-12-12

Personnel at Japanese Garden Society of Oregon

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Stephen D. Bloom	Chief Executive Officer	-	Aug. 9, 2020
Cheryl Ching	Chief Operations Officer	-	Aug. 9, 2020
█████ ███████	Chief Financial Officer	-	Aug. 9, 2020
████ ███████	Chief External Affairs Officer / Director of Marketing and Communications	-	Aug. 9, 2020
██████ ███████	Director of Retail	-	Aug. 9, 2020
█████ ████	Director of Facilities and It	-	Aug. 9, 2020

Peer garden clubs and horticultural programs

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	And Sculpture Park	501(c)(3)	$23 million	Grand Rapids, MI
2	Horticultural Society of New York (HSNY)	501(c)(3)	$4.9 million	New York, NY
3	Thanksgiving Point Institute	501(c)(3)	$33 million	Lehi, UT
4	Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art	501(c)(3)	$11 million	Nashville, TN
5	American Horticultural Society	501(c)(3)	$3.0 million	Alexandria, VA
6	Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS)	501(c)(3)	$28 million	Philadelphia, PA
7	Native Plant Trust (NEWFS)	501(c)(3)	$3.4 million	Framingham, MA
8	Worcester County Horticultural Society	501(c)(3)	$6.0 million	Boylston, MA
9	Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG)	501(c)(3)	$9.6 million	Brooklyn, NY
10	Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (FTBG)	501(c)(3)	$7.7 million	Coral Gables, FL
11	Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden	501(c)(3)	$8.1 million	Richmond, VA
12	Chicago Botanic Garden	501(c)(3)	$49 million	Glencoe, IL
13	Naples Botanical Garden	501(c)(3)	$12 million	Naples, FL
14	Norfolk Botanical Garden	501(c)(3)	$9.1 million	Norfolk, VA
15	Brookgreen Gardens	501(c)(3)	$12 million	Pawleys Island, SC
16	San Diego Botanic Garden	501(c)(3)	$4.5 million	Encinitas, CA
17	Seed Savers Exchange (SSE)	501(c)(3)	$5.2 million	Decorah, IA
18	Queens Botanical Garden Society	501(c)(3)	$5.6 million	Flushing, NY
19	Holden Forests and Gardens	501(c)(3)	$4.7 million	Cleveland, OH
20	Atlanta Botanical Garden	501(c)(3)	$25 million	Atlanta, GA
21	Denver Botanic Gardens	501(c)(3)	$40 million	Denver, CO
22	Maymont Foundation	501(c)(3)	$5.9 million	Richmond, VA
23	Flamingo Gardens	501(c)(3)	$4.3 million	Davie, FL
24	Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park	501(c)(3)	$15 million	Gilroy, CA
25	Los Angeles Arboretum Foundation	501(c)(3)	$5.0 million	Arcadia, CA

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Japanese Garden Society of Oregon

Program areas at Japanese Garden Society of Oregon

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Financials for Japanese Garden Society of Oregon

Vendors for Japanese Garden Society of Oregon

Personnel at Japanese Garden Society of Oregon

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