Country Garden Club Perrysburg Ohio
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What it says it does
Founded in 1932, the Country Garden Club is a recognized leader in beautification of Perrysburg and the preservation of Northwest Ohio's natural environment through Education, Collaboration, Advocacy, and Funding. Our mission is to promote the knowledge of horticulture and conservation and to enhance our community's natural environment.
- Income
- $131,281
- Spending
- $79,072
- Reserves
- 55.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 80%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $23,818 spent. Reuthinger Memorial Preserve Expansion Seeding - Recent land purchase makes the preserve 100 acres. That purchase was 33 acres. We provide the seeds for a native wildflower meadow on the 33 acres. This is a local park that will be visited by thousands of people of every year.
- $7,500 spent. Bittersweet Farms Gardener Vocational Program - This is a nonprofit org serving adults and adolescents with autism using a farmstead model. They offer day programs, residential, vocational services and transitional programs. This grant will be ongoing help with the vocational students with autism program for now and the future.
- $5,000 spent. 577 Foundation Courtyard - Phase II - We are continuing to support the community gardens program where we added raised beds for some of their gardeners to continue gardening. We are helping with the courtyard to make it safe and beautiful for the thousands of guests who walk through this courtyard every year.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
Not on the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending May 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 1966.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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