Southwestern Indiana Master Gardener Association Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
HORTICULTURAL EDUCATION
- Income
- $95,567
- Spending
- $66,395
- Reserves
- 64.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 67%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 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 December 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 December 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)
- SWIMGA'S MERIT SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT IS SELECTED BY THE OFFICE OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS WITH APPROVAL OF THE HEAD OF HORTICULTURE AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT AND DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. THE RECIPIENT (1) MUST HAVE GRADUATED FROM A GIBSON, POSEY, VANDERBURGH, OR WARRICK COUNTY, INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL; (2) MUST BE A FULL TIME STUDENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AT PURDUE, AND (3) MAJORING IN A HORTICULTURE RELATED FIELD WITH A MINIMUM 3.0 CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE. SWIMGA'S SCHOLARSHIP IS SELECTED BY THE OFFICE OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS WITH APPROVAL OF THE HEAD OF HORTICULTURE AND LANDSCAPE ARHITECTURE DEPARTMENT AND DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. IT WILL BE AWARDED BASED ON THE FINANCIAL NEED AS DETERMINED BY PURDUE'S DIVISION OF FINANCIAL AID. THE RECIPIENT (1) MUST HAVE GRADUATED FROM A GIBSON, POSEY, VANDERBURGH, OR WARRICK COUNTY, INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL; (2) MUST BE A FULL TIME STUDENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AT PURDUE, AND (3) MAJORING IN A HORTICULTURE RELATED FIELD WITH A CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 2.65. PURDUE UNIVERSITY DOES THE SELECTING SUBJECT TO THEIR SELECTION RULES WHICH COVER THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ISSUES.
- $7,524 spent. SWIMGA OFFERS ANNUAL AND PERENNIAL FLOWERS, HERBS, GRASSES, AND VEGETABLES FOR SALE, WITH THE PROCEEDS GOING TO FUND THEIR MANY PUBLIC GARDENING PROJECTS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD VEGETABLE GARDENS AND GARDENING EDUCATION, SCHOOL PROGRAMS, A PRODUCTION GARDEN BENEFITING THE COUNTLESS FLOWER GARDENS FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT.
- $41,165 spent. SWIMGA OFFERS GARDEN WALKS AND SEMINARS WITH THE PROCEEDS GOING TO FUND THEIR MANY PUBLIC GARDENING PROJECTS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD GARDENS BENEFITING THE COUNTLESS FLOWER GARDENS FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 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 November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
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 December 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 November 2001.
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 November 4, 2026.
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