Duluth Plant-A-Lot Community Garden Program
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PROVIDE GARDEN SPACE FOR LIMITED INCOME FAMILIES TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD.
- Income
- $66,865
- Spending
- $50,726
- Reserves
- 4.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 59%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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, 2024, 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, 2024, 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 (4)
- $41,136 spent. GARDEN SPACE - WE PROVIDE OVER 200 COMMUNITY GARDEN PLOTS AT 22 DIFFERENT SITES THROUGHOUT DULUTH, FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO GROW THEIR OWN VEGETABLES. WE MAINTAIN GARDEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND MANAGE PLOT SIGN-UPS. ONE GARDEN SITE IS GARDENED COLLECTIVELY AND MANAGED BY DGCP STAFF. STAFF ALSO MAINTAIN GIVING GARDEN SITES WITH PRODUCE AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE TO HARVEST.
- $906 spent. EDUCATION - WE EDUCATE OUR GARDENERS AND THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF GARDENING - FROM GARDENING PREPARATION TO FOOD PRESERVATION. OUR VOLUNTEER GARDEN SITE COORDINATORS MENTOR GARDENERS AS NEEDED.
- $906 spent. ONE VEGETABLE ONE COMMUNITY - FOOD LITERACY INITIATIVE THAT RAISES AWARENESS OF FRESH, HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS THROUGH GARDENING AND COOKING OUTREACH ACTIVITIES FOCUSED AROUND CELEBRATING THE VEGETABLE OF THE YEAR.
- TOOLS & EQUIPMENT - WE PROVIDE GARDEN TOOLS AND FOOD PROCESSING/PRESERVATION EQUIPMENT FREE OF CHARGE TO OUR GARDENERS AND MEMEBERS.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 2024.
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 April 1984.
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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