Fort Bend County Master Gardeners Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Horticulture Education
- Income
- $58,729
- Spending
- $46,934
- Reserves
- 27.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 69%
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 (3)
- $6,509 spent. 990EZ Part 3, Line 28- Education & Outreach which includes Youth Activities and Community Events/Programs - Our Youth Activities Committee (YAC) provided age-appropriate horticultural learning opportunities to children and teens. YAC fulfilled this objective by bringing activities to schools - public, private and home-schooled, community events, Girl and Boy Scouts groups, and FFA and 4H members. They had a summer week-long camp as well as participated in the county museum's Spring Break event. Activities included but were not limited to: showing the process of seeds developing into plants, explaining the biology of plants, talking about what plant needs to assure successful growth, discussing the nutritional aspects of vegetables, and how to propagate plants. Total number of children and youth served - 3,223. This includes parents who may have been present at community events. Our Community Programs held a Grow Your Own series of six classes and a Landscape Success series of seven classes which had total registrations from the community of 3,535 for the two programs.
- $5,790 spent. 900EZ Part 3, Line 29 Demonstration Gardens-The gardens are designed to demonstrate to our community what landscape plants can be grown in our climate, native and non-native; we also have a vegetable garden that shows the methods of growing & the variety of vegetables that will tolerate our seasons & appeal to a range of our residents' tastes. The gardens serve as the principal teaching site for our Master Gardener intern classes educational, youth and adult, and, because the gardens are open 24/7, our community. 1,871 pounds of vegetables given to the community.
- $3,873 spent. 990EZ Part 3, Line 30 Greenhouse - Our greenhouse is the backbone of our organization. It is used to grow some of the plants for our Demonstration Gardens; grow most of the plants and herbs as well as some of the trees that we sell at our fundraising events; utilize it as a teaching site for starting, bumping up, and preparing the plants and trees for going into out to our gardens or the community.
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 October 13, 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 March 2002.
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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