Green Rows of Waltham Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To engage in charitable and educational purposes, including, without limitation, such purposes to promote community gardens and organic gardening with the goal of advancing healthy eating, environmental stewardship, and community connection through gardening. To conduct such other activities and programs in furtherance of the foregoing purposes as may be carried out by a corporation organized under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 180 and described in Section (501)(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- Income
- $7,937
- Spending
- $4,072
- Reserves
- 54.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 78%
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)
- $2,442 spent. Green Rows of Waltham, Inc. main program service accomplishment is to offer 156 garden plots, water, and tools for gardeners to plant and maintain organic fruits, vegetables, and flowers for the 2025 Massachusetts growing season. In 2025 gardeners raised almost 100 different crops on their plots. The bulk of the organization's expenses support these program services. For example, the cost of water and maintaining the irrigation system was ($2,442).
- $233 spent. About six percent of our gardeners were children gardening with their families, and 18% were 65 and over. Our oldest gardener was 96. Group work days, potlucks, annual meetings, and casual interactions in the garden's beautiful setting help build a sense of community. Refreshments and paper goods for gatherings cost $233. At the end of 2025 we received a grant to build raised beds (in 2026) to better meet the needs of elder and handicapped gardeners.
- $141 spent. Green Rows of Waltham, Inc. is an organic garden providing plots on land that has been continually farmed for almost 100 years. Organic gardening continually renews the fertile soil. To further steward this valuable environmental resource GROW, Inc. provides yard waste and trash bags to haul out waste ($29), conserves water use by maintaining the irrigation system and teaching gardeners to water efficiently, uses environmentally friendly pest control systems ($17) and maintains resources such as the communal raspberry plot ($95).
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 January 2024.
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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