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Grants for botanical gardens
257 botanical gardens and arboreta received at least $8.1 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 1,083 grants made from 882 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 882 foundations, 89% made just a single grant to botanical gardens, and 2% made grants to four or more botanical gardens. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$8,141,672
Total grant dollars given to botanical gardens
1,083
Number of grants made annually to botanical gardens
882
Number of grantmakers funding botanical gardens
$1,000
Median grant size to botanical gardens
Foundations that support botanical gardens and arboreta
Out of all grants made to botanical gardens, 79% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 78% of the dollar-value of grants to botanical gardens. Foundations funding botanical gardens also made grants to
theaters,
art museums,
colleges,
animal shelters, and
high schools.
Foundation size
| Foundation size | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| Small | |
| Medium | |
| Large | |
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.
Grants made
| Grants made to botanical gardens | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| 1 | |
| 2-3 | |
| 4-10 | |
| 11+ | |
Top 10 foundations supporting botanical gardens and arboreta
Botanical gardens and arboreta grantees
Botanical gardens with more than $5 million in total revenues received 86% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 49% of all botanical gardens.
Grant amounts
| Size of grant | Number of grants |
|---|
| <$10k | |
| $10k-$25k | |
| $25k-$100k | |
| $100k+ | |
Grant amount by grantee size
| Grantee annual revenue | Median grant size |
|---|
| <$100k | |
| $100k-$500k | |
| $500k-$1M | |
| $1M-$5M | |
| >$5M | |
Top 25 grants made to botanical gardens
| Grantee | Grant size | Purpose | Grantmaker |
|---|
| New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) | $6,187,500 | Support for Scientific Research, Horticulture and Living Collections, Audience Development, and Visitor Services and To Add To the Recovery and Restoration Fund. | LuEsther T Mertz Charitable Trust |
| Ganna Walska Lotusland | $5,000 | General Support | The Susanne and Gary Tobey Family FND |
| Inniswood Garden Society | $5,000 | Conservation | The Columbus Foundation |
| Old Westbury Gardens | $5,000 | Environmental Preservation | Ainslie Foundation |
| Holden Arboretum | $5,000 | Non Restricted Operating | Lincoln Electric Foundation PFDN 20-1205380 |
| School of the Garden State Ballet | $5,000 | To Provide the Much Needed Scholarship Support for Minority Youngsters in Our School | Geraldine R Dodge Foundation |
| Tucson Botanical Gardens | $5,000 | Support Horticultural and Ecological Education | Elizabeth Read Taylor Foundation |
| Bartram's Garden | $5,000 | General Operating | Miller Walter J TW |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation | $5,000 | General Operating Support | J M Kaplan Fund |
| The Morton Arboretum | $5,000 | General Support | The Couch Family Foundation |
| Green Bay Botanical Garden (GBBG) | $5,000 | Program Support | Morley - Murphy Foundation |
| Wave Hill Incorporated | $5,000 | Charitable | The Mills Family Foundation |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | $5,000 | General Support | TAWANI Foundation |
| Norfolk Botanical Garden | $5,000 | General Fund | Shearwater Foundation |
| Chicago Botanic Garden | $5,000 | General Purposes | Martin and Mary L Boyer Foundation |
| Cape Fear Botanical Garden | $5,000 | To Support Charitable Mission | Carolyn Riddle Armstrong Family Foundation |
| New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) | $5,000 | General | Michael Tuch Foundation |
| Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (FTBG) | $5,000 | Nature Conservation | The Mcgregor Smith Foundation |
| Iowa Arboretum | $5,000 | Education | Robert and Rebecca Shaw Foundation |
| Denver Botanic Gardens | $5,000 | Covid Emergency Response Grants | Bonfils-Stanton Foundation |
| Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion- State Historic Park | $5,000 | Support for Local Nonprofit Organization | Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment |
| Grassroots Gardens of Western New York | $5,000 | Growing Tomatoes and Potatoes in Food Deserts Program | JM McDonald Foundation |
| Pittsburgh Botanic Garden | $5,000 | Matching Gift | Eqt Foundation |
| Friends of the Gardens of Spring Creek | $5,000 | General & Unrestricted | Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation |
| Carpenter Art Garden | $5,000 | General - Operating | Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation |
Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Botanical gardens" category for this page is determined by the "C41: Botanical Gardens, Arboreta, and Botanical Organizations" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.