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Professional Grounds Management Society

Not tax-deductible

Forest Hill, MD501(c)(4)EIN 11-1720821

To unite, further the education of professional grounds managers, and assist in maintaining a high standard of business ethics within the grounds management industry.

78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 17 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(4)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $12K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.9 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$126K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$763K
-4% vs prior year
Spent
$827K
To programs
78%
Net assets
$2.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$763K
FY2024▼ -4%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$528K
FY2021$492K
FY2022$814K
FY2023$793K
FY2024$763K
Expenses
$827K
FY2024▲ +1.0%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$440K
FY2021$500K
FY2022$744K
FY2023$819K
FY2024$827K
Net assets
$2.0M
FY2024▲ +3%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$2.1M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$2.0M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 1947.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $641K Management & general 22% · $186K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

18 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Roger Conner
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Michael Gildea
President-Elect
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Donald Bottger
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Bruce De Vrou
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Bill Quade
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Educates grounds managers, promotes professional standards, and fosters industry ethics.

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1 program service account for $641K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

PGMS provides a forum to promote, develop and expand the knowledge of its members through a number of meetings and conferences throughout the year, culminating with the annual conference held in conjunction with the equip expo. PGMS conducts its acclaimed annual education conference prior to the expo.

$641Kprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 5 grants · $49K · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$9,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$10,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$10,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$10,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$10,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$763K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$625K
Investment incomeLn 3$90K
Other incomeLn 4–11$47K
Money outPt IX
$827K
Ln 25
Programscol B$641K
Managementcol C$186K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$62K
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$126K
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$625K
Investment incomeLn 3$90K
Other incomeLn 4–11$47K
Gains on assetsLn 7$19K
Total revenueLn 12$763K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$17K
SavingsLn 2$45K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$62K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$126K
Net assetsLn 32$2.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 617
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$108K$62K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.0M$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$2.2M$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$190K$126K
Net assetsLn 32$2.0M$2.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$9K$9K
Management feesLn 11a$385K$303K$83K
Legal feesLn 11b$5K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$4K
Investment management feesLn 11f$12K$12K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$26K$21K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$4K$3K$937
Information technologyLn 14$9K$7K$2K
TravelLn 17$2K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$196K$196K
InsuranceLn 23$4K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$131K$66K$65K
All other expensesLn 24e$37K$34K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$827K$641K$186K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $763K$827K−$64K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $793K$819K−$26K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $814K$744K$70K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $492K$500K−$8K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $528K$440K$88K$1.9M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $762,763 across 5 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $18,439 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $606,690$606,690
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $71,817$71,817
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $18,602$18,602
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $47,215$47,215
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $625,129 · Unrelated business $47,215 · Excluded from tax $90,419$762,763
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $826,854 across 13 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $9,000$9,000
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $302,606 · Management $82,879$385,485
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $5,070$5,070
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,155$4,155
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $12,453$12,453
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $20,579 · Management $5,636$26,215
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,421 · Management $937$4,358
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $7,297 · Management $1,999$9,296
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,305$2,305
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $196,211$196,211
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $4,461$4,461
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $65,849 · Management $65,113$130,962
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $33,771 · Management $3,112$36,883
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $641,039 · Management $185,815 · Fundraising $0$826,854
Part X · Balance sheet $2,148,105 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $29,388$17,274
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $78,664$44,681
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,544$2,826
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $44,297$38,841
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,004,968$2,044,483
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,158,861$2,148,105
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,115$13,352
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $183,511$113,044
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $189,626$126,396
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,623,572$1,647,421
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $345,663$374,288
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,969,235$2,021,709
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,158,861$2,148,105
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,021,709 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$762,763
XI-2 Total expenses$826,854
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$64,091
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,969,235
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$116,565
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,021,709

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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