Gio's Garden INC

Tax-deductible

Middleton, WI501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 27-1566020Revenue $544K in FY2024

On file with the IRSgiosgarden.org2028 Parmenter St, 53562-2628 · Middleton, WITax-exempt since May 2010Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Gio's garden's mission as a non-profit organization is to nurture and strengthen families with special needs children (birth to 6 years) by increasing their access to needed services.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
67¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 18 volunteers and 22 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · 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)(3)
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
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists 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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $261K a year · 36% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
67%
of spending
Fine: 67% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$80K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 71% of similar orgs
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $21K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$34K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$544K
-7% vs prior year
Spent
$513K
To programs
67%
Net assets
$2.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$544K
FY2024▼ -7%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$558K
FY2021$503K
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$587K
FY2024$544K
Expenses
$513K
FY2024-0.2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$437K
FY2021$402K
FY2022$444K
FY2023$514K
FY2024$513K
Net assets
$2.4M
FY2024▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$2.1M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$2.4M

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 May 2010.

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

Where the money goes

67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 67% · $343K Management & general 29% · $150K Fundraising 4% · $21K

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

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $80K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$80,000Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Geoffrey Brown’s $80K as Executive Director is at the 71st percentile of top reported officer pay among 2167 $100K–1M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Geoffrey Brown$80,000$74,808$70,000$70,000$55,192
Kristin Schmidt————$34,808

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Connects families with special needs children to essential services.

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3 programs · $343K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Respite Care

Gio's garden, inc. Is a respite program that provides care to children birth through six years old with special needs. While the child is at gio's garden, inc., the focus is on doing activities that work on developmental goals. The parents receive information and resources to help find other needed programs.

$325Kprogram expense
02

Therapy

Gio's garden, inc. Offers various therapy services utilizing art and recreation for children and families.

$17Kprogram expense
03

Family Support

Gio's garden, INC.'S family support program is a broad range of activities that focus on supporting parents, siblings, and caregivers. We host parent and caregiver support groups and we host quarterly family activities and social events in the community.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$544K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$210K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$192K
Investment incomeLn 3$167K
Money outPt IX
$513K
Ln 25
Programscol B$343K
Managementcol C$150K
Fundraisingcol D$21K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$430K
Total assetsLn 16$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$34K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$192K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$93K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$210K
Investment incomeLn 3$167K
Gains on assetsLn 7$129K
Total revenueLn 12$544K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$171K
SavingsLn 2$259K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$430K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$226K
Total assetsLn 16$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$34K
Net assetsLn 32$2.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 522
VolunteersI 618
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$548K$430K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.2M$1.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$477K$226K
Total assetsLn 16$2.2M$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$34K$34K
Net assetsLn 32$2.2M$2.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$82K$8K$58K$16K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$250K$249K$575$164
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2K$2K$4
Other employee benefitsLn 9$14K$14K
Payroll taxesLn 10$25K$20K$4K$1K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$33K$33K
Investment management feesLn 11f$9K$9K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$6K$2K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$16K$7K$8K$560
Information technologyLn 14$6K$105$6K
OccupancyLn 16$19K$14K$4K$920
TravelLn 17$4K$4K$8$2
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$13K$10K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$6K$2K$384
InsuranceLn 23$22K$16K$5K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$513K$343K$150K$21K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $544K$513K$31K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $587K$514K$72K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.4M$444K$981K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $503K$402K$101K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $558K$437K$120K$1.1M 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 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $544,193 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $359,021$191,900
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $239,392$209,764
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $16,066$167,216
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$27,966−$24,687
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $586,513$544,193
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $389,714$373,875
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $124,405$139,283
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $514,119$513,158
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $72,394$31,035
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $544,193 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$92,521
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$99,379
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$191,900
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $209,764$209,764
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $38,529$38,529
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $128,687$128,687
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$24,687−$24,687
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $209,764 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $142,529$544,193
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $513,158 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $8,240 · Management $57,680 · Fundraising $16,480$82,400
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $249,162 · Management $575 · Fundraising $164$249,901
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $2,405 · Fundraising $4$2,409
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $13,902$13,902
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $19,674 · Management $4,347 · Fundraising $1,242$25,263
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,054$1,054
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $32,942$32,942
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $8,534$8,534
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,143 · Management $3,739$5,882
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,355 · Management $8,054 · Fundraising $560$15,969
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $105 · Management $5,732$5,837
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $14,372 · Management $4,108 · Fundraising $920$19,400
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,083 · Management $8 · Fundraising $2$4,093
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $10,208 · Management $2,695$12,903
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,995 · Management $1,713 · Fundraising $384$8,092
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $16,088 · Management $4,598 · Fundraising $1,030$21,716
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,861$2,861
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $342,691 · Management $149,681 · Fundraising $20,786$513,158
Part X · Balance sheet $2,394,315 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $304,390$171,258
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $243,337$258,523
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $600$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $41,586$32,338
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,661$2,920
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $477,021$226,078
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $484,096$1,636,531
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $691,350$66,667
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,247,041$2,394,315
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $34,477$33,814
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $34,477$33,814
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,693,616$1,791,567
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $518,948$568,934
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,212,564$2,360,501
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,247,041$2,394,315
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,360,501 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$544,193
XI-2 Total expenses$513,158
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$31,035
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,212,564
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$118,797
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$1,895
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,360,501

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