Gio's Garden INC: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 27-1566020)

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

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
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

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Connects families with special needs children to essential services.

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3 programs · $300K · in their own filed words · FY2020

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.

$238Kprogram expense

02

Therapy

Gio's garden offers various therapy services utilizing art and recreation for children and families.

$45Kprogram expense

03

Family Support

Gio's garden'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.

$17Kprogram expense

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

Lester & Frances Johnson Foundation INCFY2024$10K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$5K

Big Dreamers United INCFY2024$5K

Franklin Weinberg FundFY2024$500

Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$21K

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$558K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$421K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$142K

Investment incomeLn 3$3K

Money outPt IX

$437K

Ln 25

Programscol B$300K

Managementcol C$121K

Fundraisingcol D$16K

Owns and owesPt X

$1.1M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$394K

Total assetsLn 16$1.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$28K

PeoplePt VI, VII

15

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a10

IndependentVI 1b9

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$421K

Government grantsLn 1e$78K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$5K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$155K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$142K

Investment incomeLn 3$3K

Gains on assetsLn 7$585

Total revenueLn 12$558K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$390K

SavingsLn 2$4K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$394K

Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$9K

Accounts receivableLn 4$18K

Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$1K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$499K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$164K

Total assetsLn 16$1.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$28K

Net assetsLn 32$1.1M

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

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$265K	$394K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$148K	$164K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$511K	$499K
Total assetsLn 16	$964K	$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$41K	$28K
Net assetsLn 32	$923K	$1.1M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$94K	$68K	$22K	$4K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$202K	$151K	$43K	$8K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$3K	$1K	$2K	$3
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$7K	$3K	$5K	$8
Payroll taxesLn 10	$22K	$17K	$5K	$886
Accounting feesLn 11c	$20K		$20K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$2K		$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$4K	$600	$3K	$748
Office expensesLn 13	$17K	$14K	$3K	$127
OccupancyLn 16	$13K	$7K	$6K	$165
TravelLn 17	$2K	$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$6K	$3K	$529	$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$15K	$14K	$985	$157
InsuranceLn 23	$22K	$18K	$3K	$454
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$3K		$3K
All other expensesLn 24e	$3K		$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$437K	$300K	$121K	$16K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 14, 2025	$544K	$513K	$31K	$2.4M	990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Aug 5, 2024	$587K	$514K	$72K	$2.2M	990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jul 26, 2023	$1.4M	$444K	$981K	$2.1M	990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2022	$503K	$402K	$101K	$1.2M	990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 9, 2021	$558K	$437K	$120K	$1.1M	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $557,675 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $434,033$420,828

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $157,066$141,910

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,097$3,387

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$15,081−$8,450

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $580,115$557,675

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 $352,696$328,936

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $130,492$108,342

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $483,188$437,278

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $96,927$120,397

Part VI · Governance 9 of 10 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10

VI-1b Independent voting members9

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $557,675 across 10 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $18 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1c Fundraising events$155,434

VIII-1e Government grants$77,944

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$187,450

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$5,000

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$420,828

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $141,910$141,910

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,802$2,802

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $585$585

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$8,468−$8,468

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $141,910 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$5,063$557,675

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $437,278 across 16 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $68,408 · Management $21,591 · Fundraising $3,611$93,610

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $150,741 · Management $43,434 · Fundraising $8,110$202,285

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,221 · Management $2,065 · Fundraising $3$3,289

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,732 · Management $4,623 · Fundraising $8$7,363

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $16,734 · Management $4,769 · Fundraising $886$22,389

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $20,010$20,010

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $1,554$1,554

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $600 · Management $3,000 · Fundraising $748$4,348

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $13,854 · Management $3,391 · Fundraising $127$17,372

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $7,363 · Management $5,843 · Fundraising $165$13,371

IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,276$2,276

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,414 · Management $529 · Fundraising $2,011$5,954

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $14,356 · Management $985 · Fundraising $157$15,498

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $18,318 · Management $2,838 · Fundraising $454$21,610

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $3,044$3,044

IX-24e All other expensesManagement $3,305$3,305

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $300,017 · Management $120,981 · Fundraising $16,280$437,278

Part X · Balance sheet $1,084,599 assets, 17 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $260,548$389,645

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,050$4,051

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $26,897$8,525

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $12,405$18,009

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $598$1,497

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $510,692$499,044

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $138,569$154,159

X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $9,853$9,669

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $963,612$1,084,599

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $29,042$21,230

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $21$14

X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $11,968$6,802

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $41,031$28,046

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $823,454$968,542

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $99,127$88,011

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $922,581$1,056,553

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $963,612$1,084,599

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,056,553 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$557,675

XI-2 Total expenses$437,278

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$120,397

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$922,581

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$13,575

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,056,553

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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