Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2003.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
57 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
12 people listed on the 990; $20K paid to officers and key staff.
Naomi Sukenik’s $72K as Executive Director is at the 53rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M environment 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 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erin Marteal | — | $85,062 | $19,800 |
| Naomi Sukenik | $71,748 | — | — |
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.
See Ithaca Childrens Garden INC executive salaries →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
Maintains a public children's garden for educational purposes.
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Garden Programs
Our preschool morning program is operated Monday through Thursday during the school year. ICG also provides an after school program that operates Monday through Friday, also during the school year. In addition, field trip opportunities are provided for school and community programs that serve children.
Camps
Ithaca Childrens Garden provides summer camp opportunities for children. The purpose of our summer camp program is to engage children entirely through sensory exploration of their environment. The camps run Monday-Friday from 9am - 4pm for 8 weekly camps throughout the summer.
School Programs
Hosting field trips at the garden and delivering hands-on nature based programs in classrooms. Additionally Ithaca Childrens Garden works with the Ithaca City School District to deliver highly engaging curricula with a gardening component through ICSD Project Innovation Program, which culminates during summer recess.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $170K | $127K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $114K | $112K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $311K | $258K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $25K | $52K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $287K | $206K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $442K | $267K | $143K | $32K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $7K | $7K | ||
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $11K | $11K | ||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $41K | $22K | $16K | $3K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $5K | $5K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $19K | $16K | $1K | $2K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $870 | $710 | $160 | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $7K | $610 | $3K | $4K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $8K | $8K | ||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $3K | $3K | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $493 | $493 | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $12K | $12K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $2K | $619 | $1K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $77K | $35K | $25K | $17K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $636K | $363K | $216K | $58K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 29, 2026 | $888K | $768K | $120K | $344K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Jul 8, 2025 | $675K | $669K | $6K | $224K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 14, 2024 | $588K | $636K | −$48K | $206K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 13, 2023 | $539K | $548K | −$8K | $287K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 11, 2022 | $556K | $452K | $104K | $295K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 | $371K | $343K | $28K | $191K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $588,108 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $588,108 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $636,205 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $258,245 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $206,057 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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