The Bloedel Reserve

Tax-deductible

Bainbridge Is, WA501(c)(3)Since 1974EIN 91-6182786Revenue $5.0M in FY2025

On file with the IRSbloedelreserve.org7571 Ne Dolphin Dr, 98110-3001 · Bainbridge Is, WATax-exempt since Jul 2015Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Bloedel Reserve is named for prentice and virginia Bloedel, whose unique vision still guides the Reserve today.mission - we celebrate beauty by cultivating our environment, building community, and deepening relationships with the natural world.vision - reciprocity with the land contributes to a healthy, sustainable, and inspired future

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 245 volunteers and 62 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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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $349K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$200K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $34K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$592K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
22
of 22 voting members
Looks good: 22 of 22 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.0M
+17% vs prior year
Spent
$4.8M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$35.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.0M
FY2025▲ +17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.7M
FY2021$5.8M
FY2022$3.9M
FY2023$3.8M
FY2024$4.3M
FY2025$5.0M
Expenses
$4.8M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$3.5M
FY2022$4.0M
FY2023$4.3M
FY2024$4.4M
FY2025$4.8M
Net assets
$35.6M
FY2025▲ +9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$33.1M
FY2021$36.3M
FY2022$30.1M
FY2023$31.9M
FY2024$32.6M
FY2025$35.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2015.

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

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $3.9M Management & general 11% · $514K Fundraising 7% · $344K

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

23 people listed on the 990; $200K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President & CEO
$199,600Pt VII · Sec A
Past Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Evan Meyer$199,600$66,877————
Edward Moydell———$186,659$166,584$147,883
Chuck Little—$167,220————
Ed Moydell——$160,558———
Renee Kok——$136,342$120,894$114,988$115,110
Beth Bradley————$122,697$126,386
Joe Piecuch——$102,517$102,749——

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Enriches lives by offering refreshment and tranquility in a premier public garden.

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3 programs · $2.1M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Guest Services

Considered one of the country's most original and ambitious gardens, bloedel reserve hosted over 93,000 visitors in 2025. With twelve distinct gardens and ever-changing landscape, bloedel offers visitors a wide variety of experiences all year long.

$1.2Mprogram expense
02

Programs & Memberships

In addition to serving nearly 3,700 members, bloedel reserves hosts a variety of seasonal and arts related activities, such as art exhibitions, concerts and theater events and guided walks. Bloedel also hosts artists in residence and a strolls for well-being programs serving nearly 2,000 participants.

$679Kprogram expense
03

Bloedel Gift Shop

The gift shop is located in the gatehouse, the main entrance to the property. The shop enhances the experience of visitors by providing custom and locally made merchandise to visitors and members.

$236Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$34K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.3M
Money outPt IX
$4.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.9M
Managementcol C$514K
Fundraisingcol D$344K
Owns and owesPt X
$35.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.4M
Total assetsLn 16$36.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$592K
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a22
IndependentVI 1b22
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$118K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$39K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$436K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.4M
Other incomeLn 4–11$413K
Gains on assetsLn 7$620K
Total revenueLn 12$5.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$476K
SavingsLn 2$1.9M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$29.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.2M
Other assetsLn 15$64K
Total assetsLn 16$36.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$592K
Net assetsLn 32$35.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 562
VolunteersI 6245
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.1M$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$26.6M$29.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.1M$4.2M
Total assetsLn 16$33.2M$36.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$560K$592K
Net assetsLn 32$32.6M$35.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$215K$174K$23K$17K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.7M$2.2M$290K$216K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$80K$66K$8K$7K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$359K$294K$36K$29K
Payroll taxesLn 10$264K$216K$26K$22K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$190K$148K$19K$23K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$23K$23K
Office expensesLn 13$24K$18K$3K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$84K$84K
OccupancyLn 16$259K$253K$6K$415
TravelLn 17$11K$11K$340$25
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$17K$9K$8K$10
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$158K$158K
InsuranceLn 23$125K$103K$12K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$257K$160K$81K$16K
All other expensesLn 24e$30K$28K$891$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.8M$3.9M$514K$344K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $5.0M$4.8M$256K$35.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.3M$4.4M−$137K$32.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.8M$4.3M−$516K$31.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.9M$4.0M−$121K$30.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $5.8M$3.5M$2.3M$36.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $3.7M$3.4M$303K$33.1M 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $5,017,296 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,582,086$1,903,493
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $970,709$1,268,274
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,494,671$1,432,947
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $237,109$412,582
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,284,575$5,017,296
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 $3,303,433$3,583,497
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,118,364$1,177,673
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,421,797$4,761,170
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$137,222$256,126
Part VI · Governance 22 of 22 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body22
VI-1b Independent voting members22
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,017,296 across 13 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $83,486 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$411,316
VIII-1c Fundraising events$436,288
VIII-1e Government grants$118,165
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$937,724
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$39,111
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,903,493
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,268,274$1,268,274
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $813,220$813,220
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $176,605$176,605
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $619,727$619,727
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $142,794$142,794
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $9,697$9,697
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,538,062 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,575,741$5,017,296
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,761,170 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $174,215 · Management $23,210 · Fundraising $17,453$214,878
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,159,401 · Management $289,728 · Fundraising $216,334$2,665,463
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $65,533 · Management $7,930 · Fundraising $6,562$80,025
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $294,138 · Management $35,596 · Fundraising $29,454$359,188
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $216,143 · Management $26,156 · Fundraising $21,644$263,943
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $147,731 · Management $19,110 · Fundraising $22,894$189,735
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $23,332$23,332
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $18,476 · Management $3,014 · Fundraising $2,239$23,729
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $83,889$83,889
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $252,532 · Management $6,175 · Fundraising $415$259,122
IX-17 TravelPrograms $11,112 · Management $340 · Fundraising $25$11,477
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $8,619 · Management $7,931 · Fundraising $10$16,560
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $157,940$157,940
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $102,990 · Management $12,339 · Fundraising $10,062$125,391
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $160,197 · Management $81,173 · Fundraising $15,577$256,947
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $27,594 · Management $891 · Fundraising $1,066$29,551
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,903,842 · Management $513,593 · Fundraising $343,735$4,761,170
Part X · Balance sheet $36,218,795 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $385,567$476,476
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,740,649$1,944,758
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $126,877$47,575
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $56,929$54,667
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $45,298$39,274
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,123,210$4,170,162
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $26,611,868$29,421,397
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $64,486$64,486
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $33,154,884$36,218,795
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $238,795$254,524
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $320,796$337,140
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $559,591$591,664
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $26,867,966$29,515,154
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $5,727,327$6,111,977
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $32,595,293$35,627,131
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $33,154,884$36,218,795
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $35,627,131 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,017,296
XI-2 Total expenses$4,761,170
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$256,126
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$32,595,293
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,775,712
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$35,627,131

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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