2025-11-13T15:50:52-08:00 2024-12-31 680154024 Aalfs Evans & Company LLP 104 D Street Eureka CA 95501 990 2024-01-01 680243631 HUMBOLDT BOTANICAL GARDENS FOUNDATION HUMB 7074425139 PO BOX 6117 EUREKA CA 95502 EVELYN GIDDINGS President 2025-11-13 true true Anthony D Stubbs P01062472 7074448242 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z EVELYN GIDDINGS PO BOX 6117 EUREKA CA 955026117 631156 false X hbgf.org X 1992 CA TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN A GARDEN IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY THAT PROVIDES DISCOVERY INTO THE BOTANICAL WORLD THAT WILL ENHANCE AND INSPIRE UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE OF PLANTS BY HAVING SELF-GUIDED AND GUIDED TOURS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. 11 11 12 110 0 138421 248945 149877 165824 87651 86592 53506 73242 429455 574603 0 0 200568 283082 0 3834 164300 225651 364868 508733 64587 65870 3215497 3288726 8748 16107 3206749 3272619 TO ESTABLISH AND PROMOTE AN ENJOYABLE AND EDUCATIONAL BOTANICAL GARDEN ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE IN OR NEAR HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. TO PROMOTE THE USE OF BOTANICAL GARDENS BY DEVELOPING BOTANICAL DISPLAYS OF SPECIAL INTEREST, AND FOR CONDUCTING BOTANICAL OR HORTICULTURAL PROGRAMS. false false 276158 234266 The HBGF maintains a 44.5 acre site that contains over 7 acres of developed formal gardens, a 345 foot elevation overlook with sweeping bay views, multiple hiking trails, and the only 100-foot diameter earth sculpture in the United States. The formal gardens include an ornamental terrace garden,a heather garden,a rose garden, the largest native plant garden in Northern California, a riparian area, and a temperate woodland garden. The site is open to the public year round and hosts a variety of educational programs and special events for people of all ages. Programming includes free admission and docent-led tours to all of schools in Del Norte and Humboldt County.The HBGF encourages research and maintains a plant specimen accession database. 5568 4531 THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN PUTTING ON A MUSIC SERIES FOR THE PLEASURE OF ALL THOSE WHO VISIT THE GARDEN. 3637 The funds were spent on updating the irrigation system in the Moss Family Temperate Woodland Garden. 285363 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 10 0 true 12 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 11 11 false false false false true false false true false false false true true false false true false false false false CA X EVELYN GIDDINGS 7074425139 PO Box 6117 Eureka CA 955026117 X MARY GEARHEART Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LARRY EITZEN Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CATHY RANDALL-STUDEBAKER Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 EVELYN GIDDINGS President 40.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 BARBARA GROOM Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 NANCY CAVANAUGH Director 8.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 FRANK BICKNER Director 8.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICKI DAVIS Secretary 15.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JAMES SESSA Vice President 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ROBERT CRANE Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KIM PRESTON Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 248945 248945 GARDEN ADMISSIONS 900099 78014 78014 MEMBERSHIP DUES 900099 87810 87810 165824 86592 86592 0 0 0 0 117630 55259 62371 62371 0 12165 1294 10871 10871 0 574603 165824 159834 0 0 0 0 0 0 259770 170898 88872 0 0 23312 15674 7638 0 0 12262 12262 0 0 0 13182 13182 9416 1149 7903 364 7640 94 7546 0 0 5000 5000 4169 3470 699 0 0 0 0 22723 19315 3408 37003 3127 33876 UTILITIES 23683 23683 OUTSIDE SERVICES 15475 7345 6715 1415 SUPPLIES 14973 13116 1655 202 RENT 12544 12544 47581 22492 23935 1154 508733 285363 219536 3834 72708 64733 280752 244577 0 1754 0 0 0 2995 6256 2500 2500 2755879 218939 2499977 2536940 101780 146564 0 0 0 254785 285402 3215497 3288726 8748 16107 8748 16107 X 2883527 2914589 323222 358030 3206749 3272619 3215497 3288726 65870 X true X false true false X 329481 291168 341247 222321 336755 1520972 48078 67530 77236 83900 87810 364554 0 0 0 377559 358698 418483 306221 424565 1885526 0 0 1885526 3556 22375 -49192 87651 86592 150982 0 3556 22375 -49192 87651 86592 150982 0 0 381115 381073 369291 393872 511157 2036508 0.92590 0.96230 0.07410 0.03770 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 459048 25218 433830 2155333 145360 2009973 87998 48361 39637 53500 53500 2536940 285402 X false GARDEN GALA 79498 79498 40236 GARDEN PLANT SALE 38132 38132 9403 117630 117630 49639 49639 67991 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 THE ORGANIZATION CHARGES ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES THAT ENTITLE MEMBERS TO A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER, AND ENTRANCE TO THE GARDENS. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b THERE ARE NO COMMITTEES WITH AUTHORITY TO ACT WITHOUT BOARD APPROVAL. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b ALL BOARD MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE RETURN PRIOR TO FILING. THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL REVIEW THE RETURN PRIOR TO SIGNING. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 THE ORGANIZATION DISCLOSES, UPON REQUEST, GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.