2026-02-26T14:23:47-07:00 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 911830020 MARION COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS ASSOCIATION MARI 5033733770 1320 Capitol Street NE Salem OR 97301 Carol Haven President 5035082484 2026-02-26 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X http://marioncomga.org X X 84064 X 422 81833 1809 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84064 0 0 0 0 3188 0 55322 58510 25554 118592 -10863 133283 117592 133283 1000 0 0 0 118592 133283 0 0 118592 133283 The mission of the MCMGA is to educate and serve the community by supporting and enhancing the sustainable gardening work of the Oregon State University (OSU) Marion County Extension Service. The MCMGA shall, in close cooperation with the OSU Horticulture Agent for Marion County: a. Provide continuing education opportunities. b. Assist with Extension Service responsibilities to provide home horticulture information to the public. c. Develop and maintain appropriate MCMGA involvement in community partnership and public service projects. d. Raise funds and seek contributions in kind for the support of the above activities. e. Provide MCMGA meetings for the benefit of members and the general public. Marion Demonstration Garden is a learning garden that is open to the public daily and is free of charge. Marion County Master Gardeners contributed over 3,500 volunteer hours this year maintaining over 30 ever-changing garden themes that demonstrate sustainable research-based gardening techniques. The community may attend free gardening classes, hands on workshops, or garden tours. Master Gardener Volunteers are available to answer questions from the public most Monday mornings. Fruit, vegetables, and plants grown at the garden are donated to partner non-profits during the year. 1000 6326 Junior Master Gardeners is a special interest educational program for youth grades K-12. JMG programs engage children in novel "hands-on" group and individual learning experiences that provide a love of gardening, development an appreciation for the environment, and cultivate leadership, personal responsibility, community involvement and critical thinking skills. MCMGA provides both funding and volunteer support for various projects at school sites and at the Marion Demonstration Garden. Over 600 students were served. 0 1796 MCMGA is committed to providing a wide variety of research-based opportunities to the home gardener and community. Master Gardeners volunteered over 3,000 hours to free educational programming through a variety of venues: weekly radio spots; lectures (in-person and on zoom); hands-on workshops; information our website; community speakers on request, and community clinics. This year MCMGA developed interactive teaching tools to use at our community clinics and booth at the Oregon State Fair. Farmers markets, and at our own plant sale. MCMGA provides year-round free gardening advice Monday through Friday through our help desk. The public is invited to drop-by, call, or email any gardening questions or problem. 0 3899 12021 Carol Haven President 15 0 0 0 Sharon Lohse Secretary 10 0 0 0 Leslie Hayase Communications Representative 10 0 0 0 Stacy Moranville Garden Representative 15 0 0 0 Ann Potter Membership Representative 5 0 0 0 Kathy Verble Propagation Representative 20 0 0 0 NA Plant Sale Representative 5 0 0 0 Lee McKenzie OMGA Representative 10 0 0 0 Sherry Scriven Treasurer 15 0 0 0 NA President -Elect 5 0 0 0 Dary Jones Member-At-Large 5 0 0 0 Joyce Heinke Education Representative 15 0 0 0 Lee Effinger Member-at-Large 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OR Sherry Scriven 4183 Sylvia Street SE Salem OR 973176162 5419512301 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 4450 20081 8046 1458 2856 36891 7673 49794 36686 69822 63167 227142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12123 69875 44732 71280 66023 264033 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 264033 9 7 5 2046 2067 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 5 2046 0 2067 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 0 0 4981 5071 12132 69972 44737 73326 71004 271171 0.97368 0.98999 0.00762 0.00959 X Schedule A, Part III, Line 12 $4981 came from cans/bottle return, Stripe member purchases, and other small fundraisers Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Plant sale and propagation 29,367 Administration 4,570 Community Building 3,465 Marion Garden 6,326 Education 5,695 Website 3,351 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 Spent money out of Money Market investment account