Nonprofit · EIN 23-2726419
JENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS
Tax-exempt · DEVON, PA 19333
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,392,679 | $1,986,054 | -$593,375 | $26,894,275 | $26,591 | $26,867,684 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,554,052 | $1,748,674 | -$194,622 | $24,248,442 | $23,532 | $24,224,910 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,435,918 | $1,462,595 | -$26,677 | $23,337,619 | $15,869 | $23,321,750 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,041,031
- Program service revenue
- $34,402
- Investment income
- $0
- Net rental income
- $14,455
- Net income from fundraising events
- $56,608
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $223,669
- Other revenue
- $317,246
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $97,707
- Other salaries and wages
- $850,348
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,117,354
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $23,350
- Occupancy
- $74,959
- Depreciation
- $177,392
- Program services (functional)
- $1,353,626
- Management and general (functional)
- $313,359
- Fundraising (functional)
- $319,069
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $24,248,442
- Total assets, end of year
- $26,894,275
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $26,591
- Net assets, end of year
- $26,867,684
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $5,204,617
- Publicly traded securities
- $21,172,406
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $3,507,341
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $23,360,343
- Gross receipts
- $1,533,943
- Employees
- 30
- Volunteers
- 379
- Year formed
- 1993
- State of legal domicile
- PA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS A SMARR JR | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 50 | $108,689 |
| JOHN OTTO HAAS | BOARD MEMBER - HONORARY Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARILYN SIFFORD | BOARD MEMBER - EMERITA Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANGELA SCULLY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSHMA RAJAGOPALAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TED MORSE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KRISHNA VARRE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CAROL LIVINGOOD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LAWRENCE B LISS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALICE DOERING | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN W FISCHER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RAY SCHNEIDER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KARA DAMON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BECKY BRADBEER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| J JOSEPH BLANDY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
7 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES BAKER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JASON BOTZLER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KAREN HUANG | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| TED PATTERSON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MARJORIE EPPS KENNEDY | BOARD MEMBER - EMERITA Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID HUCKER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LAURA SHOOK | SECRETARY Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS A SMARR JR | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 50 | $103,711 | $2,674 |
| TED PATTERSON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN HUANG | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JASON BOTZLER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHARLES BAKER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| J JOSEPH BLANDY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BECKY BRADBEER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIA WOOD DEVUONO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID HUCKER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN W FISCHER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ALICE DOERING | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LAWRENCE B LISS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MATT MCLOUGHLIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN MINTUN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TED PATTERSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSHMA RAJAGOPALAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANGELA SCULLY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA SHOOK | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARILYN SIFFORD | BOARD MEMBER - EMERITA Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN OTTO HAAS | BOARD MEMBER - HONORARY Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARJORIE EPPS KENNEDY | BOARD MEMBER - EMERITA Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 25 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS A SMARR JR | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 50 | $105,131 | $10,868 |
| PAMELA JOY JENSEN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN HUANG | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JASON BOTZLER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SHARON HARRIS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| J JOSEPH BLANDY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BECKY BRADBEER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIA WOOD DEVUONO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DEBORAH DION | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN W FISCHER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WALTER LENHARD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LAWRENCE B LISS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MATT MCLOUGHLIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN MINTUN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TED MORSE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TED PATTERSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSHMA RAJAGOPALAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM SCHWARZE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANGELA SCULLY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA SHOOK | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LOIS WYSOCKI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARILYN SIFFORD | BOARD MEMBER - EMERITA Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARGRET H WOLCOTT | BOARD MEMBER - EMERITA Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN OTTO HAAS | BOARD MEMBER - HONORARY Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARJORIE EPPS KENNEDY | BOARD MEMBER - EMERITA Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 631 BERWYN BAPTIST RD, DEVON, PA 19333-1001
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- TOM SMARR, 631 BERWYN BAPTIST ROAD, DEVON, PA 193331001
- Signed the 990
- TOM SMARR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (610) 647-8870
- Website
- WWW.JENKINSARBORETUM.ORG
- Return prepared by
- BARBACANE THORNTON & COMPANY LLP
Mission
JENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS CELEBRATES THE WONDER OF PLANTS AND PLACE AS A DESTINATION FOR EDUCATION, CONSERVATION, AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION.
Program accomplishments
- EDUCATION - IN ADDITION TO WELCOMING 90,000+ VISITORS ANNUALLY, GARDEN ENTHUSIASTS AND NOVICES ALIKE ARE INVITED TO LEARN AND ENGAGE WITH JENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS THROUGH A MULTITUDE OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND PUBLICATIONS ON NATURE AND HORTICULTURE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. JENKINS BELIEVES IN FOSTERING A LOVE OF NATURE AT EVERY AGE, OFFERING PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND WALKS OF LIFE. THE GARDENS FURTHER SERVE AS THE SETTING FOR COMMUNITY CONNECTION THROUGH SEVERAL SPECIAL EVENTS, SUCH AS THE SPRING BLOOMS CELEBRATION AND WINTER LUMINARY WEEKEND. JENKINS IS COMMITTED TO TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PROFESSIONALS THROUGH OUR STUDENT PROGRAMS. OUR TWO-YEAR HAMILTON HORTICULTURE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM OFFERS A STUDENT TO PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE OUR HORTICULTURE STAFF IN THE GARDENS, THUS GAINING AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO GROW PLANTS AND MAINTAIN A PUBLIC GARDEN. OUR SUMMER HORTICULTURE INTERNSHIP AND EDUCATION/OUTREACH INTERNSHIP OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 3-4 INDIVIDUALS, TYPICALLY COLLEGE STUDENTS OR CAREER CHANGERS, TO LEARN FROM OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO FURTHER SHARE THE LOVE AND SKILL FOR GARDENING, NATURE STEWARDSHIP, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.Expenses $480,501 · revenue $210,330
- HORTICULTURE - JENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS IS A PUBLIC BOTANICAL GARDEN, OPEN TO EVERYONE, FREE OF CHARGE, EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR FROM 9 AM TO SUNSET (CLOSING HOURS VARY BY SEASON). WITH 1.2 MILES OF TRAILS WINDING THROUGH 48 ACRES, VISITORS ENJOY THE BUZZ OF SUNNY POLLINATOR PLANTINGS, SHADED WOODLANDS WITH SWEEPS OF SPRING EPHEMERAL WILDFLOWERS, AND AN EXPANSIVE CANOPY OF MATURE OAKS AND TULIP POPLARS. VISITORS TO THE GARDENS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND OBSERVE THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES PAIRED WITH GOOD DESIGN THROUGH OUR UNIQUE APPROACH TO ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE. THE GARDENS INCLUDE AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF AZALEAS AND RHODODENDRONS GROWN ALONGSIDE PLANTS NATIVE TO THE NORTHEAST REGION WITH OVER 8,400 PLANTS IN THE COLLECTIONS REPRESENTING 2,000+ TAXA (OR SPECIES). OUR PLANT COLLECTION CONTRIBUTES TO A CONTINENT-WIDE INITIATIVE TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GENETIC MATERIAL OF THESE PLANTS FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE VISITOR ENJOYMENT, PLUS FOR PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH AND PLANT BREEDING EFFORTS.Expenses $873,125
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 23-2726419
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1998
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C114)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $26,894,275
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,533,943
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,392,679 | $1,986,054 | $26,894,275 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,554,052 | $1,748,674 | $24,248,442 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,435,918 | $1,462,595 | $23,337,619 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $1,419,026 | $1,411,021 | $21,536,999 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 23-2726419).
Questions about JENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS
- What is the EIN of JENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of JENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS is 23-2726419.
- Is JENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1998.
- Are donations to JENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does JENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of JENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did JENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of JENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names TOM SMARR.
- Who are the officers and directors of JENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 22 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $108,689 (THOMAS A SMARR JR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does JENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,392,679, expenses of $1,986,054 and total assets of $26,894,275 at year end.
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