Nonprofit · EIN 46-4411915
AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
Tax-exempt · COLUMBUS, OH 43215
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $7,518,871 | $5,798,036 | $1,720,835 | $16,311,812 | $2,731,599 | $13,580,213 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $6,898,332 | $5,251,890 | $1,646,442 | $14,105,320 | $2,726,789 | $11,378,531 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $728,389
- Program service revenue
- $5,850,234
- Investment income
- $624,088
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $108,036
- Other revenue
- $316,160
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $229,145
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $1,090,088
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,152,066
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $2,702,528
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $13,176
- Accounting fees
- $23,000
- Occupancy
- $92,226
- Travel
- $357,926
- Depreciation
- $38,707
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $14,105,320
- Total assets, end of year
- $16,311,812
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,731,599
- Net assets, end of year
- $13,580,213
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $51,909
- Publicly traded securities
- $7,612,484
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $13,580,213
- Gross unrelated business income
- $18,000
- Gross receipts
- $7,518,871
- Employees
- 22
- Volunteers
- 65
- Year formed
- 2013
- State of legal domicile
- OH
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, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEN FISHER | PRESIDENT & CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $406,749 | $51,812 |
| MATTHEW MIKA | VP, ADVOCACY & GOV AFFAIRS Officer | 40 | $222,462 | $32,217 |
| KAREN LIMBERT | VP,OPERATION & FINANCE Officer | 40 | $160,608 | $40,496 |
| MARY ELIZABETH COWARDIN | VP, MARKETING & MEMBER ENG Officer | 40 | $143,400 | $32,344 |
| BILL BEHRENS | TRADE SHOW & EVENT MANAGER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $110,674 | $22,535 |
| STEVE MOSTARDI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYNDSI OESTMANN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KURT BECKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MATT EDMUNDSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KENT FULLMER | DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANN TOSOVSKY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DEREK CLARK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRIAN LLOYD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EMILY SHOWALTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROB LANDO | CHAIRMAN/PAST CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
6 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JON REELHORN | PAST CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ED OVERDEVEST | VICE CHAIRMAN/ CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KEN ALTMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOM FESSLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTINE FORTMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HARVEY COTTEN | TREASURER Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 22 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEN FISHER | PRESIDENT & CEO Officer | 40 | $347,837 | $52,469 |
| KAREN LIMBERT | VICE PRESIDENT & CONTROLLE Officer | 40 | $150,267 | $40,800 |
| MARY ELIZABETH COWARDIN | VP, MARKETING & MEMBER ENGAGEMENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $133,475 | $30,969 |
| CRAIG REGELBRUGGE | SEN. VP OF PUBLIC POLICY Highest-paid employee | 40 | $135,276 | $26,211 |
| BILL BEHRENS | TRADE SHOW & EVENT MANAGER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $105,028 | $22,020 |
| MATTHEW MIKA | VP, ADVOCACY & GOV AFFAIRS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $112,503 | $14,054 |
| STEVE MOSTARDI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYNDSI OESTMANN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KURT BECKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MATT EDMUNDSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KENT FULLMER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANN TOSOVSKY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DEREK CLARK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRIAN LLOYD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EMILY SHOWALTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE GOODER | DIRECTOR (THRU 7/15) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JONATHAN SAPERSTEIN | DIRECTOR (THRU 7/15) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROB LANDO | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JON REELHORN | PAST CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ED OVERDEVEST | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| COLE MANGUM | PAST CHAIRMAN (THRU 7/15) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HARVEY COTTEN | TREASURER Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2130 STELLA CT, COLUMBUS, OH 43215-1011
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- KAREN LIMBERT, 2130 STELLA COURT, COLUMBUS, OH 43215
- Signed the 990
- KAREN LIMBERT, VP OF OPER. & FIN.
- Phone
- (614) 487-1117
- Website
- HTTPS://AMERICANHORT.ORG/
- Return prepared by
- CLARK SCHAEFER HACKETT & CO
Mission
OUR MISSION IS TO UNITE, PROMOTE, AND ADVANCE OUR INDUSTRY THROUGH ADVOCACY, COLLABORATION, CONNECTIVITY, EDUCATION, MARKET DEVELOPMENT, AND RESEARCH.
Program accomplishments
- ON JANUARY 1, 2014, AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION WAS BORN BY THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE AMERICAN NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION AND OFA-THE ASSOCIATION OF HORTICULTURAL PROFESSIONALS. WITH A COMBINED 220+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE WHOLE OF THE PLANT AND HORTICULTURE SERVICES INDUSTRY, AMERICANHORT WAS FORMED BY THE ANLA AND OFA MEMBERS TO UNIFY THE INDUSTRY, IMPROVE COLLABORATION, INCREASE ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCIES, AND EXPAND THE SUPPORT FOR THE INDUSTRY'S BUSINESSES. WITH THAT GOAL IN MIND, AMERICANHORT TRULY REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY, INCLUDING BREEDERS, GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY GROWERS, RETAILERS, DISTRIBUTORS, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LANDSCAPERS, FLORISTS, STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, RESEARCHERS, MANUFACTURERS, AND ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE PART OF THE INDUSTRY MARKET CHAIN. IT IS THE LEADING NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE INDUSTRY.
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 | Not 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
- 46-4411915
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 2015
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S41)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $16,311,812
- Income (IRS master file)
- $7,518,871
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $7,518,871 | $5,798,036 | $16,311,812 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $6,898,332 | $5,251,890 | $14,105,320 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $6,749,172 | $4,923,191 | $11,629,268 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | 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 46-4411915).
Questions about AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
- What is the EIN of AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION is 46-4411915.
- Is AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 2015.
- Are donations to AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION 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 AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names KAREN LIMBERT.
- Who are the officers and directors of AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 21 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $406,749 (KEN FISHER, PRESIDENT & CEO).
- How much revenue does AMERICAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $7,518,871, expenses of $5,798,036 and total assets of $16,311,812 at year end.
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