The Garden Club of America
Donations deductibleThe Garden Club of America's network
16 people3 organisationsi16 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (16). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
16 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 12 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 16 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annette Serrurier | Vice President | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Barbara Shea | Vice President | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Carrie Waterman | Vice President | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Cynthia Rubin | Vice President | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Delane Porter | Vice President | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Donna Ganson | Corresponding Secretary | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Gail O'Gorman | Vice President | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jane Moore | Vice President | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Janice Fergus | Treasurer | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Julie Peet | Recording Secretary | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Kathy Keller | Vice President | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Marianne Bestler | Vice President | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Marianne Salas | Recording Secretary | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Marilyn Donahue | President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Martha Moore | Vice President | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Terry Stockman | Vice President | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Barnette | Chief Operating Officer | since 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Barnette | Chief Operating Officer | 50 | $209k | $33k | |
| Marilyn Donahue | President | 50 | $0 | ||
| Janice Fergus | Treasurer | 35 | $0 | ||
| Polly Glotzbach | Recording Secretary | 30 | $0 | ||
| Celine Lillie | Corresponding Secretary | 30 | $0 | ||
| Abby Coffin | Vice President | 30 | $0 | ||
| Margaret Costan | Vice President | 30 | $0 | ||
| Lisa Gadsden | Vice President | 30 | $0 | ||
| Mary Harman | Vice President | 50 | $0 | ||
| Betsy Huffman | Vice President | 30 | $0 | ||
| Cayce McAlister | Vice President | 30 | $0 | ||
| Elizabeth Meyer | Vice President | 30 | $0 | ||
| Cindy Willis | Vice President | 30 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- The Garden Club of America
- EIN
- 131626773
- Address
- 14 East 60th Street 3rd FL, New York, NY, 10022-7147
- State
- New York
- Mission
- The purpose of the garden club of america is to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening, to share the advantages of association by means of educational meetings, conferences, correspondence, and publications, and to restore, improve, and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs and action in the fields of conservation and civic improvement. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- C420 Environment
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Environment
- Size band
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1923
- Principal officer
- Jennifer Barnette (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 1954
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsMarilyn Donahue
≥5years on the filingsAnnette Serrurier
≥5years on the filingsBarbara Shea
≥5years on the filingsCynthia Rubin
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $65.7m
- Total liabilities
- $2.6m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $63.1m
- Contributions and grants received
- $2.2m
- Program service revenue
- $1.2m
- Grants and similar paid out
- $815k
- Employees
- 13
- Volunteers
- 400
Grants paid
15 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Little Garden Club of Rye | Approved project | $40k |
| Trustees Garden Club | Approved project | $10k |
| The Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton | Approved project | $10k |
| Founders Garden Club of Dallas | Approved project | $10k |
| The Garden Club of Houston | Approved project | $10k |
| Millbrook Garden Club | Approved project | $10k |
| Sand Hills Garden Club | Approved project | $10k |
| The French Broad River Garden Club Foundationn | Approved project | $10k |
| Garden Club of Aiken | Approved project | $10k |
| Hortulus Inc | Approved project | $10k |
| Perennial Planters Gc | Approved project | $10k |
| St George's Garden Club | Approved project | $10k |
| Arizona Columbine Garden Club | Approved project | $10k |
| The Little Garden Club of Memphis | Approved project | $10k |
| Westhampton Garden Club | Approved project | $10k |
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.The Garden Club Of America likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- New York
- Entity type
- Foreign Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 20 November 1987
- Registered agent
- Not stated