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Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Miami, Florida · EIN 59-0668480 · Environment · tax-exempt since 1937

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 73.7 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended October 2025.

Graded against 1,852 environment nonprofits with revenue $10M–$50M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.38.8 months39
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.100% of practices100
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.68
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.49% from one source78
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.96.5%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.2%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.07not scored

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Year by year

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Oct 2025Form 990$14.46M$15.27M−$806K$49.36M38.8110B
Oct 2024Form 990$13.32M$13.20M$117K$50.07M45.5110C
Oct 2023Form 990$16.44M$12.78M$3.65M$50.08M47.0101C
Oct 2022Form 990$11.58M$10.90M$685K$46.12M50.8103C
Oct 2021Form 990$9.33M$9.01M$318K$46.28M61.698C
Oct 2020Form 990$9.51M$8.83M$680K$45.55M61.9133C
Oct 2019Form 990$11.58M$9.50M$2.08M$45.36M57.3136C
Oct 2018Form 990$7.79M$9.24M−$1.45M$44.48M57.8136C
Oct 2017Form 990$7.47M$8.74M−$1.27M$46.23M63.5139C
Oct 2016Form 990$7.39M$9.42M−$2.03M$45.43M57.9174C
Oct 2015Form 990$13.45M$13.29M$160K$47.92M43.3177C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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