New Orleans Botanical Garden Foundation
New Orleans Botanical Garden Foundation at a glance
- Expenses (2025)
- $9,299
- -71.6% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who New Orleans Botanical Garden Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
2 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 2 (50%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How New Orleans Botanical Garden Foundation gives
- Giving fell 31% from 2020 to 2023. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $600 (2022) to $107K (2020). In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $74K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| City Park Conservancy New Orleans, LA | To fund an endowment through the greater new orleans foundation that will, after five years, support activities that aim to develop a better understanding of the importance of botany, and gardening in general, as well as their contributions to nutrition, medicine, general health, aesthetics and the culinary arts in particular. | $73,539 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | $9,299 | — | — | — |
| 2024 | $2,772,402 | $89,343 | $32,695 | — | — | $86,913 |
| 2023 | $2,623,298 | $162,711 | $257,473 | $73,539 | 1 | $21,938 |
| 2022 | $2,547,578 | $290,242 | $241,568 | $600 | Total only | $47,804 |
| 2021 | $2,731,100 | $534,376 | $182,082 | $46,000 | 1 | $282,453 |
| 2020 | $2,379,498 | $1,768,095 | $386,592 | $107,000 | 1 | $115,690 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About New Orleans Botanical Garden Foundation
Based on IRS filings
New Orleans Botanical Garden Foundation is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in New Orleans, LA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
New Orleans Botanical Garden Foundation is led by Rita May Ward, President since 2023 (on filings since 2020); none of the 24 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Rita May Ward
President
Board Member → Vice President, 2021
Vice President → President, 2023
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ashley Payne Gonzalez
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Caroline Reily
Board Member
Secretary → Board Member, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Catherine Makk
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dessa Giffin
Board Member
Vice President → President, 2021
President → Board Member, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Diane Plauche
Secretary
Board Member → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hunter Charbonnet
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joel Daste
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John J. Hutchings
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Mills
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kay Colbert
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laura Shields
Treasurer
On filings since 2020
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Pam Bryan
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rene J. L. Fransen
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Feirn
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William Reinhardt
Vice President
Board Member → Vice President, 2023
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carro Gardner
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Muffin Balart
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marcia Davila
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Natalie Phillips
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William Hines
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anne Abbott
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Deana Blackburn
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Erin Hymel
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (18)
- Former: Ashley Bright (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Celeste Marshall (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Meredith Maxwell (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Paul Masinter (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Peter Perino (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Rebecca Rebouche (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Sally Duplantier (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Simone Haygood (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Michelle Gaynor (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Rebecca Lester (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Arianne White (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Christopher Morgan (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Bubba Hines (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Will Reinhardt (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Edgar Chase (2020) — Board Member
- Former: George Young (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Juli Miller Hart (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Rebecca Schultz (2020) — President
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about New Orleans Botanical Garden Foundation
What is New Orleans Botanical Garden Foundation?
New Orleans Botanical Garden Foundation is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in New Orleans, LA.
Where does New Orleans Botanical Garden Foundation operate?
New Orleans Botanical Garden Foundation has awarded grants in Louisiana.
What is New Orleans Botanical Garden Foundation's EIN?
New Orleans Botanical Garden Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 72-1337213. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 19, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 10, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS December 22, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 3, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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