Naples Botanical Garden Inc.

“Easements are inspected at least annually. Exotic vegetation as defined by County code is removed. Preserves shall be maintained in their natural state and are kept free of refuse and debris. Annual monitoring reports are prepared.”

“Easements are included in Land on the balance sheet and their maintenance is covered in salaries for staff and independent contractors, as well as contracted monitoring.”

“We hold, as part of our collections, plants that are botanically, horticulturally and culturally significant to S Florida and the tropical region of the world. In addition to providing a nice place to relax, our plant displays provide an educational resource to the community as examples of plants that are proven to grow well in the S Florida climate. We also have various thematic collections that either provide an example of plants from other tropical habitats around the world or that are important culturally to the peoples or development of various tropical region. Botanically we also hold collections of plants from a variety of taxonomic groups that can be used by scientists or plant enthusiasts to study and compare the differences and relationships between plants and the habitats in which they grow. As an institution we record data related to the provenance, care and history of the collections which we can in turn use to make decisions about how the knowledge that we gain about these plants can benefit the community through botanical and horiticultural outreach and educational programs.”

“Funding of current year operations and FGCU scholarship (Dorothy Rygh Endowment).”

“Reclassified cost of goods sold $418,738”

“Reclassified cost of goods sold $418,738”

“The Internal Revenue Service has determined that the Garden is exempt from incometaxes under the provisions of Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). In addition,the Garden is not a private Foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of theInternal Revenue Code. The Internal Revenue Code provides for taxation ofunrelated business income under certain circumstances. The rental of the Gardensfacility is subject to such unrelated business income taxes. The Gardens income taxreturns for the past three years are open and subject to examination by taxauthorities, and may change upon examination.”