Myriad Gardens Foundation

“Form 990 reviewed by management and board treasurer prior to issuance and will be provided to the full governing board subsequent to filing.”

“Board completes a form annually after 6/30 of each year for the prior year, employees must report immediately according to the employee handbook. The board members are requested to report annually: the employees are supposed to report to us at all times.”

“1. Ask candidate what they were making in previous job. 2. Compare the position here with the okc nonprofit alliance salary guides for okc area and our budget size. 3. Compare the salary guide from apga - american public garden association. 4. Share, discuss, and get approval for a range with a board member. The process is identical for the officer compensation review process.”

“The compensation for other officers in the organization is approved by the board in the annual budget process.”

“The documents are made available upon request.”

“The myriad botanical gardens' mission is to create a beautiful botanical garden and urban park with a diversity of year-round horticultural, cultural and recreational programs and events to improve the quality of life in oklahoma city. Our primary programs offer educational programs that teach all ages about plants, gardening and conservation. These programs include hands-on educational classes for schools that focus on our outdoor gardens as well as tropical plants in our crystal bridge conservatory. We offer dozens of gardening programs, from composting and seed starting to pruning, garden design and plants for pollinators and much more. We offer an annual gardening school attended by hundreds that focus on sustainable gardening for oklahoma. In addition to horticultural education programs, we offer seasonal botanical festivals including orchid shows, fall harvest and holiday festivals. We also offer a diversity of cultural events that include concerts, plays, dance, book festivals, art exhibits as well as recreational and wellness programs including winter ice skating, yoga, running, cycling, walks and more.”

“With the opening of scissortail park adjacent to myriad botanical gardens, it was determined that the executive director, chief financial officer, and other core services be provided by the same personnel for both parks. As a result, effective july 1, 2018, those employees of myriad botanical gardens became employees of park management co. (a 501(c)3 entity) which provides management services for both myriad botanical gardens and scissortail park. The board of directors for all three of these entities are separately appointed with none of the entities controlling any of the other entities.”

“Our top three programs consist of our grounds, horticultural educational programs and recreational and cultural events. Our 15-acres of outdoor gardens, lawns, water features, children's playground and visitor lobby are free and open to the public. The site contains extensive plant collections and green spaces for education, play, relaxation and inspiration for all ages to appreciate and learn about plants and gardening. Our year-round horticultural education programs for all ages include lectures, hands-on workshops, outdoor plant walks, and an annual all day garden education symposium. We offer a spring native plant sale, a spring garden festival and a fall tree sale. Our recreational and cultural events include: concerts, movies, art exhibits, seasonal family festivals (bringing books to life and pumpkinville), ice skating, yoga, bike programs, basketball and futsol courts, holiday events and ethnic festivals. We estimate over 250,000 participate in our year-round programming. Our tropical conservatory has been closed since may of 2021 for an extensive renovation and will reopen along with a new gift shop in late 2022.”

“The organization is audited annually. The june 30, 2022 audit was not completed as of the filing of this form 990 but is expected to be completed shortly thereafter. Schedule d, parts xi and xii have been completed based on preliminary financial statements.”