Myriad Gardens Foundation

“Form 990 reveiwed by the cfo, treasurer, and audit committee prior 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 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 and fall harvest and holiday festivals. We also offer a diversity of cultural events that include concerts, plays, dance, books festivals, art exhibits as well as recreational and wellness programs including winter ice skating, yoga, running, cycling, walks and more.”

“Top 3 programs by expenses: crystal bridge tropical plant conservatory: a 12,000 sq. Ft. Conservatory with thousands of tropical and desert plants is visited by more than 75,000 people a year. Education staff and docent lead tours and classes for over 2,000 elementary grade students throughout the school year. Holiday programs: from mid-november to jan 1, the gardens offers a variety of indoor and outdoor holiday displays and lighting, holiday performances and workshops and an outdoor ice skating rink. The ice rink and holiday events attract over 50,000 people. Fall festival: pumpkinville: this is a fall harvest celebration throughout the month of october. It showcases thousands of pumpkins and gourds along with creative displays and interactive nature arts and crafts. In fy 2016, over 23,000 visitors enjoyed this event.”

“Tools and equipment : program service expenses 109,511. Management and general expenses 3,853. Fundraising expenses 500. Total expenses 113,864. Printing : program service expenses 48,422. Management and general expenses 519. Fundraising expenses 16,107. Total expenses 65,048. Security: program service expenses 60,463. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 60,463. Sales/use tax: program service expenses 59,510. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 158. Total expenses 59,668. Storage/rent: program service expenses 46,630. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 46,630. Licenses: program service expenses 9,690. Management and general expenses 25,736. Fundraising expenses 55. Total expenses 35,481. Catering : program service expenses 23,285. Management and general expenses 4,509. Fundraising expenses 2,004. Total expenses 29,798. Internet/phone: program service expenses 14,150. Management and general expenses 3,784. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 17,934. Meals and entertainment: program service expenses 9,306. Management and general expenses 4,878. Fundraising expenses 1,884. Total expenses 16,068. Tree care: program service expenses 10,050. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 10,050. Postage: program service expenses 4,734. Management and general expenses 1,035. Fundraising expenses 3,271. Total expenses 9,040. Lease expense: program service expenses 70. Management and general expenses 6,661. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,731. Dues: program service expenses 4,983. Management and general expenses 749. Fundraising expenses 969. Total expenses 6,701. Cost of sales: program service expenses 4,067. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 4,067. Training : program service expenses 1,845. Management and general expenses 2,116. Fundraising expenses 45. Total expenses 4,006. Recruiting : program service expenses 2,147. Management and general expenses 56. Fundraising expenses 110. Total expenses 2,313. In-kind expenses: program service expenses -71,045. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses -71,045.”

“The process for the review of audited financial statement preparation has not changed from the prior year.”