Better Business Bureau Report for
Green Center

Better Business Bureau Report issued December 2010
Better Business Bureau Report expires December 2011


This BBB Accredited charity meets all 20 Standards for Charity Accountability and is a Seal Holder. Find out more...


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Charity Contact Information

Name: Green Center
Address: 8025 Blackberry Avenue
  St. Louis , MO 63130
Phone: 314-725-8314
314-725-4291
Web Address: www.thegreencenter.org
Also known as:Friends of the Green Center
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Better Business Bureau Comments

Year, State Incorporated: 1997, Missouri
Affiliates: None
Stated Purpose: The Green Center is an arts and environmental organization dedicated to helping people understand the natural world through hands-on experiences, restoring regional habitat types, and encouraging artistic expression inspired by nature.

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

Green Center (GC) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

The Green Center restores and maintains 30 acres of native hardwood forest, prairie, and wetlands, and it supports a coalition to improve, protect, and maintain the River des Peres Watershed. The Green Center works on the restoration of the Calvary Prairie and the education and outreach to the surrounding community. The Green Center also supports the scout badge program, provides hands on experience for 625 students in grades K-8, supports a vegetable garden program for 6 local elementary schools, and provides various summer camp programs to local children.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, GC's program expenses were:

  
Environmental education, resotration, and encouraging artistic expression through nature 264,055
Total Program Expenses: $264,055
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Governance

               

Chief Executive : Jan Oberkramer, Executive Director
Compensation*: 

Chair of the Board: Laura Streett
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Master Gardener and Community Volunteer

Board Size: 12

Paid Staff Size: 3

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
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Fund Raising

               

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, grant proposals, internet, planned giving arrangements, E-postcard
Fund raising costs were 8% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $187,009, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
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Tax Status

               

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
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Financial

               

The following information is based on GC's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009.

Source of Funds  
Contributions - Individuals 122,618
Program Service Fees - Grants and Contracts - Federal and State Agencies 44,083
Contributions - Nonprofit Organizations 31,763
Contributions - In-kind 22,126
Program Service Fees - Other Program Service Fees 20,377
Contributions - Corporations and Businesses 10,502
Miscellaneous Income 4,899
Investment Income 2,809
Rental Income 735
Total Income $259,912


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 87%  Fund Raising: 5%  Administrative: 8% 

Total income $259,912
Program expenses $264,055
Fund raising expenses 14,930
Administrative expenses 24,050
Total expenses $303,035
Expenses in Excess of Income (43,123)
Beginning net assets 191,429
Ending net assets 148,306
Total liabilities 8,654
Total assets $156,960


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