Operational Information

Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Inc, aka Weston Garden Club

EIN 04-6079998

501(c)(3)

26 Whispering Lane

Weston, MA 02493

The Weston Garden Club is officially recognized as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization through its structural affiliation as a chapter under the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, which holds verified 501(c)(3) public charity status with the IRS (EIN 04-2830043). The Weston Garden Club is a separate organization and is affiliated with the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts as an affiliate for the purpose of Federal IRS Exemption as part of the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts affiliated garden clubs.

The Weston Garden Club is a stand alone nonprofit organization and is affiliated with the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts for the benefit of coordinated Federal IRS registration and reporting.

The Weston Garden Club is a subordinate organization to the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts for the purpose of filing our annual tax reporting information with the with the IRS. That is why the EIN for the Federation is associated with our public information. We are a stand-alone separate nonprofit organization of approximately 120 members in all other areas.

The State of Massachusetts Tax Exempt registration for the Weston Garden Club is AG Charity Number - 050193.

Evidence and documentation of nonprofit status for the organization include:

State & National Affiliation: The club has been officially affiliated with the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts and National Council State Garden Clubs since 1948.
IRS Group Exemption Data: Horticultural and botanical directories indexing IRS 501(c)(3) data (such as Cause IQ) explicitly list the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts / Weston Garden Club under tax-exempt classification.
Civic and Public Record: Municipal documents from the Town of Weston recognize the group as a nonprofit civic contributor responsible for public spaces, such as the town center watering trough, local conservation lands, and town hall gardens.

Weston Garden Club is the owner of the domain, westongardenclub.org. This has been verified by Google for nonprofits and their partners. Our second domain, westongardenclubma.org is also certified by Google for nonprofits and their partners.