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← GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$20,190,335
Total expenses
$12,599,370
Contributions and grants received
$19,679,248
Grants paid
$24,664
Program service revenue
$99,543
Investment income
$601,277
Other revenue
-$189,733
Total assets, end of year
$48,239,612
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,342,611
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$42,897,001
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,767,602
Management and general expenses
$701,887
Fundraising expenses
$1,129,881
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,767,602

Program services were 85.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,119,489

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $8,460,103

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,099,656

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,543,243

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Workshop fees & other revenue

    total $99,543 · related or exempt $99,543

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $601,277 · excluded $601,277

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $126,068

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $126,068

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $126,068 · excluded $126,068

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $264,746

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,119,489

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $596,093

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$331,347 · excluded -$331,347

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $15,546

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $15,546 · excluded $15,546

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $24,664 · program services $24,664

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $587,480 · program services $126,557 · management and general $185,777 · fundraising $275,146

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,901,667 · program services $1,275,078 · management and general $181,836 · fundraising $444,753

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $60,896 · program services $26,108 · management and general $17,832 · fundraising $16,956

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $97,540 · program services $52,607 · management and general $29,603 · fundraising $15,330

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $185,903 · program services $90,469 · management and general $49,542 · fundraising $45,892

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,655 · program services $17,273 · fundraising $3,382

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $47,341 · management and general $47,341

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $218,182 · program services $97,400 · management and general $80,976 · fundraising $39,806

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,732 · program services $5,135 · fundraising $20,597

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $247,802 · program services $180,574 · management and general $891 · fundraising $66,337

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $86,712 · program services $14,221 · management and general $21,554 · fundraising $50,937

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $223,447 · program services $208,897 · management and general $6,762 · fundraising $7,788

  • 17 · Travel

    total $86,045 · program services $74,232 · management and general $2,104 · fundraising $9,709

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $27,085 · program services $22,620 · management and general $3,187 · fundraising $1,278

  • 20 · Interest

    total $39,545 · program services $39,545

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $176,463 · program services $128,766 · management and general $25,618 · fundraising $22,079

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $113,459 · program services $69,912 · management and general $31,238 · fundraising $12,309

  • 24a · Other expenses: Conservation services

    total $7,942,565 · program services $7,942,565

  • 24b · Other expenses: Conservation easements

    total $321,666 · program services $321,666

  • 24c · Other expenses: Event supplies

    total $70,823 · program services $26,084 · management and general $11,135 · fundraising $33,604

  • 24d · Other expenses: Licenses, permits, fees

    total $64,589 · program services $4,180 · management and general $5,487 · fundraising $54,922

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $29,109 · program services $19,049 · management and general $1,004 · fundraising $9,056

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $668,641 · end of year $230,833

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $8,002,524 · end of year $15,777,766

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,055,736 · end of year $2,929,203

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $51,720

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $26,348 · end of year $50,876

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $29,717,603

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $789,091

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $23,663,282 · end of year $28,928,512

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $354,414 · end of year $270,702

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $688,694 · end of year $716,313

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $60,571 · end of year $47,619

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $155,476 · end of year $25,476

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $562,168 · end of year $4,553,203

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $24,232,437 · end of year $28,275,729

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,073,599 · end of year $14,621,272

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The mission of the Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF) is to preserve and enhance Galveston Bay as a healthy and productive place for generations to come.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To preserve and protect Galveston Bay, Texas' largest estuary, for generations to come.

  • Conservation programs work to preserve, protect, and restore important coastal habitats that provide critical ecosystem services and have suffered loss or degradation. The Foundation works closely with numerous partners in land acquisition, land stewardship, habitat restoration, and habitat enhancement activities across the Bay. As an accredited land trust, the Foundation protects natural areas by acquiring real estate and partnering with landowners to establish conservation easements on private lands. Program income is generated where appropriate from grazing and hunting leases and baling of hay. Habitat restoration activities work to ensure healthy habitats for productive and sustainable populations of native species. (Continued on Schedule O) Restoration sites all around Galveston Bay focus on protection of eroding shorelines; restoration of wetlands, oyster reefs, coastal prairies, and bird rookery; and removal of marine debris. The Foundation maintains a native plant nursery to provide stock for habitat restoration work around Galveston Bay and offers native plant sales within the community. The Foundation also collects oyster shells from local restaurants to return to the bay to build oyster shell breakwaters and provide habitat for oyster spat.

    Expenses $9,633,701 · Grants $24,664 · Revenue $72,730

  • Education and outreach programs aim to connect our community to Galveston Bay and inspire lifelong stewardship through diverse programs, training, tools, and events that reach tens of thousands of people each year. The Foundation's youth education programs connected students in the classroom and in the field with hands-on STEM curriculum and resources. The Foundation also offers rain barrel installation workshops and distributes rain barrels to the public. Ongoing public outreach campaigns and initiatives target segments of the population to increase awareness of the importance of Galveston Bay and address specific issues of concern.

    Expenses $741,990 · Revenue $25,602

  • Research programs monitor trends affecting Galveston Bay's most valuable coastal resources. Current efforts monitor dolphin populations (in partnership with the Environmental Institute of Houston), marine debris, and water quality at sites around Galveston Bay. These efforts are collaborative, involving research partners throughout the region and beyond. Several utilize trained citizen scientists to augment professional monitoring data. Findings are widely communicated through data portals, public presentations, and scientific publications. Most monitoring efforts are ongoing in an effort to collect large datasets spanning many years, though some are initiated to allow the Foundation to respond to specific incidents impacting the bay.

    Expenses $306,463 · Revenue $1,211

  • Advocacy programs aim to give a voice to Galveston Bay, taking an inclusive and collaborative approach to protect the health and well-being of the bay. The Foundation attempts to balance the multiple uses of Galveston Bay so that the long-term interests of the Bay itself are not compromised. Through initiatives such as the Galveston Bay Report Card (released in partnership with the Houston Advanced Research Center) and the Galveston Bay Action Network (GBAN) pollution reporting app, the Foundation provides tools to enable the public to take positive actions for Galveston Bay.

    Expenses $85,448

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Janelle Daniel

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Burroughs

    1st Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Edward Randall

    2nd Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian C Sauer

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brad Robbins

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Charlie Prioleau

    Immediate Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Monty Briscoe

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Trisha Conley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matthew Doyle

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JP Fjeld-Hansen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kimberly Gaido

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Patrick Giffhorn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pat Hammond

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sarah Hudgins

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shawn Jackson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Fay Kirby

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jay Lendrum

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeff Myerson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Larry B Neuhaus

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tom Tollett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leia Wilson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert J Stokes Jr

    President

    Total calculated
    $193,022
    From this org
    $187,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,622
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    $7,000
    Other
    $5,400
    Deferred
    $5,622
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $193,022

  • Nicole Scanlin

    Director of Development

    Total calculated
    $176,686
    From this org
    $166,297
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,389
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,797
    Bonus
    $6,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,989
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,400
    Filer's total
    $176,686

  • Greg Loushine

    Director of Strategic Partnerships

    Total calculated
    $146,967
    From this org
    $142,686
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,281
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dawn Asbury

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $147,040
    From this org
    $137,515
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,525
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349300702

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