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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SPARK.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,792,485
Total expenses
$4,347,192
Contributions and grants received
$5,244,963
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$339,697
Investment income
$207,825
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$8,353,164
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,609,884
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,743,280
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,128,947
Management and general expenses
$118,401
Fundraising expenses
$99,844
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,128,947

Program services were 95.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $651,034

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,593,929

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

    total $339,697 · related or exempt $339,697

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $207,825 · excluded $207,825

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $205,599 · program services $68,533 · management and general $68,533 · fundraising $68,533

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $44,199 · program services $14,733 · management and general $14,733 · fundraising $14,733

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $19,220 · program services $6,406 · management and general $6,407 · fundraising $6,407

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,729 · program services $5,243 · management and general $5,243 · fundraising $5,243

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,700 · program services $6,739 · management and general $5,961

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $16,700 · program services $8,861 · management and general $7,839

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $68,038 · program services $68,038

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,497 · program services $1,832 · management and general $1,832 · fundraising $1,833

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,860 · program services $954 · management and general $953 · fundraising $953

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,033 · program services $1,345 · management and general $1,344 · fundraising $1,344

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,393 · program services $797 · management and general $798 · fundraising $798

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,400 · program services $2,400

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,109 · program services $1,655 · management and general $2,454

  • 24a · Other expenses: PARK CONSTRUCTION

    total $3,941,411 · program services $3,941,411

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $2,304 · management and general $2,304

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,995,536 · end of year $4,098,262

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $748,190 · end of year $3,013,295

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,850,253 · end of year $1,241,000

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

    $14,962

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

    $14,355

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,007 · end of year $607

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,924 · end of year $397,629

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,312,914 · end of year $4,212,255

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,062,392 · end of year $1,201,740

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,205,756 · end of year $2,541,540

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PARK CONSTRUCTION:CONSTRUCTS NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS ON PUBLIC SCHOOL GROUNDS AS A WAY TO INCREASE PARK SPACE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEVELOP PUBLIC PARKS AT AREA SCHOOLS

  • AMOUNT EXPENSED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPARK PARKS AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.

    Expenses $4,128,947 · Revenue $339,697

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • MARK LEE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • SUSAN SAMPLE

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • MICHELE FRAGA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • THOMAS HORTON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • CARLA WYATT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • CHRIS GONZALEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • ANNE SUNG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • KATHLEEN OWNBY

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $154,460
    From this org
    $129,460
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,000
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,460
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $154,460

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

None.

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
19 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540509349300914

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