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← TEXAS CHILDREN IN NATURE

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by TEXAS CHILDREN IN NATURE.

Totals

Total revenue
$364,871
Total expenses
$340,905
Contributions and grants received
$303,127
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$53,039
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$8,705
Total assets, end of year
$148,961
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$148,961
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$296,587
Management and general expenses
$22,159
Fundraising expenses
$22,159
Program service expenses (Part III)
$296,587

Program services were 87.0% 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)

    $130,378

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $172,749

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $7,577

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Summit

    total $53,039 · related or exempt $53,039 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $8,705

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $8,705 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $8,705

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $61,813 · program services $53,777 · management and general $4,018 · fundraising $4,018

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $19,409 · program services $16,886 · management and general $1,262 · fundraising $1,262

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,059 · program services $3,531 · management and general $263 · fundraising $263

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,044 · program services $5,258 · management and general $393 · fundraising $393

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,500 · program services $3,044 · management and general $228 · fundraising $228

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,240 · program services $1,949 · management and general $146 · fundraising $146

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,081 · program services $2,680 · management and general $200 · fundraising $200

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,077 · program services $3,546 · management and general $265 · fundraising $265

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,233 · program services $2,813 · management and general $210 · fundraising $210

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,700 · program services $8,438 · management and general $631 · fundraising $631

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,601 · program services $1,393 · management and general $104 · fundraising $104

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,031 · program services $897 · management and general $67 · fundraising $67

  • 24a · Other expenses: TPWD Program Expense

    total $116,647 · program services $101,483 · management and general $7,582 · fundraising $7,582

  • 24b · Other expenses: Summit Expense

    total $95,135 · program services $82,767 · management and general $6,184 · fundraising $6,184

  • 24c · Other expenses: Nature Walks

    total $5,022 · program services $4,370 · management and general $326 · fundraising $326

  • 24d · Other expenses: All other expenses

    total $4,313 · program services $3,755 · management and general $280 · fundraising $280

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $124,574 · end of year $148,961

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $38,401

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,364

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $110,210 · end of year $148,961

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

ThemissionofTexasChildreninNatureistoensureequitableaccessandconnectiontonatureforchildreninTexas.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The mission of Texas Children in Nature is to ensure equitable access and connection to nature for children in Texas.

  • Health and Nature Liaisons: This program is part of a federal grant from the CDC to address health disparities in Texas. Through the grant TCiNN will collaborate with the Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and AgriLife as well as other local health agencies to address health inequities in Texas communities by increasing their access to nature. The goal of this program is to promote the use of nature as a public health strategy and to engage in partnership building between health and nature organizations.

    Expenses $124,963

  • Expenses $120,525 · Revenue $160,149

  • Expenses $29,099

  • Resource Sharing: through webinars serve as a resource across the state. In 2022 we produced 21 webinars, they are also recorded and put on our YouTube Channel. We also produce emails and newsletters to share resources with our partners

    Expenses $13,497

  • Nature Rocks Texas is a website dedicated to sharing greenspaces and activities from our partners

    Expenses $4,202

  • The Cities Connecting Children to Nature, or CCCN, initiative is a partnership between the National League of Cities and the Children & Nature Network. CCCN helps city leaders and their partners ensure that all children have the opportunity to play, learn and grow in nature, from urban parks and community gardens to the great outdoors.

    Expenses $3,218

  • OLE! Texas transforms early childhood spaces through research inspired landscape designs that increase physical activity and connection with the natural world. The initiative adds design elements to enable 0-5 year olds to be active, learn in nature, and develop motor skills. In Austin OLE! works with CCCN. TCiNN serves on the state leadership team

    Expenses $597

  • Green School Parks and Yards use school grounds to incorporate more nature in communities across the state. TCiNN promotes this work through various partnerships.

    Expenses $373

  • LEAP Nature Smart Libraries. A gear checkout program and nature programming at libraries to help engage families in nature. Piloted in the Rio Grande Valley.

    Expenses $113

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Hayden Brooks

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • April Conkey

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Darcy Bontempo

    Treasuer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dustin Miller

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Molly Stevens

    Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Courtney Crim

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Demekia Biscoe

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Juan Martinez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Keiji Asakura

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Hysmith

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Herron

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Heilbrun

    Board Member starting Nov. 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Spencer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thea Platz

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Mohammed Strait

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rolando Balli

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Coles

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $61,813
    From this org
    $61,813
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
2 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313069349302271

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