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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$18,995,939
Total expenses
$15,200,002
Contributions and grants received
$13,444,975
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,901,498
Investment income
$60,361
Other revenue
$1,589,105
Total assets, end of year
$16,865,748
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,686,628
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,179,120
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,545,282
Management and general expenses
$1,946,267
Fundraising expenses
$708,453
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,545,282

Program services were 82.5% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $664,979

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $2,828,919

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,951,077

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM AND EXHIBIT FEES

    total $3,264,967 · related or exempt $3,264,967

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PUBLICATION FEES

    total $425,528 · related or exempt $425,528

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FIELD SCHOOL AND CAMP FEES

    total $128,835 · related or exempt $128,835

  • 2d · Program service revenue: ROYALTY INCOME

    total $82,168 · related or exempt $82,168

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $60,361 · excluded $60,361

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $826,645

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $826,645

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $826,645 · excluded $826,645

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,057,771

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $291,185

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $766,586 · related or exempt $749,047 · unrelated business $17,539

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $8,151 · related or exempt $8,151

  • 11b · Other revenue: CITY PROJECT REIMBURSEMENT

    total -$12,277 · related or exempt -$12,277

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$4,126

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $971,356 · program services $112,657 · management and general $694,793 · fundraising $163,906

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,956,733 · program services $5,371,441 · management and general $316,073 · fundraising $269,219

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $180,330 · program services $145,733 · management and general $23,618 · fundraising $10,979

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $845,336 · program services $693,474 · management and general $103,669 · fundraising $48,193

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $486,211 · program services $394,844 · management and general $62,372 · fundraising $28,995

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $51,506 · program services $4,713 · management and general $46,793

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $158,652 · program services $136,823 · management and general $16,651 · fundraising $5,178

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $96,752 · program services $2,918 · management and general $93,834

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $147,045 · program services $147,045

  • 17 · Travel

    total $232,665 · program services $230,563 · management and general $1,715 · fundraising $387

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $21,010 · program services $16,158 · management and general $3,181 · fundraising $1,671

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $227,942 · program services $185,354 · management and general $29,073 · fundraising $13,515

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $159,018 · program services $127,576 · management and general $21,464 · fundraising $9,978

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $2,424,777 · program services $2,337,679 · management and general $85,328 · fundraising $1,770

  • 24b · Other expenses: AGRICULTURE

    total $533,945 · program services $533,945

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $501,949 · program services $490,861 · management and general $11,088

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $442,880 · program services $442,880

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,761,895 · program services $1,170,618 · management and general $436,615 · fundraising $154,662

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,929,249 · end of year $3,889,250

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,924,162 · end of year $4,069,425

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,479,810 · end of year $1,620,261

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $106,946 · end of year $143,495

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $185,983 · end of year $329,730

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

    $4,930,928

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

    $3,439,708

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,136,402 · end of year $1,491,220

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,830,188 · end of year $5,263,247

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $56,912 · end of year $59,120

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,723,487 · end of year $3,323,962

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $570,825 · end of year $362,666

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,052,673 · end of year $6,232,069

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $302,667 · end of year $6,947,051

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC (BRIT) CONDUCTS RESEARCH AND PROVIDES EDUCATION IN ORDER TO CREATE AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PLANT WORLD AND INSPIRE THE PUBLIC INTO ACTION FOR A SUSTAINABLE PLANET. BRIT SERVES AS A THINK TANK AND CATALYST TO DEVELOP BOTANICAL SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS GLOBALLY CHALLENGING PROBLEMS. BRIT INSPIRES LEARNING AND FORMS INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS FOR CRITICAL RESEARCH WITHIN SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND BUSINESS COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BRIT'S MISSION IS TO CONSERVE OUR NATURAL HERITAGE BY DEEPENING OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE PLANT WORLD AND ACHIEVING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE VALUE PLANTS BRING TO LIFE.

  • RESEARCH. BRIT'S RESEARCH PROGRAM IS THE FOUNDATIONAL ACTIVITY UPON WHICH THE INSTITUTE ACHIEVES ITS MISSION. BRIT ACTS AS A CATALYST WITHIN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS GLOBALLY CHALLENGING PROBLEMS BY USING VARIOUS BOTANICAL LENSES (TAXONOMY, ECOLOGICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL, AND GENOMICS). RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY BRIT MAKES THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE, SOMETIMES DIRECTLY THROUGH IMPROVEMENTS TO LIFE AND SOMETIMES INDIRECTLY THROUGH INCREASING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD WHICH ALLOWS US TO BECOME MORE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS OF THE PLANET.

    Expenses $1,730,744 · Revenue $1,120,816

  • EDUCATION. BRIT DEVELOPS AND PRESENTS NUMEROUS EDUCATION PROGRAMS COVERING VARIOUS TOPICS IN BOTANY, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION. PROGRAMS ARE PRESENTED TO VARIOUS GROUPS INCLUDING EDUCATORS, STUDENTS AND THE PUBLIC. THE BRIT SEED (SCIENCE-BASED EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION DESIGN) SCHOOL FOR EDUCATORS INSPIRES AND SUPPORTS EDUCATORS IN CONNECTING CHILDREN TO NATURE THROUGH THE USE OF OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS, NATURE AND URBAN ENVIRONMENTS. BRIT PROVIDES CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES THAT COMBINE RESEARCH-BASED BEST PRACTICES WITH HANDS-ON, REAL WORLD LEARNING THROUGH OUTDOOR INQUIRY, PLACE-BASED EDUCATION AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING.

    Expenses $1,030,311 · Revenue $530,412

  • GARDEN. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2020, THE BOTANICAL INSTITUTE OF TEXAS (BRIT) ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF FORT WORTH TO MANAGE THE FORT WORTH BOTANIC GARDEN (FWBG). FWBG IS A 110-ACRE BOTANIC GARDEN ADJACENT TO BRIT IN THE CULTURAL DISTRICT OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS. THE GARDEN IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND CONTAINS VARIOUS HORTICULTURAL DISPLAYS INCLUDING A JAPANESE GARDEN AND A ROSE GARDEN. IN ADDITION TO INDIVIDUAL VISITATION, THE GARDEN IS ALSO USED FOR MANY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS.

    Expenses $8,714,188 · Revenue $2,748,498

  • COLLECTIONS. THE CORNERSTONE OF THE BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS IS ITS HERBARIUM AND BOTANICAL LIBRARY. BRIT'S HERBARIUM, A COLLECTION OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION DRIED PLANT SPECIMENS REPRESENTING MUCH OF EARTH'S PLANT DIVERSITY, IS AMONG THE LARGEST IN THE UNITED STATES. BRIT'S COLLECTIONS-BASED RESEARCH PROVIDES INFORMATION FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES AND IS A RESOURCE FOR RESEARCH SCIENTISTS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PLANT ENTHUSIASTS, GARDENERS, HOSPITALS, AND MANY OTHERS. BRIT'S PLANT COLLECTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO HELP FULFILL OUR MISSION TO ACHIEVE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE VALUE THAT PLANTS BRING TO LIFE.PRESS. IN ADDITION TO THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS DESCRIBED ON LINES 4A, 4B, AND 4C, BRIT PUBLISHES THE JOURNAL OF BOTANICAL RESEARCH OF TEXAS (JBRIT), WHICH PRESENTS RESEARCH FROM BRIT RESEARCHERS AS WELL AS LEADING RESEARCHERS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. BRIT ALSO PUBLISHES MONOGRAPHS AND BOTANICAL BOOKS SUCH AS THE ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF NORTH TEXAS AND THE ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF EAST TEXAS WHICH ARE LEADING WORKS IN BOTANICAL EDUCATION IN TEXAS.

    Expenses $1,070,039 · Revenue $246,693

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mr Greg Bird

    SECRETARY OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Mr Edward P Bass

    VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr Craig Hamilton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr R Nowell Donovan

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr G Clark Kemble

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Dana Burghdoff

    ADVISORY MEMBER, BOARD OF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr Michael Malone

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr William Brentlinger

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr Steven Brauer Jr

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr William K Burton

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr Kacey Cornelius

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Kristy Odom

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Marie Holliday

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr John W Maloney

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Elizabeth Comelsen

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Lauren Ashton Moncrief

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Debbie Reynolds

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Estela Martinez

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Capt Bob O'Kennon

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr William Welder

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr Patrick Reddell

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr Eric Reed

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr Brad Barnes

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr H Terry Siegel

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr Nicholas Wanzor

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mrs Debbie Morrison

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Elizabeth Waddill

    MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr Patrick Newman

    CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $332,758
    From this org
    $314,573
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,185
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $314,573
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,185
    Filer's total
    $332,758

  • Mr Robert Byers

    ASST. DIRECTOR & VP OF HOR

    Total calculated
    $169,662
    From this org
    $161,490
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,172
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,490
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,172
    Filer's total
    $169,662

  • Dr Peter Fritsch

    VICE PRESIDENT RESEARCH &

    Total calculated
    $152,592
    From this org
    $138,959
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,633
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,959
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,633
    Filer's total
    $152,592

  • Mr Ennis Anderson

    SENIOR VP OF GUEST SERVICE

    Total calculated
    $144,166
    From this org
    $125,319
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,847
    Hours/week
    50

  • Ms Sara Richardson

    VICE PRESIDENT OF ADVANCEM

    Total calculated
    $128,076
    From this org
    $117,169
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,907
    Hours/week
    50

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • BRIT FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · HOLDS THE ENDOWMENT INVESTMENTS TO BENEFIT BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF T · TX

    Directly controlled by BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS

  • BRIT LANDOWNER

    501(C)(3) · HOLDS THE BUILDING IN BENEFIT BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS · TX

    Directly controlled by BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
9 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422699349300522

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