Totals
- Total revenue
- $35,830,129
- Total expenses
- $22,617,853
- Contributions and grants received
- $16,476,375
- Grants paid
- $2,984,479
- Program service revenue
- $14,581,941
- Investment income
- $4,833,198
- Other revenue
- -$61,385
- Total assets, end of year
- $106,563,635
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,600,094
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $102,963,541
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $19,436,697
- Management and general expenses
- $1,629,884
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,551,272
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $19,436,697
Program services were 85.9% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$708,931
-
1d · Related organizations
$351,000
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$7,611,992
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$7,804,452
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$2,357,025
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2a · Program service revenue: Bayou Greenways maintenance
total $13,622,628 · related or exempt $13,622,628
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2b · Program service revenue: Park improvement project fees
total $959,313 · related or exempt $959,313
-
3 · Investment income
total $3,921,458 · excluded $3,921,458
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5 · Royalties
total $367 · excluded $367
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $8,699,772 · other assets $29,000
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $7,784,153 · other assets $32,879
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $915,619 · other assets -$3,879
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $911,740 · excluded $911,740
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$43,000
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$708,931
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$104,752
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$61,752 · excluded -$61,752
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $2,984,479 · program services $2,984,479
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $4,380,637 · program services $2,535,419 · management and general $1,057,867 · fundraising $787,351
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,140,581 · program services $1,140,581
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $31,591 · program services $31,591
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $106,716 · program services $106,716
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $351,544 · program services $236,927 · management and general $65,710 · fundraising $48,907
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11b · Fees: legal
total $791,826 · program services $791,826
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $197,546 · management and general $197,546
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $617,028 · fundraising $617,028
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $59,605 · management and general $59,605
-
11g · Fees: other
total $1,224,323 · program services $968,914 · management and general $224,834 · fundraising $30,575
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $301,527 · program services $291,696 · management and general $5,636 · fundraising $4,195
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13 · Office expenses
total $107,029 · program services $95,424 · management and general $2,208 · fundraising $9,397
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14 · Information technology
total $195,822 · program services $190,410 · management and general $3,103 · fundraising $2,309
-
16 · Occupancy
total $248,502 · program services $244,440 · management and general $2,329 · fundraising $1,733
-
17 · Travel
total $40,279 · program services $39,379 · management and general $507 · fundraising $393
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $109,707 · program services $108,121 · management and general $909 · fundraising $677
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $71,071 · program services $69,232 · management and general $1,054 · fundraising $785
-
23 · Insurance
total $129,471 · program services $126,248 · management and general $1,848 · fundraising $1,375
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24a · Other expenses: Park/bayou maintenance
total $7,011,592 · program services $7,007,430 · management and general $2,386 · fundraising $1,776
-
24b · Other expenses: Construction and design
total $1,764,635 · program services $1,764,635
-
24c · Other expenses: Supplies and equipment
total $740,983 · program services $694,009 · management and general $4,304 · fundraising $42,670
-
24d · Other expenses: Graphics and printing
total $11,359 · program services $9,220 · management and general $38 · fundraising $2,101
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $31,057,020 · end of year $32,896,242
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $44,897,350 · end of year $47,031,767
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $2,014,129 · end of year $2,192,807
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $539,401 · end of year $460,061
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $75,083 · end of year $96,177
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$13,020,273
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$542,109
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $10,210,549 · end of year $12,478,164
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $8,707,299 · end of year $9,696,442
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $28,911 · end of year $1,711,975
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,271,791 · end of year $1,977,797
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $5,383,165 · end of year $358,868
-
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $96,357 · end of year $96,357
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $871,502 · end of year $1,167,072
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $31,410,806 · end of year $34,370,585
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $58,496,121 · end of year $68,592,956
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The Houston Parks Board mission is to expand, improve, and protect parks and greenspace in the Houston region.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To expand, improve, and protect parks and greenspace in the Houston region.
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Bayou Greenways Maintenance: Houston Parks Board provides ongoing maintenance for Bayou Greenways through a long-term agreement with the City of Houston. Bayou Greenways is an integrated system of connected linear parks and trails along nine major bayous within Houston city limits. Unspent funds from the annual maintenance fee are used for trail and bridge capital replacement projects along the bayous. Houston Parks Board incorporates conservation into bayou maintenance to preserve, create, and enhance the region's habitats through initiatives such as tree plantings and prairie rebuilds, and wetland restorations.
Expenses $11,298,334 · Grants $367,447 · Revenue $13,622,628
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Neighborhood & Regional Parks: Through partnerships with the Houston Parks Board LGC, the City of Houston, and other public and private partners, Houston Parks Board creates and renovates neighborhood and regional parks in the Houston region, with a focus on supported underinvested communities.
Expenses $3,993,042 · Grants $632,075 · Revenue $33,963
-
Bayou Greenways & Connector Trails: Houston Parks Board, along with support from partners, designs and builds trails and linear parks across the Houston region to connect communities, provide recreational opportunities, and enhance competitiveness in the region.
Expenses $3,843,683 · Grants $1,981,457 · Revenue $924,631
-
Research, Feasibility, and Partnerships: Houston Parks Board conducts feasibility assessments of future projects, develops strategies to support parks and trails, and implements new partnerships with the aim of supporting greenspaces throughout the region. Additionally, it assists the City of Houston in receiving and utilizing funds for special projects.
Expenses $301,638 · Grants $3,500 · Revenue $719
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Cullen Geiselman Muse
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3 + 1 related
-
Herman Stude
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3 + 1 related
-
Kristin Garcia Blomquist
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3 + 1 related
-
Sis Johnson
Asst Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3 + 1 related
-
Tom Flaherty
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3 + 1 related
-
Maire Baldwin
Asst Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3 + 1 related
-
Domingo Barrios
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Deborah Cannon
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Beto Cardenas
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Taylor Chapman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Wendy Montoya Cloonan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Michelle Colvard
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Sheila Condon
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
George DeMontrond
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Paula DesRoches
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Matt Dobbins
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Caton Fenz
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Jonathan Fombonne
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Chris Foster
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Lex Frieden
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Chris George
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Tara Hemmer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Richard Hinojosa
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Morgan Hollins
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Ryan Jewett
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Jacqueline Martin
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Ruthie Miller
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Steve Newton
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Adrian Patterson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Jamie Farmer Patterson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Chris Porter
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Leslie Elkins Sasser
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Laura Spanjian
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Anthony Thomas
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Barron Wallace
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Nina Zilka
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 0.1 related
-
Beth White
President and CEO
- Total calculated
- $365,931
- From this org
- $341,925
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $24,006
- Hours/week
- 35 + 5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $341,925
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $13,800
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,206
- Filer's total
- $365,931
-
Kira Elbert
Chief Adv Officer (thru June 25)
- Total calculated
- $237,503
- From this org
- $218,600
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,903
- Hours/week
- 35 + 5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $218,600
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,806
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,097
- Filer's total
- $237,503
-
Melanie Musgrove
CFO/COO
- Total calculated
- $279,691
- From this org
- $259,225
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,466
- Hours/week
- 35 + 5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $259,225
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,369
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,097
- Filer's total
- $279,691
-
Justin Schultz
Chief Program Officer
- Total calculated
- $231,565
- From this org
- $210,709
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,856
- Hours/week
- 35 + 5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $210,709
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,772
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,084
- Filer's total
- $231,565
-
Amanda Edwards
General Counsel
- Total calculated
- $187,292
- From this org
- $172,029
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,263
- Hours/week
- 35 + 5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $172,029
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,718
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,545
- Filer's total
- $187,292
-
Richard McNamara
Director of Capital Projects
- Total calculated
- $200,289
- From this org
- $180,496
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $19,793
- Hours/week
- 35 + 5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $180,496
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,564
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,229
- Filer's total
- $200,289
-
Matthew Rondot
Conservation & Maintenance Director
- Total calculated
- $209,051
- From this org
- $192,762
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,289
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $192,762
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,744
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,545
- Filer's total
- $209,051
-
Adrin Biagas
Director of Land Acquisition
- Total calculated
- $164,605
- From this org
- $158,286
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,319
- Hours/week
- 35 + 5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $158,286
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,319
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $164,605
-
Daniel Zirilli
Sr Capital Projects Mgr
- Total calculated
- $145,872
- From this org
- $132,008
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,864
- Hours/week
- 35 + 5 related
-
Amanda Nunley
Sr GIS Manager
- Total calculated
- $144,780
- From this org
- $129,692
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,088
- Hours/week
- 35 + 5 related
-
Lisa Graiff
Sr Capital Projects Mgr
- Total calculated
- $139,468
- From this org
- $127,425
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,043
- Hours/week
- 35 + 5 related
-
Melinda Guthrie
Sr Director of Development
- Total calculated
- $136,508
- From this org
- $123,125
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,383
- 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 · Compensation committee
- 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
-
$885,634
Land, design, and construction project
-
$40,486
Grant and Land conveyance
-
$27,500
Program support
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.
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170(c)(1) · Provide support for the City's park system · TX
Directly controlled by City of Houston
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The Houston Parks Board Foundation
501(c)(3) · Provide support for Houston Parks Board · TX · controlled entity
Directly controlled by Houston Parks Board
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 12 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202601329349300130
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