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← GREAT SPRINGS PROJECT INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GREAT SPRINGS PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,040,964
Total expenses
$2,355,008
Contributions and grants received
$2,040,790
Grants paid
$7,101
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$174
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,337,397
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,300,207
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,037,190
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,663,233
Management and general expenses
$269,153
Fundraising expenses
$422,622
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,663,233

Program services were 70.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,040,790

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $174 · excluded $174

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,101 · program services $7,101

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $315,142 · program services $252,114 · management and general $31,514 · fundraising $31,514

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,129,770 · program services $712,053 · management and general $117,223 · fundraising $300,494

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $39,726 · program services $26,509 · management and general $4,089 · fundraising $9,128

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $110,463 · program services $73,710 · management and general $11,371 · fundraising $25,382

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $105,580 · program services $70,452 · management and general $10,868 · fundraising $24,260

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $49 · management and general $49

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,369 · program services $18,930 · management and general $2,920 · fundraising $6,519

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $414,647 · program services $411,023 · management and general $727 · fundraising $2,897

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,541 · program services $8,368 · management and general $1,291 · fundraising $2,882

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $36,448 · program services $24,321 · management and general $3,752 · fundraising $8,375

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $37,197 · program services $24,820 · management and general $3,830 · fundraising $8,547

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,462 · program services $5,647 · management and general $871 · fundraising $1,944

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $26,211 · program services $26,211

  • 20 · Interest

    total $80,344 · management and general $80,344

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,958 · program services $1,974 · management and general $304 · fundraising $680

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,144,774 · end of year $969,856

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $75,000 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $18,422 · end of year $13,220

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $21,044 · end of year $63,718

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $2,290,603 · end of year $2,290,603

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $198,216 · end of year $300,207

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,000,000 · end of year $2,000,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,101,006 · end of year $887,190

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $250,621 · end of year $150,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO HELP CREATE A NETWORK OF SPRING-TO-SPRING TRAILS AND A CORRIDOR OF PROTECTED LANDS OVER THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE, BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN, TEXAS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION WORKED TO UNIFY EXISTING LOCAL EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE MOST CRITICAL WATER, LAND, WILDLIFE, AND PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES FACING THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGION. IN 2022, THE ORGANIZATION RELEASED THE GREAT SPRINGS TRAILS PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED 100+ MILE SPRING-TO-SPRING NETWORK OF TRAILS FROM THE ALAMO TO THE CAPITOL. THIS PLAN IS A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT SERVES AS A RESOURCE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE TRAIL NETWORK BY THE TEXAS BICENTENNIAL IN 2036. SECTIONS OF THE TRAIL WILL LIKELY BE BUILT IN PHASES, WITH THE ORDER OF PHASES DEPENDING ON KEY FACTORS SUCH AS FUNDING, LANDOWNER NEGOTIATION, ESTABLISHING RIGHT-OF-WAY, PERMITTING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION. THIS PLAN REPRESENTS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD ON THE PATH TO IMPLEMENTATION. THE ORGANIZATION IS DOING DIRECT OUTREACH TO OVER 850 LANDOWNERS OVER THE RECHARGE ZONE OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER BETWEEN AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO TO DEVELOP CONSERVATION PROJECTS WITH AND SECURING TRAIL RIGHT OF WAY FROM WILLING LANDOWNERS.

    Expenses $1,663,233 · Grants $7,101

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

Listed in Part VII

  • DEBORAH MORIN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DIANNE WASSENICH

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • KYNDEL BENNETT

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • APRIL ANCIRA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • HOPE ANDRADE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • TOM BACON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CINDY MATULA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ANDY SANSOM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • GARRY MERRITT

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $324,596
    From this org
    $315,142
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,454
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $315,142
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,454
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $324,596

  • EMILY D LINDROSE-SIEGEL

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $198,818
    From this org
    $193,027
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,791
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,027
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,791
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $198,818

  • SCOTT J PARKER

    LAND TRANSACTION

    Total calculated
    $142,655
    From this org
    $138,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,155
    Hours/week
    40

  • SARAH L ESSERLIEU KHALIL

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $104,613
    From this org
    $101,705
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,908
    Hours/week
    40

  • MICHAEL GORALNIK

    TRAIL AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNER

    Total calculated
    $107,888
    From this org
    $105,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,888
    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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • GSP LAND LLC

    REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS · TX

    Directly controlled by THE GREAT SPRINGS PROJECT INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543089349300244

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