ZILKER BOTANICAL GARDEN CONSERVANCY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C40

Classification

1000

Street

2220 BARTON SPRINGS RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• GENERAL PROGRAMS - GENERAL PROGRAMS AT ZILKER BOTANICAL GARDEN CONSERVANCY PROVIDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR VISITORS OF ALL AGES. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS INCLUDE PUBLIC EVENTS SUCH AS BANDS IN BLOOM, WELLNESS OFFERINGS LIKE YOGA, SEASONAL INSTALLATIONS SUCH AS THE WOODLAND FAERIE TRAIL, AND SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS INCLUDING YULE IN THE GARDEN. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE HORTICULTURAL WORKSHOPS, GUIDED TOURS, DOCENT-LED SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS, AND HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES SUCH AS DINO DAYS AND ROOTS AND WINGS. THESE PROGRAMS PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, EXPAND ACCESS TO NATURE-BASED EDUCATION, AND FOSTER COMMUNITY CONNECTION WITHIN A PUBLIC GARDEN SETTING.

  Expenses $231,592 · Grants $2,000 · Revenue $54,043

• ADMISSIONS - THE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM SUPPORTS PUBLIC ACCESS TO ZILKER BOTANICAL GARDEN THROUGH PAID ENTRY FOR NON-MEMBERS, GENERATING A PRIMARY SOURCE OF EARNED REVENUE FOR THE CONSERVANCY. AS A NONPROFIT PARTNER OPERATING WITHIN A PUBLIC-PRIVATE MODEL WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, ADMISSIONS REVENUE HELPS SUSTAIN DAILY OPERATIONS, GUEST SERVICES, AND THE ONGOING CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE GARDEN. ADMISSIONS OPERATIONS INCLUDE FRONT GATE AND GIFT SHOP STAFFING TO ENSURE A WELCOMING AND ACCESSIBLE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL VISITORS. THIS PROGRAM ENABLES CONTINUED ACCESS TO A HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC GARDEN EXPERIENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $139,008 · Revenue $353,689

• GARDEN IMPROVEMENTS - THE GARDEN IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE PRESERVATION, ENHANCEMENT, AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF ZILKER BOTANICAL GARDEN THROUGH DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN THE GARDEN GROUNDS AND FACILITIES. THIS INCLUDES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, LANDSCAPE ENHANCEMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, AND CONTRACTED SERVICES THAT IMPROVE THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND SUPPORT HORTICULTURAL CARE. FUNDS MAY ALSO SUPPORT STAFF AND PROGRAMMATIC ROLES DIRECTLY TIED TO GARDEN OPERATIONS, VOLUNTEER COORDINATION, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. THESE EFFORTS ENSURE THE CONTINUED HEALTH, ACCESSIBILITY, AND QUALITY OF THE GARDEN AS A PUBLIC RESOURCE.

  Expenses $104,282 · Revenue $154,041

• OTHER PROGRAMS - ARTS AND CULTURE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION, WELLNESS, GIFT SHOP, MEMORIALS/BRICKS/BENCHES.

  Expenses $131,952 · Revenue $16,989

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $900,019

  Expenses

  $998,929

  Contributions

  $115,019

  Grants paid

  $2,000

• 2023

  Revenue

  $989,595

  Expenses

  $1,098,988

  Contributions

  $289,918

  Grants paid

  $576

• 2022

  Revenue

  $954,104

  Expenses

  $883,011

  Contributions

  $341,397

  Grants paid

  $9,386

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $725,377

  Expenses

  $583,920

  Assets (EOY)

  $568,983

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $560,487

  Expenses

  $394,952

  Assets (EOY)

  $386,457

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $287,722

  Expenses

  $247,337

  Assets (EOY)

  $199,203

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $147,327

  Expenses

  $83,548

  Assets (EOY)

  $149,372

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION

  $75,000

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $12,625

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $10,000

  2022 · ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS

• MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $8,600

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $7,625

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $5,097

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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