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BAYOU CITY WATERKEEPER INC

EIN 26-0187498 HOUSTON, TX

Revenue 2024
$721,185
Expenses 2024
$1,287,349

Program services were 80.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C30
Classification
1000
Street
4900 TRAVIS ST

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

Mission

BAYOU CITY WATERKEEPER PROTECTS THE WATERS AND PEOPLE OF THE HOUSTON REGION THROUGHBOLD LEGAL ACTION, COMMUNITY SCIENCE, AND CREATIVE, GRASSROOTS POLICY TO FURTHER JUSTICE, HEALTH,AND SAFETY FOR OUR REGION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BAYOU CITY WATERKEEPER PROTECTS THE WATERS AND PEOPLE OF THE HOUSTON REGION THROUGH BOLD LEGAL ACTION, COMMUNITY SCIENCE, AND CREATIVE, GRASSROOTS POLICY TO FURTHER JUSTICE, HEALTH, AND SAFETY FOR OUR REGION.

  • ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDING PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AND COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT CLEAN WATER, WETLANDS PROTECTIONS, INDUSTRIAL RISKS, AND HEALTH.

    Expenses $340,091

  • WATER POLLUTION ADVOCACY: RELATIONS WITH THE MEDIA, PRESS RELEASES, LETTERS AND OPINION PIECES FOR PUBLICATION. PARTICIPATING IN HEARINGS AND COMMENTING ON REGULATIONS. RELATIONS AND MEETINGS WITH OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS (E.G. INDUSTRY GROUPS, OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND LOCAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES).

    Expenses $309,173

  • WATER QUALITY RESEARCH: GATHER AND ANALYZE SCIENTIFIC, LEGAL OR REGULATORY INFORMATION, PREPARE COMMENTS, WRITE AND PUBLISH REPORTS RELATED TO WATER QUALITY ISSUES.

    Expenses $381,313

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

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.

  • Vanessa Toro Barragan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katy Butterwick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lindsay Dofelmier

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leah Chambers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tanweer Kaleemullah

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jolea Payne

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hugo Colon

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Powers

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Libby Viera-Bland

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ayanna Jolivet McCloud

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $130,862
    From this org
    $122,999
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,863
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kristen Schlemmer

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $115,612
    From this org
    $112,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,112
    Hours/week
    40

  • Minh Nguyen

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $87,000
    From this org
    $87,000
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $721,185
    Expenses
    $1,287,349
    Contributions
    $699,531
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,096,255
    Expenses
    $826,426
    Contributions
    $1,064,330
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $983,366
    Expenses
    $483,496
    Contributions
    $965,471
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $339,481
    Expenses
    $371,888
    Assets (EOY)
    $509,512

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $252,070
    Expenses
    $295,029
    Assets (EOY)
    $579,619

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $228,033
    Expenses
    $279,591
    Assets (EOY)
    $288,351

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $253,060
    Expenses
    $242,836
    Assets (EOY)
    $355,563

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2015

Tax period
1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015
Principal officer
John Jacob
Mailing address
PO Box 71Seabrook TX 77586
Website
http://www.galvestonbaykeeper.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.