LONGVIEW ARBORETUM AND NATURE CENTER

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C41

Classification

1200

Street

706 W COTTON 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

• 2022 WAS A YEAR OF MAJOR CLEANUP AND RENOVATIONS FOR SEVERAL AREAS OF THE ARBORETUM. THE KOMATSU GARDENS RENOVATIONS INCLUDED A NEW ROOF, DRAINAGE WORK, PLANTINGS,IRRIGATION AND BAMBOO FENCING. THE SENSORY GARDEN RECEIVED A NEW STONE CONE, PLANTERS, WALKING PATHS AND WHICWAY SIGNS. THE OVERALL PROPERTY CLEANUP AND RENOVATIONS INCLUDED A NEW PRIVACY FENCE AROUND THE MAINTENANCE YARD; THE REMOVAL OF DEAD AND HAZARDOUS TREES; PLANTING OF SPRING, SUMMER, FALL AND WINTER PLANTS; INSTALLATION OF SEVERAL MEMORIAL BENCHES; REPOSITIONING OF TRASH RECEPTACLES; MAINTENANCE ON BOULDERS ALONG RIVULET; REWORKING OF DRAINAGE CULVERT ADJACENT TO WALKING PATHS FOR SAFETY REASONS; CLEARING OF BRUSH AND TREES FOR WEST SERVICE ROAD; IRRIGATION REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE GARDENS; INSTALLATION OF CULVERT ON SOUTH END OF MAINTENANCE YARD; AND PLANTED TWENTY THREE 14FT TALL OAK TREES IN AN ALLEE IN GREAT LAWN. THE CONCERT SERIES AND GARDEN PARTY FUNCTIONED AS BOTH A FUNDRAISER AND PROVIDED ATTENDEES THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE GARDENS. RENOVATION ON THE EVENT CENTER HAS BEGUN AND INCLUDED MAJOR ELECTRICAL UPGRADES FOR EVENTS AS WELL AS A NEW ROOF WITH INSULATION AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM.

• THE ARBORETUM WAS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THROUGH THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE ARBORETUM WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TO VISITORS REGARDING THE PLANTS AND STRUCTURE OF THE GARDENS. DURING YEAR 2022 THE ARBORETUM CONTINUED USING THE NEWLY FURNISHED CHILDREN'S ROOM FOR CLASSES AND EXPLANATIONS TO SCHOOLS AND CHILREN'S GROUPS ABOUT THE PLANTS AND ECOSYSTEMS OF THE AREA. THEY ALSO SPONSORED SUMMER CLASSES FOR CHILDREN'S GROUPS AND HOSTED PLANT SEMINARS FOR CHILDREN INTERESTED IN GARDENING.

  Expenses $617,969 · Grants $12,500

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.

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

  $670,705

  Expenses

  $695,470

  Contributions

  $481,303

  Grants paid

  $12,500

• 2023

  Revenue

  $849,218

  Expenses

  $648,683

  Contributions

  $668,899

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $994,684

  Expenses

  $584,968

  Contributions

  $823,827

  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

  $1,091,337

  Expenses

  $554,416

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,683,363

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $554,139

  Expenses

  $405,034

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,331,384

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $831,504

  Expenses

  $90,185

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,181,104

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $519,459

  Expenses

  $55,796

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,043,551

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $746,720

  Expenses

  $29,155

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,608,654

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $237,885

  Expenses

  $7,203

  Assets (EOY)

  $314,843

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

Show names as filed Robert L MetzlerROBERT L METZLER

Mailing address

225 Waters Edge DrLongview TX 756057787

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 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

• TEXAS ONCOLOGY

  $12,500

  2024

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $252,333

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL

• GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $200,000

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL

• EASTMAN CREDIT UNION

  $27,500

  2023 · EVENT SPONSORSHIPS

• EAST TEXAS COMMUNTIES FOUNDATION INC

  $12,500

  2024 · Environmental

• EAST TEXAS COMMUNTIES FOUNDATION INC

  $6,604

  2023 · Environmental

• EAST TEXAS COMMUNTIES FOUNDATION INC

  $6,337

  2022 · Environmental

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