BAYOU BEND GARDENS ENDOWMENT: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: BAYOU BEND GARDENS ENDOWMENT (EIN 74-6077170)
Tax period: 2023-07-01 to 2024-06-30
Filed: 2024-11-15
IRS object ID: 202403209349305770
Schema version: 2023v5.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-11-15T08:54:51-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BDO USA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2929 Allen Parkway 20th Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	770197100	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	746077170	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Bayou Bend Gardens Endowment	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% J WALKER CAIN II	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	BAYO	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7136216685	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 6826	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	772656826	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Walker Cain II	PersonNm
Person Title	Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7136510181	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-11-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
PTIN	P00004191	PTIN
Phone	7139601706	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2024-10-15 13:58:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Walker Cain II	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 6826	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	772656826	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$779,462	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Trust	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationTrustInd
Formation	1966	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	MAINTENCANCE AND PRESERVATION OF THE GARDENS AT BAYOU BEND	ActivityOrMissionDesc
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Voting Members Independent	12	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
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Total Volunteers	20	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
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CY Contributions Grants	$75,110	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
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CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
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CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
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CY Total Revenue	$618,064	CYTotalRevenueAmt
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CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
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CY Total Expenses	$226,264	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$109,364	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$391,800	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
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Total Assets EOY	$13,564,083	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$13,172,283	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
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Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$216,899	ExpenseAmt
Desc	FUNDS ARE USED FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION OF THE GARDENS AT BAYOU BEND.	Desc
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Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
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Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
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School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
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Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
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Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
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PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
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Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
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Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
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Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

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Person	J WALKER CAIN II	PersonNm
Phone	7136510181	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4605 POST OAK PLACE SUITE 150	AddressLine1Txt
City	HOUSTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77027	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (19 entries)

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Emily Wynne Bolin
Chairman/Trustee	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
J Walker Cain II
Treasurer/Trustee	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Tammy Linbeck Casey
Trustee	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Daniel Kurt Ackermann
Director/Trustee	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Terri Authement Havens
Trustee	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Diana Mayor Hawkins
Trustee	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Hope Williams Lum
Trustee	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kay Ridley Rice
Trustee	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Susan Arnold Martin
Trustee	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Elizabeth Liz Winfield Rigney
Trustee	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Louis Halberstadt Symmes
Co-Chairman/Trustee	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mr AL Ballard Les
Trustee Emeritus	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mr James A Reichert
Trustee Emeritus	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Vaughan Huge Clark
Trustee Ex-Offico	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Madeleine Topper Sheehy
Trustee Ex-Officio	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kristine Kris Dubiel Maclay
Trustee Ex-Officio	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Julia Gregg DeWalch
Trustee Ex-Officio	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Krissi Horne Reid
Trustee Ex-Officio	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Meredith F Cooke
Trustee Ex-Officio	0.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

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Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	NONE	PersonNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contractor Address		ContractorAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$75,110	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$75,110	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$306,317	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$306,317	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$149,994	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$248,041	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$161,398	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$11,404	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$248,041	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$236,637	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$236,637	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$0	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

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Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$0	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Related Or Exempt Func Income	$542,954	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,681	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,681	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
FACILITY MAINTENANCE	$146,899	$146,899	$0
CURATOR FEES	$70,000	$70,000	$0
PRINTING/ANNUAL REPORT	$6,545		$0	$6,545
TAXES	$103		$0	$103

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Total	$36	TotalAmt
Management And General	$36	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

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Total	$226,264	TotalAmt
Program Services	$216,899	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,365	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$124,705	BOYAmt
EOY	$49,900	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

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BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

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BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

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EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

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EOY	$0	EOYAmt

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BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

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BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

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BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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EOY	$13,514,183	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

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EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

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EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

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EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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EOY	$13,564,083	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

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EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

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EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

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EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,633,829	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,025,629	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,538,454	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,538,454	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,172,283	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,564,083	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,172,283	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,564,083	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$391,800	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Supporting Organization509a3	Yes (X)	SupportingOrganization509a3Ind
Supporting Org Type3 Func Int	Yes (X)	SupportingOrgType3FuncIntInd
Supported Organizations	2	SupportedOrganizationsCnt

Supported Org Information SupportedOrgInformationGrp (2 entries)

EINEIN	Organization TypeOrganizationTypeCd	Governing Document ListedGoverningDocumentListedInd	SupportSupportAmt	Other SupportOtherSupportAmt
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
741109655	9	Yes (true)	$0	$0
RIVER OAKS GARDEN CLUB
741145998	9	Yes (true)	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Supported Organizations Total	2	SupportedOrganizationsTotalCnt

Form990 Sch A Supporting Org Form990SchASupportingOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Listed By Name Governing Doc	Yes (true)	ListedByNameGoverningDocInd
Suprt Org No IRS Determination	false	SuprtOrgNoIRSDeterminationInd
Supported Org Section C456	false	SupportedOrgSectionC456Ind
Supported Org Not Organized US	false	SupportedOrgNotOrganizedUSInd
Organization Change Suprt Org	false	OrganizationChangeSuprtOrgInd
Support Non Supported Org	false	SupportNonSupportedOrgInd
Payment Substantial Contribtr	false	PaymentSubstantialContribtrInd
Loan Disqualified Person	false	LoanDisqualifiedPersonInd
Controlled Disqualified Prsn	false	ControlledDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Disqualified Prsn Controll Int	false	DisqualifiedPrsnControllIntInd
Disqualified Prsn Ownr Int	false	DisqualifiedPrsnOwnrIntInd
Excess Business Holdings Rules	false	ExcessBusinessHoldingsRulesInd
Contribution Controller	false	ContributionControllerInd
Contribution Family	false	ContributionFamilyInd
Contribution35 Controlled	false	Contribution35ControlledInd

Form990 Sch A Type3 Sprt Org All Form990SchAType3SprtOrgAllGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timely Provided Documents	false	TimelyProvidedDocumentsInd
Officers Close Relationship	Yes (true)	OfficersCloseRelationshipInd
Supported Org Voice Investment	false	SupportedOrgVoiceInvestmentInd

Form990 Sch A Type3 Func Int Form990SchAType3FuncIntGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Test	Yes (X)	ActivitiesTestInd
Activities Further Exempt Prps	Yes (true)	ActivitiesFurtherExemptPrpsInd
Activities Engaged Org Invlmnt	Yes (true)	ActivitiesEngagedOrgInvlmntInd

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART IV, SECTION E, QUESTION 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	BAYOU BEND GARDENS ENDOWMENT WAS CREATED MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO TO CREATE AND GROW AN ENDOWMENT TO FUND MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION OF THE GARDENS AND GROUNDS OF BAYOU BEND GARDENDS (A FACILITY OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON) AND RIVER OAKS GARDEN CLUB IN ORDER THAT THEIR SEPARATELY RAISED CONTRIBUTIONS COULD BE USED TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THOSE ORGANIZTIONS AND NOT BE DEPLETED FOR SIGNIFICANT UNKEEP EXPENSES OF THEIR FACILITIES.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	FORM 990 IS REVIEWED AND SIGNED BY AN OFFICER OF THE ORGANIZATION AFTER BENG PREPARED BY AN OUTSIDE CPA.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE YEAR UPON REQUEST.