STRATEGY STUDIO / PUBLIC DATA EXPLORER

DISCOVERY GREEN CONSERVANCY: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization
DISCOVERY GREEN CONSERVANCY (EIN 20-1951465)
Tax period
2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed
2018-05-02
IRS object ID
201821229349300812
Schema version
2016v3.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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Activity Or MissionDiscovery Green Conservancys vision is to create a vital, active urban space at the heart of our community through creative placemaking. The park offers more than 600 events each year, most of which are presented free to the public.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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DescDiscovery Green Conservancy operates a public park, open year-round at no charge to residents and visitors of the Greater Houston area. The park includes open areas for events, picnics, and sports, a playground and an interactive water feature for children, a lake, a putting green, various gardens, a jogging path, dog runs, a branch of the Houston Public Library, two restaurants, performance areas and both temporary and permanent installations of art. The park hosts a variety of activities such as yoga, dance and fitness classes and performing arts events, as well as special events such as an ice rink in winter.Desc

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$39,234,729BOYAmt
EOY$38,363,384EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$619,227BOYAmt
EOY$516,253EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$39,853,956BOYAmt
EOY$38,879,637EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$40,201,319BOYAmt
EOY$40,300,917EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss-$974,319ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$3,419,550CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$3,492,747CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,690,126CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,173,699CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,338,385CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$15,114,507TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$3,419,550CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$3,492,747CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,690,126CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,173,699CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,338,385CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$15,114,507TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$1,794,776SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$13,319,731PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$2CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$4CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total$7TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$15,114,514TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$11,955,813GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.88130PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.87750PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Art Public Exhibition Amounts ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Assets Included$6,956,876AssetsIncludedAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub ExhibitionYes (X)CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Collection Used PreservationYes (X)CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Solicited Assets SalefalseSolicitedAssetsSaleInd

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$35,787,313OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$6,724,089DepreciationAmt
Book Value$29,063,224BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$2,052,461OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$959,896DepreciationAmt
Book Value$1,092,565BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$630,354OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$431,491DepreciationAmt
Book Value$198,863BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$30,354,652TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescWorks of ArtDesc
Book Value$6,956,876BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets$6,956,876TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$7,249,957TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$861,913DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported$861,913RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$6,388,044RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$6,388,044TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$8,224,276TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$861,913DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported$861,913ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$7,362,363ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$7,362,363TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart III, Line 4: Description of organization's collections and how it furthers its purpose.FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationOne of the most important goals of Discovery Green was to incorporate art throughout the park. Included are the Monument Au Fantome by Jean Dubuffet, components of Synchronicity of Color by Margo Sawyer, Sculptor Doug Hollis Listening Vessels and the Mist Tree, and Andy Mann's Video Tree.ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Mail SolicitationsYes (X)MailSolicitationsInd
Email SolicitationsYes (X)EmailSolicitationsInd
In Person SolicitationsYes (X)InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt GrantsYes (X)SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt GrantsYes (X)SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising EventsYes (X)SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyYes (true)AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdActivityActivityTxtFundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsIndGross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmtRetained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmtNet To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
Julie Bergen
11702 Spriggs WayHoustonTX77024Fund raisingfalse$168,513$25,000$143,513
(no name)
false
(no name)
false
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts$168,513TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors$25,000TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization$143,513TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed StatesTXLicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1FOGEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$169,513GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$153,021CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$16,492GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$4,048FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1$16,661EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$3,358OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$169,513GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$153,021CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$16,492GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$4,048FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events$16,661EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$3,358OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$24,067DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$7,575NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Written Employment ContractYes (X)WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd
Rebuttable Presumption ProcfalseRebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Barry Mandel
President$207,540$1,431$12,608$7,564$229,143
Susanne Theis
Programming Dir$117,817$1,431$8,112$14,521$150,035$8,154

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessThe 990 is reviewed by the finance and audit committee prior to providing a copy to the board and filing with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsA conflict of interest survey is completed and submitted by directors annually.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementIn 2013, the board of directors conducted a study to determine compensation paid by similar organizations for similar positions and developed a compensation plan for the President from that study. Contemporaneous substantiation of the decision was documented and a written contract between the organization and the President is maintained. No changes have been made to the original compensation determination.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableMade available upon request.