STRATEGY STUDIO / PUBLIC DATA EXPLORER

DISCOVERY GREEN CONSERVANCY: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization
DISCOVERY GREEN CONSERVANCY (EIN 20-1951465)
Tax period
2014-07-01 to 2015-06-30
Filed
2016-02-12
IRS object ID
201640439349302514
Schema version
2014v6.0
Source
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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$1,842,672CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$3,708,829CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,419,550CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,492,747CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,690,126CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$15,153,924TotalAmt

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$1,842,672CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$3,708,829CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,419,550CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,492,747CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,690,126CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$15,153,924TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$1,762,274SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$13,391,650PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$38CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$143CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total$184TotalAmt

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$15,154,108TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$8,424,891GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.88370PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.92720PublicSupportPY170Pct
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$35,495,636OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$5,194,405DepreciationAmt
Book Value$30,301,231BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$1,485,978OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$737,092DepreciationAmt
Book Value$748,886BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$938,445OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$415,476DepreciationAmt
Book Value$522,969BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$31,573,086TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

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$5,887,857TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$1,345,350DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported$1,345,350RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$4,542,507RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$4,542,507TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$7,131,163TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$1,345,350DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported$1,345,350ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$5,785,813ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$5,785,813TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

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 FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsIndRetained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt
Julie Bergen
12462BarryknollHouTX77024Fundraisingfalse$46,250
(no name)
false
(no name)
false
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Retained By Contractors$46,250TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Licensed StatesTXLicensedStatesCd

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Written Employment ContractYes (X)WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentYes (true)SeverancePaymentInd
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

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonBarry MandelPersonNm
TitlePresidentTitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org$187,607BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org$1,378OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org$11,400DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org$6,734NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$207,119TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

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.