AUSTIN EXPLORE INC: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization: AUSTIN EXPLORE INC (EIN 20-5496495)
Tax period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed: 2025-04-29
IRS object ID: 202511199349302071
Schema version: 2024v5.1
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 B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-04-29T12:06:57-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	462979080	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Allman & Associates Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	9600 Great Hills Trail Suite 150W	AddressLine1Txt
City	Austin	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78759	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	205496495	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AUSTIN EXPLORE INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	AUST	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5123208899	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1211 W 6TH ST STE 600 PMB 184	AddressLine1Txt
City	AUSTIN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78703	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CAROLINE PHILLIPS	PersonNm
Person Title	BOARD CHAIR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5123208899	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-04-29	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)
Preparer Person	Peter L Allman CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00648533	PTIN
Phone	5125023077	PhoneNum
Preparation	2025-04-29	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	EXPLORE AUSTIN	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	KATHLEEN SCHNEEMAN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1211 W 6TH ST STE 600 PMB 184	AddressLine1Txt
City	AUSTIN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78703	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$2,344,857	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.EXPLOREAUSTIN.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2006	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	EXPLORE AUSTIN EMPOWERS YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL THROUGH MENTORING, LEADERSHIP, AND OUTDOOR ADVENTURE.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	16	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	16	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	59	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	150	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,459,086	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$2,243,188	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$38,052	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$23,070	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	-$20,660	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$58,715	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,476,478	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$2,207,543	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,104,078	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,190,808	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$270,517	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$675,940	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$816,280	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,780,018	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,007,088	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$303,540	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$200,455	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,288,822	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$3,073,288	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$112,155	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$696,166	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,176,667	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,377,122	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	EXPLORE AUSTIN EMPOWERS YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL THROUGH MENTORING, LEADERSHIP, AND OUTDOOR ADVENTURE.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,601,642	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	EXPLORE AUSTIN ACCEPTS 6TH GRADE BOYS AND GIRLS, AND MAKES A SIX-YEAR COMMITMENT TO HELP THEM DEVELOP THE SKILLS, TOOLS, AND HABITS THEY WILL NEED TO BECOME EFFECTIVE LEADERS. THROUGH A COMBINATION OF MENTORING AND OUTDOOR ADVENTURES, EXPLORE AUSTIN HAS CREATED A SIX-YEAR CURRICULUM AROUND ITS ACES FRAMEWORK. OUR CURRICULUM IS BUILT UPON THE IDEA THAT BY TAKING ITS COMMITTED EXPLORES, PLACING THEM IN A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT, AND GIVING THEM PROBLEM-SOLVING TASKS AND CHALLENGES, EXPLORERS WILL DEVELOP THE CHARACTER TRAITS NECESSARY TO BE EFFECTIVE LEADERS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,601,642	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	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	Yes (true)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	9	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	59	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
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
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	16	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	16	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
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	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	LAUREN PRICE	PersonNm
Phone	5123208899	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1211 W 6TH ST STE 600 PMB 184	AddressLine1Txt
City	AUSTIN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78703	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (18 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
CAROLINE NEWMAN PHILLIPS
BOARD CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BRYAN DAIGLE
VICE CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SCOTT PHILLIPS
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ALEX CASTILLO
SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LAURA DETKE
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SIMMS BROWNING
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBERT MALINA
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DRURY MORRIS
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WAYLAND LUM
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
OLATUNDE GBOLAHAN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DANIEL PERRY
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RODOLFO GALVAN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LENAR CANTU
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRAD GARNER
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WENDY PAPASAN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SUJAY REGMI
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KATHLEEN SCHNEEMAN
CEO	40.00		Yes (X)	$119,882	$0	$15,596
LAUREN ZURBRUGG
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER	40.00			$126,667	$0	$300	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$246,549	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$15,896	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Fundraising	$469,034	FundraisingAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,774,154	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$59,435	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$2,243,188	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$23,070	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$23,070	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$67,696	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$469,034	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$137,314	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$69,618	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	-$69,618	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER INCOME	Desc
Business	900999	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$10,903	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$10,903	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$10,903	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,207,543	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	-$35,645	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$135,478	TotalAmt
Program Services	$113,016	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,616	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$16,846	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$909,164	TotalAmt
Program Services	$762,470	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$36,674	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$110,020	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,535	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,628	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$477	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,430	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$61,282	TotalAmt
Program Services	$49,026	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,064	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,192	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$75,349	TotalAmt
Program Services	$63,192	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,039	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,118	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,060	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,943	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,540	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,577	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$155,107	TotalAmt
Program Services	$64,114	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18,680	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$72,313	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,345	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,118	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$23,227	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$111,487	TotalAmt
Program Services	$44,823	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$60,341	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,323	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,373	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,298	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$269	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$806	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$130,397	TotalAmt
Program Services	$116,667	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,432	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$10,298	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,441	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,168	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$42	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,231	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$281,728	TotalAmt
Program Services	$280,483	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$713	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$532	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$41,255	TotalAmt
Program Services	$41,255	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$52,087	TotalAmt
Program Services	$48,441	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,042	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,604	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,007,088	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,601,642	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$134,929	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$270,517	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,021,744	BOYAmt
EOY	$379,588	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$346,367	BOYAmt
EOY	$835,027	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$62,493	BOYAmt
EOY	$78,887	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,625,539	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$201,582	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$138,656	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,423,957	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$663,154	BOYAmt
EOY	$284,633	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$56,408	BOYAmt
EOY	$71,196	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,288,822	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,073,288	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$58,516	BOYAmt
EOY	$53,702	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,650	BOYAmt
EOY	$35,595	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$540,000	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$39,989	BOYAmt
EOY	$66,869	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$112,155	BOYAmt
EOY	$696,166	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	$1,815,123	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,485,639	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$361,544	BOYAmt
EOY	$891,483	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,176,667	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,377,122	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,288,822	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,073,288	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$200,455	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind
Other Support Sum	$0	OtherSupportSumAmt

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,238,478	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,627,009	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,885,752	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,459,086	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,243,188	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,453,513	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

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

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

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

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,238,478	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,627,009	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,885,752	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,459,086	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,243,188	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,453,513	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$621,553	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$7,831,960	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,410	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$608	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,358	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$38,052	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$23,070	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$69,498	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

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

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,157	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,744	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,308	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,056	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$10,903	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$25,168	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$8,548,179	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.91620	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.86410	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind
Public Support Total509	$0	PublicSupportTotal509Amt
Public Support CY509	0	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Pt II Ln 10	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: MISCELLANEOUS 2021: 1260. 2022: 1441. 2023: 610. 2024: 521. Description: REWARDS 2020: 4157. 2021: 1484. 2022: 2867. 2023: 2446. 2024: 2703. Description: INSURANCE PAYOUT 2024: 7679.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$30,365	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
End Year Balance	$30,365	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$30,365	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
End Year Balance	$30,365	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$30,365	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
End Year Balance	$30,365	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$30,365	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
End Year Balance	$30,365	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$41,084	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Administrative Expenses	$10,719	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$30,365	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	1.00000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.00000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.00000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$0	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,120,978	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$1,120,978	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$504,561	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$201,582	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$302,979	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$1,423,957	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
SECURITY DEPOSIT	$4,592
OPERATING LEASE RIGHT-OF-USE ASSET	$66,604

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$71,196	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY	Desc
Amt	$66,869	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$66,869	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,274,759	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Revenue	$67,216	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$67,216	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$2,207,543	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$2,207,543	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,074,304	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$67,216	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$67,216	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,007,088	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,007,088	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt V, Line 4	DURING 2016, EXPLORE AUSTIN CREATED A QUASI ENDOWED FUND (THE FUND) WITH AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WITH A CONTRIBUTION OF $200,000. THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND IS TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT FOR EXPLORE AUSTIN. FUNDS MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME WITH NO RESTRICTION.
Pt X, Line 2	THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TAX POSITIONS OF EXPLORE AUSTIN ARE ITS ASSERTION THAT IT IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES AND ITS DETERMINATION OF WHETHER ANY AMOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAX (UBIT). EXPLORE AUSTIN HAS DETERMINED THAY HAVE NO UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024. ALL SIGNIFICANT TAX POSITIONS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BY MANAGMENT AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT ALL TAX POSITIONS WOULD BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES.
Pt XI, Line 2d	FUNDRAISING EVENT EXPENSES.
Pt XII, Line 2d	FUNDRAISING EVENT EXPENSES.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	QUEST FOR THE SUMMITT	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$536,730	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$469,034	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$67,696	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1	$6,605	NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$90,797	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$938	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$10,325	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$28,649	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$536,730	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$469,034	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$67,696	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$6,605	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$90,797	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$938	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$10,325	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$28,649	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$137,314	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$69,618	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (2 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)	AUCTION ITEMS	1	$35,435	FMV
Yes (X)	TRANSPORTATION	1	$24,000	FMV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt VI, Line 11b	THE RETURN IS REVIEWED BY THE CEO AND TREASURER WITH THE PREPARING CPA. AFTER REVIEW, THE RETURN IS PROVIDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS.
Pt VI, Line 12c	THE ORGANIZATION DISCUSSES THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ANNUALLY WITH ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOWS UP IMMEDIATELY IF ANY ISSUES ARISE.
Pt VI, Line 15a	THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, MADE UP OF BOARD MEMBERS, REVIEWS SIMILAR NONPROFITS FORMS 990 FOR SALARIES AND CONSULTS WITH MISSION CAPITAL REGARDING SALARY SURVEYS.
Pt VI, Line 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. COPIES OF THE FORM 990 MAY BE FOUND ON THE ORGANIZATIONS WEBSITE.