HOUSTON BOTANIC GARDEN: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: HOUSTON BOTANIC GARDEN (EIN 04-3695294)
Tax period: 2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Filed: 2019-05-09
IRS object ID: 201931299349301143
Schema version: 2018v3.1
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 J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2019-05-09T08:45:52-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2018-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	760269860	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Blazek & Vetterling	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2900 Weslayan Suite 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	770275132	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	043695294	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Houston Botanic Garden	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	HOUS	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7137159675	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3701 Kirby Drive	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77098	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Claudia Gee Vassar	PersonNm
Person Title	Pres & Gen Counsel	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2019-05-09	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Jody Blazek	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00072674	PTIN
Phone	7134395739	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2019-02-21 02:37:17Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Claudia Gee Vassar	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3701 Kirby Drive 992	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77098	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$6,693,037	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.hbg.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2002	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	The mission of the Houston Botanic Garden is to enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment. 2018 activities included fundraising, design development, renovations to an existing building, and developing programming.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	21	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	21	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	7	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	200	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$14,943,942	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$6,587,972	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$3,058	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$81,115	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	-$23,537	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$26,185	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$14,923,463	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$6,642,902	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$291,191	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$547,331	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$144,000	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$24,000	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$319,109	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$189,674	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$354,072	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$624,865	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$925,403	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$14,298,598	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$5,717,499	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$21,329,814	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$27,421,010	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$271,797	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$645,163	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$21,058,017	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$26,775,847	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$396,940	ExpenseAmt
Desc	The Houston Botanic Garden will enrich people's lives through outstanding displays and programs, serve as a model for sustainability, and inspire all who visit to become environmental stewards as they learn more about plants and the entire natural world. In the fourth largest metropolitan area in the country, our gardens will be places of great beauty providing an oasis for quiet contemplation, learning, inspiration, and research. The Board of Directors worked closely with the landscape design firm on design development for phase one construction and installation of the gardens. The Houston Botanic Garden also hired a Vice President for Development & Marketing and a Vice President for Horticulture.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$396,940	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
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
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
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	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	Yes (true)	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	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
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 With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	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	14	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	7	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
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	21	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	21	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
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Claudia Gee Vassar	PersonNm
Phone	7137159675	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8205 N Bayou Dr	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77017	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (23 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Nancy O'Connor Abendshein
Chairman	8.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Melbern G Glasscock
Vice Chair	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Randall E Meyer
Treasurer	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Nancy S Thomas
Secretary	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Carole Bailey
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Peggy Bailey
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Alberto P Caradenas Jr
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Drucie Chase
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Cathy Fitzpatrick Cleary
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John Eads
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gail Hendryx
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lynne Hudson
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steven J Lindley
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Peter R McStravick Jr
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Annise D Parker
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James A Reeder Jr
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jose A Rocha
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert A Rowland III
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sharyn Aydam Weaver
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
W Temple Webber III
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Emily Tuttle Wilde
Director	8.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Claudia Gee Vassar
Pres & Gen Coun	50.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$210,000	$0	$11,423
Laura A Easton
VP Dev & Marketing	50.00	0.00			$112,500	$0	$10,158	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$322,500	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$21,581	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
West 8 New York Inc
333 Hudson St 905	New York	NY	10013	Design	$1,725,270
Overland Partners Inc
203 E Jones Ave	San Antonio	TX	78215	Design	$168,864
Walter P Moore
1301 McKinney 1199	Houston	TX	77010	Engineering	$284,824

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	3	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$545,330	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$100,000	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$5,942,642	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$1,789	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$6,587,972	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$81,115	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$81,115	ExclusionAmt

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

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

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

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$23,950	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$545,330	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$50,135	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$26,185	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$26,185	ExclusionAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

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

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)
Total Revenue Column	$6,642,902	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$54,930	ExclusionAmt

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	$221,423	TotalAmt
Program Services	$88,569	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$44,285	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$88,569	FundraisingAmt

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	$266,881	TotalAmt
Program Services	$114,669	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$50,161	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$102,051	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,217	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,111	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,352	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,754	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,307	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,545	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,890	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,872	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$31,503	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,006	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,316	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,181	FundraisingAmt

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	$8,975	TotalAmt
Management And General	$8,975	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	$24,000	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$24,000	FundraisingAmt

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	$36,477	TotalAmt
Program Services	$33,480	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$2,997	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$86,797	TotalAmt
Program Services	$68,257	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$18,540	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,556	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,520	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,483	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$16,553	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,322	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,597	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,918	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,807	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$59,208	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,875	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,386	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$19,947	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,700	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,372	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,921	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,407	FundraisingAmt

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	$3,944	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,150	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,509	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,285	FundraisingAmt

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	$11,686	TotalAmt
Program Services	$300	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,386	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Recruiting fees	$55,000	$55,000
Printing & copying	$19,614	$477	$10,836	$8,301
Equipment rental	$15,793	$295	$10,653	$4,845

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

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

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$925,403	TotalAmt
Program Services	$396,940	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$209,354	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$319,109	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,823,860	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,797,126	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,680,522	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,878,556	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,849,900	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

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

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

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

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

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

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

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

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

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

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$5,890,588	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,830,272	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,890,588	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

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

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

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

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

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

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

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

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,329,814	BOYAmt
EOY	$27,421,010	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$271,797	BOYAmt
EOY	$645,163	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$271,797	BOYAmt
EOY	$645,163	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,058,017	BOYAmt
EOY	$25,675,847	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,000,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,100,000	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,058,017	BOYAmt
EOY	$26,775,847	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,329,814	BOYAmt
EOY	$27,421,010	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$5,717,499	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$331	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
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)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$93,953	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6,771,607	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$230,073	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$14,943,942	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,587,972	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$28,627,547	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	$93,953	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6,771,607	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$230,073	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$14,943,942	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,587,972	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$28,627,547	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$12,709,489	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$15,918,058	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,131	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,327	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,297	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,058	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$81,115	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$93,928	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

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

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$28,721,475	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.55420	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.40130	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$5,890,588	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$5,890,588	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$5,890,588	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp

Organization Business Name OrganizationBusinessName

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

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	55 Waugh Drive Suite 601	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77007	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activity	Capital campaign	ActivityTxt
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	false	FundraiserControlOfFundsInd
Retained By Contractor	$24,000	RetainedByContractorAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Retained By Contractors	$24,000	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Licensed States	TX	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Botannical Beginnings	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$569,280	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$545,330	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$23,950	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$44,922	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$5,213	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$569,280	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$545,330	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$23,950	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$44,922	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$5,213	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$50,135	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$26,185	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd
Rebuttable Presumption Proc	false	RebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Claudia Gee Vassar	PersonNm
Title	Pres & Gen Coun	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$210,000	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$6,300	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$5,123	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$221,423	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	The completed Form 990 is initially reviewed by the Treasurer and President. It is then submitted to the Finance Committee to review, discuss, and approve. The 990 is then presented to the entire Board and all members are invited to review and comment. The Board or the Executive Committee then reviews, discusses any comments, and approves the 990 for signature and filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	Each Board Member is provided a copy of the organization's conflict of interest policy annually. The policy requires each Board Member to disclose any potential conflicts. Should one exist, the chairman of the board shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	The salary of the President was reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors after researching comparable positions in non-profit organizations and recognizing the unique aspect of this particular position.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	Upon request.