NATIVE PRAIRIES ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization: NATIVE PRAIRIES ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS (EIN 75-2146108)
Tax period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed: 2025-11-17
IRS object ID: 202503219349302120
Schema version: 2024v5.2
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	2025-11-17T07:59:04-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	741130599	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PATTILLO BROWN & HILL LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2209 BIRDCREEK TERRACE	AddressLine1Txt
City	TEMPLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	76502	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	752146108	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE NATIVE PRAIRIES ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	NATI	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5123922288	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O BOX 1101	AddressLine1Txt
City	MANCHACA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78652	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DOUGLAS NEAVES	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5123922288	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-11-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	0	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MELANIE MCCARTHY CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00699498	PTIN
Phone	2547913460	PhoneNum

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)
Principal Officer	DOUGLAS NEAVES	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O BOX 1101	AddressLine1Txt
City	MANCHACA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78652	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$3,444,165	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.TEXASPRAIRIE.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Assoc	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationAssocInd
Formation	1986	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE NATIVE PRAIRIES ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS (NPAT) IS A NONPROFIT MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION AND AN ACCREDITED LAND TRUST. OUR MISSION IS DEDICATED TO THE CONSERVATION, RESTORATION AND APPRECIATION OF NATIVE PRAIRIES, SAVANNAS AND OTHER GRASSLANDS IN TEXAS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	11	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	11	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	7	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	6	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$4,493,599	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$2,969,136	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$10,489	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$10,129	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$55,227	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$75,164	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$74,586	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$2,115	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$4,633,901	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$3,056,544	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$312,512	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$401,372	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$191,580	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$782,980	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,795,374	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,095,492	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,196,746	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$3,538,409	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$859,798	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$11,363,065	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$12,300,331	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$40,070	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$8,456	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$11,322,995	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$12,291,875	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	THE NATIVE PRAIRIES ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS (NPAT) IS A NONPROFIT MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION AND AN ACCREDITED LAND TRUST. OUR MISSION IS DEDICATED TO THE CONSERVATION, RESTORATION, AND APPRECIATION OF NATIVE PRAIRIES, SAVANNAS, AND OTHER GRASSLANDS IN TEXAS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,848,777	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$6,417	RevenueAmt
Desc	LAND CONSERVATION, GENERAL/OTHER: DISCOVERY, ACQUISITION, MANAGEMENT, RESTORATION, AND EDUCATIONAL USE OF PRAIRIE REMNANTS, BOTH VIA CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND OWNERSHIP, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. NPAT OWNS ELEVEN FEE SIMPLE PRAIRIE REMNANTS TOTALING 2,390 ACRES AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON 20 PRAIRIE REMNANTS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$80,957	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$10,129	RevenueAmt
Desc	ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, GENERAL/OTHER: EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, WITH RESPECT TO THE NATIVE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE PRAIRIES AND GRASSLANDS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, ABOUT THE AESTHETIC, SPIRITUAL, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC VALUES OF OUR PRAIRIES AND GRASSLANDS AND PUBLISHED AN EDUCATIONAL NEWSLETTER AND WEBSITE.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,929,734	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	Yes (1)	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (1)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	10	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	7	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	11	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	11	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	Yes (1)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (1)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	AMBER ARSENEAUX	PersonNm
Phone	5123922288	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	301 WEST FM 1626	AddressLine1Txt
City	MANCHACA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78652	ZIPCd

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
ERIN HATCHETT
PRESIDENT	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PAT MERKORD
SECRETARY	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DOUGLAS NEAVES
TREASURER	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LAN SHEN
PRESIDENT ELECT	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JASON SINGHURST
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JO ANN COLLINS
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TIM SIEGMUND
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WALLACE WARD III
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SEAN FITZGERALD
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WILL NEWMAN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RACHEL ROMMEL
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$13,642	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$88,233	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$36,818	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$2,830,443	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$2,059,380	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$2,969,136	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
WORKSHOP/FIELD TRIPS	611710	$9,039	$9,039
CONFERENCE INCOME	611710	$1,090	$1,090

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$10,129	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$63,692	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$63,692	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$365,452	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$353,980	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$11,472	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$11,472	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$11,472	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$20,431	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$88,233	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$33,641	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$13,210	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$13,210	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$4,041	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,041	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$4,041	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$4,867	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,867	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$4,867	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MINERAL RIGHTS INCOME	Desc
Business	211100	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$6,417	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$6,417	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$6,417	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,056,544	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$16,546	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$70,862	ExclusionAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$360,713	TotalAmt
Program Services	$189,175	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$37,814	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$133,724	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,887	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,260	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$649	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,978	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,772	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,650	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,892	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$10,230	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,650	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,550	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,275	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,825	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,750	TotalAmt
Program Services	$22,050	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,675	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,025	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,101	TotalAmt
Management And General	$17,101	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,535	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,495	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,792	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,248	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$553	TotalAmt
Program Services	$472	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$61	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,244	TotalAmt
Program Services	$662	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$251	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$331	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$251	TotalAmt
Program Services	$138	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$43	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$70	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$585	TotalAmt
Program Services	$516	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$27	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$42	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$28,201	TotalAmt
Program Services	$28,201	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,955	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,373	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$896	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,686	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
PROPERTY ACQUISITION	$1,464,776	$1,464,776
CONSERVATION PROGRAM	$109,935	$109,935
EMPLOYEE EXPENSES	$34,530	$19,642	$3,924	$10,964
CHAPTER EXPENSES	$23,820	$23,820

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$39,488	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,019	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,073	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$15,396	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,196,746	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,929,734	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$75,432	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$191,580	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$518,208	BOYAmt
EOY	$336,351	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$834,947	BOYAmt
EOY	$801,858	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$9,668,140	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$115,208	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,961,753	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,552,932	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,048,034	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,609,067	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$123	BOYAmt
EOY	$123	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,363,065	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,300,331	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$40,070	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,456	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$40,070	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,456	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	$1,682,785	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,150,359	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,640,210	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,141,516	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,322,995	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,291,875	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,363,065	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,300,331	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$859,798	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$109,082	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	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	0	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$303,289	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,050,103	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$883,333	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,493,599	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,969,136	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$9,699,460	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$303,289	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,050,103	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$883,333	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,493,599	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,969,136	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$9,699,460	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

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

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

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

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$9,699,460	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$17,657	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$24,386	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$27,312	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$38,951	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$63,692	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$171,998	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$17,657	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$24,386	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$27,312	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$38,951	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$63,692	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$171,998	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$320,946	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,074,489	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$910,645	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,532,550	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,032,828	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$9,871,458	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.98260	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.98220	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.01740	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.01780	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Protection Natural Habitat	Yes (X)	ProtectionNaturalHabitatInd
Preservation Open Space	Yes (X)	PreservationOpenSpaceInd
Historic Land Area	Yes (X)	HistoricLandAreaInd
Total Easements	20	TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage	4182.00	TotalAcreageCnt
States Easements Held	1	StatesEasementsHeldCnt
Written Policy Monitoring	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyMonitoringInd
Staff Hours Spent Enforcement	150.00	StaffHoursSpentEnforcementCnt
Expenses Incurred Enforcement	$109,935	ExpensesIncurredEnforcementAmt
Section170h Rqr Stsfd	Yes (1)	Section170hRqrStsfdInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$714,750	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$64,821	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$30,638	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$810,209	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$139,218	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$560,466	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$15,066	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$714,750	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$137,043	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,708	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$467	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$139,218	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.31700	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.68300	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (1)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$9,264,532	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$9,264,532	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$293,291	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$57,484	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$235,807	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$110,317	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$57,724	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$52,593	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$9,552,932	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,143,488	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$109,082	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	-$38,678	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$70,404	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$3,073,084	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$17,101	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	-$33,641	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	-$16,540	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$3,056,544	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,174,608	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	-$5,037	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	-$5,037	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,179,645	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$17,101	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$17,101	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,196,746	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART II, LINE 9:	NPAT HOLDS BOTH LAND IN FEE SIMPLE AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON LAND THAT IS NOT OWNED BY NPAT. BECAUSE THE VALUE OF THE EASEMENTS IS IMPRACTICAL TO ESTIMATE THEY ARE LISTED AT ZERO VALUE IN THE STATEMENT OF FINACIAL POSITION. THE LAND THAT IS OWNED BY NPAT IS RECORDED AS FOLLOWS: DONATED LAND HELD FOR CONSERVATION IS RECORDED AT FAIR MARKET VALUE AT THE TIME OF DONATION AND IS BASED UPON APPRAISAL OR MANAGEMENT ESTIMATES. PURCHASED LAND IS RECORDED AT COST.
PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	LESS DIRECT DONOR BENEFITS -38,678.
PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	LESS FUNDRAISING DIRECT EXPENSES -33,641.
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	LESS DIRECT DONOR BENEFITS -38,678. FUNDRAISING DIRECT EXPENSES 33,641.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	BIG BLUESTEM BASH	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$64,658	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$44,227	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$20,431	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$24,252	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$9,389	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	MISCELLANEOUS FUNDRAISER	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$44,006	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$44,006	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	1	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Total	$108,664	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$88,233	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$20,431	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$24,252	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$9,389	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$33,641	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$13,210	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Qualified Contrib Other QualifiedContribOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$1,440,000	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	APPRAISAL	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Real Estate Other RealEstateOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$619,680	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	COUNTY TAX APPRAISAL	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	0	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6	THE ORGANIZATION HAS MEMBERS MADE UP OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND VARIOUS GROUPS. MEMBERS PAY MONTHLY, ANNUALLY OR LIFETIME DUES WHICH HELP SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A	EVERY TWO YEARS MEMBERS VOTE TO FILL BOARD OF DIRECTORS POSITIONS. IF THERE ARE EARLY VACANCIES, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FILL THE VACANCY AND THEN MEMBERS VOTE AT YEAR END TO DETERMINE IF THEY WILL STAY ON AS BOARD MEMBERS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE IRS FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND TREASURER FOR REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE PRIOR TO ISSUANCE. UPON ISSUANCE, THE IRS FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SIGNATURE AND FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF RECEIVE A COPY OF THE POLICY AND ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN IT.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	EMPLOYEES ARE COMPENSATED BASED ON THE CURRENT MARKET VALUE FOR WAGES AND THE NATIVE PRAIRIES ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS SALARIES. COMPENSATION LEVELS ARE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SEEKS TO COMPETITIVELY SEEK AND COMPENSATE STAFF.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18	GOVERNING DOCS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST OR VIA THE GUIDESTAR WEBSITE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST OR VIA THE GUIDESTAR WEBSITE.