HOUSTON BOTANIC GARDEN: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: HOUSTON BOTANIC GARDEN (EIN 04-3695294)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-06-12
IRS object ID: 201831639349300833
Schema version: 2017v2.2
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 J
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-06-12T13:56:51-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	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	2017-01-01	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	2018-06-12	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
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	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	PO Box 27510	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77227	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$15,086,420	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. The most significant activities during 2017 were fundraising, schematic design of the site, and developing programming.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	17	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	17	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	3	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	30	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$248,549	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$14,943,942	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$5,297	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$3,058	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$23,537	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$253,846	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$14,923,463	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$302,165	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$291,191	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$149,000	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$144,000	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$325,215	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$124,372	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$189,674	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$575,537	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$624,865	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$321,691	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$14,298,598	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$6,790,737	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$21,329,814	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$31,318	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$271,797	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$6,759,419	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$21,058,017	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	$198,880	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 Houston Botanic Garden met and exceeded the City of Houstons $20 million requirement by securing over $22 million two months prior to the December 31, 2017 deadline. The Board of Directors worked closely with the landscape design firm on finalizing the schematic design for phase one. The Houston Botanic Garden also engaged an architect to create concept designs for the welcome building and education/events building. The Board of Directors hired Claudia Gee Vassar as the Executive Director and General Counsel.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$198,880	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	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	11	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	3	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
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	17	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	17	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	3701 Kirby Drive Ste 992	AddressLine1Txt
City	Houston	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	77098	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (19 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
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
Nancy Thomas
Secretary	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Randy Meyer
Treasurer	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Peggy Bailey
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Alberto P Cardenas Jr
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Drucie Chase
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
Steve Lindley
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard W McDugald
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Peter McStavick
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James A Reeder
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jose A Rocha
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Rob Rowland
Director	4.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sharyn 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 Wilde
Director	8.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Claudia Gee Vassar
ED/Gen Counsel	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$175,000	$0	$9,554

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$175,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$9,554	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (2 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	Planning/design	$1,551,259
Sterling & Associates
55 Waugh Dr	Houston	TX	77007	Fundraising consul.	$144,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$430,070	FundraisingAmt
All Other Contributions	$14,513,872	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$114,575	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$14,943,942	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,416	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$5,416	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

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$64,445	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$66,803	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$2,358	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$2,358	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$2,358	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$72,617	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$430,070	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$96,154	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$23,537	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$23,537	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	$14,923,463	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$20,479	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	$184,554	TotalAmt
Program Services	$91,535	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$19,751	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$73,268	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	$79,857	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,125	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$42,544	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$17,188	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,283	TotalAmt
Program Services	$964	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$538	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$781	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,252	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,485	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,944	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,823	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,245	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,860	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,827	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,558	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	$3,280	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,640	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$328	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,312	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,258	TotalAmt
Management And General	$15,258	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	$144,000	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$144,000	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	$15,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$42,310	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,579	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,788	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$23,943	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,907	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,201	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$275	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,431	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$49,229	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,775	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,618	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$16,836	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,482	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,462	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,186	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,834	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	$1,120	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,040	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$80	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	$7,257	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,062	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,713	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,482	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Art & Design	$39,746	$10,067	$29,679
Membership fees	$1,085	$1,085

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

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

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$624,865	TotalAmt
Program Services	$198,880	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$100,770	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$325,215	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$209,221	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,823,860	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,735,807	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,797,126	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$707,214	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,878,556	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,300	BOYAmt
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	$2,830,272	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,134,195	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,830,272	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	$6,790,737	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,329,814	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$31,318	BOYAmt
EOY	$271,797	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$31,318	BOYAmt
EOY	$271,797	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,452,748	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,058,017	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$306,671	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,000,000	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,759,419	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,058,017	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,790,737	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,329,814	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$14,298,598	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
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	$1,135,590	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$93,953	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,771,607	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$230,073	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$14,943,942	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$23,175,165	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	$1,135,590	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$93,953	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,771,607	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$230,073	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$14,943,942	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$23,175,165	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$13,869,229	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$9,305,936	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$713	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,131	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,327	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5,297	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,058	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$13,526	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	$23,188,691	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.40130	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.24600	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

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

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,830,272	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$2,830,272	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$2,830,272	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
Gross Receipts	$14,513,872	GrossReceiptsAmt
Retained By Contractor	$144,000	RetainedByContractorAmt
Net To Organization	$14,369,872	NetToOrganizationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$14,513,872	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$144,000	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$14,369,872	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	TX	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Botannical Beginnings	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$502,687	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$430,070	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$72,617	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1	$5,720	NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$37,361	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$16,681	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$525	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$35,867	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$502,687	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$430,070	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$72,617	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$5,720	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$37,361	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$16,681	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$525	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$35,867	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$96,154	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$23,537	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
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	ED/Gen Counsel	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$175,000	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$5,250	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$4,304	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$184,554	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	4	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$64,445	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Sale proceeds	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (2 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)	Supplies	6	$14,263	FMV
Yes (X)	Auction items	39	$35,867	Sale proceeds

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
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.