DISCOVERY GREEN CONSERVANCY: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization
DISCOVERY GREEN CONSERVANCY (EIN 20-1951465)
Tax period
2015-07-01 to 2016-06-30
Filed
2017-02-01
IRS object ID
201740329349300209
Schema version
2015v3.0
Source
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FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$3,708,829CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$3,419,550CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,492,747CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,690,126CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,173,699CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$16,484,951TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$3,708,829CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$3,419,550CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,492,747CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,690,126CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,173,699CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$16,484,951TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$2,019,973SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$14,464,978PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$143CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$2CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year$4CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$150TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$16,485,101TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$9,339,932GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.87750PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.88370PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Art Public Exhibition Amounts ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Assets Included$6,956,876AssetsIncludedAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub ExhibitionYes (X)CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Collection Used PreservationYes (X)CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Solicited Assets SalefalseSolicitedAssetsSaleInd

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$35,787,313OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$5,878,012DepreciationAmt
Book Value$29,909,301BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$1,910,610OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$906,420DepreciationAmt
Book Value$1,004,190BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$602,077OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$444,372DepreciationAmt
Book Value$157,705BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$31,071,196TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescWorks of ArtDesc
Book Value$6,956,876BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets$6,956,876TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$6,037,496TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$830,142DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue-$193,903OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$636,239RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$5,401,257RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$5,401,257TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$6,819,851TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$830,142DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported$830,142ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$5,989,709ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Other Expenses Not Included$193,903OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$193,903ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$6,183,612TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part III, Line 4: Description of organization's collections and how it furthers its purpose.One of the most important goals of Discovery Green was to incorporate art throughout the park. Included are the Monument Au Fantome by Jean Dubuffet, components of Synchronicity of Color by Margo Sawyer, Sculptor Doug Hollis Listening Vessels and the Mist Tree, and Andy Mann's Video Tree.
Part XII, Line 4b: Other revenue amounts included on 990 but not included in F/SEvent expenses $193903

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Mail SolicitationsYes (X)MailSolicitationsInd
Email SolicitationsYes (X)EmailSolicitationsInd
In Person SolicitationsYes (X)InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt GrantsYes (X)SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt GrantsYes (X)SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising EventsYes (X)SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyYes (true)AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdActivityActivityTxtFundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsIndGross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmtRetained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmtNet To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
Julie Bergen
11702 Spriggs WayHoustonTX77024Fundraisingfalse$1,158,650$30,625$1,128,025
(no name)
false
(no name)
false
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts$1,158,650TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors$30,625TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization$1,128,025TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed StatesTXLicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1GalaEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$943,700GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$818,900CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$124,800GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1$10,575RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$67,929FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1$73,650EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$1,426OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2FOGEvent2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2$214,950GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2$189,750CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2$25,200GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2$3,780RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2$11,832FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Entertainment Event2$16,185EntertainmentEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total$1,158,650GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$1,008,650CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$150,000GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events$14,355RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$79,761FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events$89,835EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$1,426OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$185,377DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$35,377NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Written Employment ContractYes (X)WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd
Rebuttable Presumption ProcfalseRebuttablePresumptionProcInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonBarry MandelPersonNm
TitlePresidentTitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org$193,307BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Bonus Filing Organization$10,000BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Other Compensation Filing Org$1,378OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org$12,342DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org$7,920NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$224,947TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
DescEvent suppliesDesc
Contribution4ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$70,613NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsYes (true)ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessThe 990 is reviewed by the finance and audit committee prior to providing a copy to the board and filing with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsA conflict of interest survey is completed and submitted by directors annually.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementIn 2013, the board of directors conducted a study to determine compensation paid by similar organizations for similar positions and developed a compensation plan for the President from that study. Contemporaneous substantiation of the decision was documented and a written contract between the organization and the President is maintained. No changes have been made to the original compensation determination.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableMade available upon request.

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