DISCOVERY GREEN CONSERVANCY: Form 990, tax year 2013

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Organization
DISCOVERY GREEN CONSERVANCY (EIN 20-1951465)
Tax period
2013-07-01 to 2014-06-30
Filed
2015-02-11
IRS object ID
201500429349300020
Schema version
2013v4.0
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$3,183,323CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,842,672CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,708,829CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,419,550CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,492,747CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$15,647,121TotalAmt

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$3,183,323CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,842,672CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,708,829CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,419,550CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3,492,747CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$15,647,121TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$1,138,545SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$14,508,576PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$91CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$38CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$143CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$275TotalAmt

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$15,647,396TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$7,731,414GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.92720PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.91840PublicSupportPY170Pct
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$35,288,584OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$4,464,660DepreciationAmt
Book Value$30,823,924BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$973,267OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$614,046DepreciationAmt
Book Value$359,221BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$891,676OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$376,490DepreciationAmt
Book Value$515,186BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$31,698,331TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

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$6,682,609TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$1,379,239DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue-$104,925OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$1,274,314RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$5,408,295RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$5,408,295TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$6,900,293TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$1,379,239DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported$1,379,239ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$5,521,054ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Other Expenses Not Included$104,925OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$104,925ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$5,625,979TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

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 $104925

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/AddressLine1CityUSAddress/CityStateUSAddress/StateZIP CodeUSAddress/ZIPCodeActivityActivityTxtFundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsIndGross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmtRetained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmtNet To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
Julie Bergen
12462BarryknollHouTX77024Fundraisingfalse$1,224,972$52,500$1,172,472
(no name)
false
(no name)
false
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts$1,224,972TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors$52,500TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization$1,172,472TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed StatesTXLicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1Gala 2014NameOfEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Event1$1,164,972GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$1,093,831CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$71,141GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$86,329FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1$117,244EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$9,967OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$1,164,972GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$1,093,831CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$71,141GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$86,329FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events$117,244EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$9,967OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$213,540DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$142,399NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Written Employment ContractYes (X)WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
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$181,888BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Bonus Filing Organization$15,000BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Other Compensation Filing Org$1,378OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org$11,954DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org$8,401NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org$218,621TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

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 2010, 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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