BEXAR LAND TRUST INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: BEXAR LAND TRUST INC (EIN 74-2884531)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-11-14
IRS object ID: 201323189349304467
Schema version: 2012v2.2
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)
Timestamp	2013-11-14T01:35:11-00:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Reed J Smiley CPA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1550 NE Loop 410 Suite 207	AddressLine1
City	San Antonio	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	78209	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	742884531	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Bexar Land Trust Inc	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	BEXA	NameControl
Phone	2102228430	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O Box 6250	AddressLine1
City	San Antonio	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	78212	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Zack Mason	Name
Title	Treasurer	Title
Date Signed	2013-11-14	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Reed Smiley	Name
Phone	2108226900	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-11-14	DatePrepared
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As DoingBusinessAs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Susan Hughes	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 6250	AddressLine1
City	San Antonio	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	78212	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	565627	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.bexarlandtrust.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1998	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	TX	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	To sustain the natural environment and enhance urban spaces through land conservation, community engagement, and education.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	14	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	14	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	7	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	400	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	280340	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	349472	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	2889	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	103002	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	10707	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	15512	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	61687	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	57980	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	355623	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	525966	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	286921	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	275763	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	6726	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	180825	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	253637	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	467746	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	529400	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-112123	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-3434	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	825323	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	832113	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	19693	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	29917	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	805630	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	802196	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	To sustain the natural environment and enhance urban spaces through land conservation, community engagement, and education.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	441185	Expense
Description	Bexar Land Trust, Inc. dba Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas mission is to acquire land or conservation easement agreements in order to protect and preserve the land for conservation purposes. Today the Trust carries out its mission through three principal programs Land Conservation Program - The Trust holds conservation easements on three properties one in Kendall County and two in Bexar County. These conservation easements protect the land from development and carry with them the responsibility to enforce the provisions of the easements in perpetuity. The Trust is also a member of the Land Acquisition Team for the City of San Antonio Aquifer Protection Initiative. The success of the program and its enthusiastic support by the public lies in part in the structure of the evaluation and acquisition process. A scientific evaluation team SET prepares a model that reflects the conservation values sought for the purposes of the program. The SET comprises representatives from agencies including The Edwards Aquifer Authority, San Antonio Water System,	Description
Total Program Service Expense	441185	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	true	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	true	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	true	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	8	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	7	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	true	QuidProQuoContributions
Quid Pro Quo Disclosure	true	QuidProQuoDisclosure
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	14	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	14	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	2102228430	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 6250	AddressLine1
City	San Antonio	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	78212	ZIPCode

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (15 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
Leslie C Brown
Director	001.00	X	0	0	0
Jim Gillingham
Director	001.00	X	0	0	0
Barbara Hall
Director	001.00	X	0	0	0
Sue Ann Pemberton
Director	001.00	X	0	0	0
Thom Robey
Director	001.00	X	0	0	0
Suzanne B Scott
Director	001.00	X	0	0	0
Liz Tullis
Director	001.00	X	0	0	0
Eric Foultz
Director	001.00	X	0	0	0
Michael Waldrop
President	004.00		0	0	0	X
Michael Goldstein
Vice President	002.00		0	0	0	X
Amy L Whitley
Vice President	002.00		0	0	0	X
Zack D Mason
Treasurer	001.00		0	0	0	X
Betty Berchelmann
Secretary	001.00		0	0	0	X
D Dean Bibles
Past President	001.00		0	0	0	X
Susan Hughes
Executive Director	035.00		0	0	0		X	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Membership Dues	6135	MembershipDues
All Other Contributions	343337	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	17686	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	349472	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	ExclusionExclusionAmount
Education Program Fees	611710	5202	$5,202
Consulting Income	525920	97800	$97,800

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	103002	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	14963	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$14,963	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	700	Other

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	151	Other

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	549	Other

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	549	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$549	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	96160	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	39510	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	56650	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$54,210	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Other Income	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	1330	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1330	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	1330	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	525966	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1330	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$172,724	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIX

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	232208	Total
Program Services	190411	ProgramServices
Management And General	39475	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2322	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	19712	Total
Program Services	16164	ProgramServices
Management And General	3351	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	197	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	23843	Total
Program Services	19551	ProgramServices
Management And General	4054	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	238	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	21474	Total
Management And General	21474	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fees For Services Prof Fundraising		FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	60131	Total
Program Services	58928	ProgramServices
Management And General	1083	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	120	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3785	Total
Program Services	2271	ProgramServices
Fundraising	1514	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	19793	Total
Program Services	17502	ProgramServices
Management And General	1501	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	790	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2568	Total
Program Services	2054	ProgramServices
Fundraising	514	Fundraising

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	26659	Total
Program Services	23993	ProgramServices
Management And General	2399	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	267	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3415	Total
Program Services	3074	ProgramServices
Management And General	307	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	34	Fundraising

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1426	Total
Program Services	1141	ProgramServices
Management And General	285	ManagementAndGeneral

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	20911	Total
Program Services	18820	ProgramServices
Management And General	1882	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	209	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6227	Total
Program Services	5604	ProgramServices
Management And General	561	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	62	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	Program ServicesProgramServices	FundraisingFundraising
Board Development and Training	2574	2574
Community Gardens	52502		52502
Dues and Subscriptions, Membership Fees	7018	28	6987	3
Photo Contest Expense	14169		14169

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10985	Total
Program Services	8014	ProgramServices
Management And General	2515	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	456	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	529400	Total
Program Services	441185	ProgramServices
Management And General	81489	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	6726	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	137146	BOY
EOY	208829	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	151165	BOY
EOY	156615	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2050	BOY
EOY	142210	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6452	BOY
EOY	4701	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	195766	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	85277	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	117574	BOY
EOY	110489	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	40500	BOY
EOY	53217	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	370436	BOY
EOY	156052	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	825323	BOY
EOY	832113	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	19693	BOY
EOY	29917	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	19693	BOY
EOY	29917	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	547795	BOY
EOY	465627	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	257835	BOY
EOY	336569	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	805630	BOY
EOY	802196	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	825323	BOY
EOY	832113	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-3434	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	422425	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	304423	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	201426	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	280340	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	349472	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1558086	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	422425	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	304423	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	201426	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	280340	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	349472	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1558086	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	1558086	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	10172	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	12357	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	6618	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	10707	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	14963	CurrentTaxYear
Total	54817	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	462	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	24	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	564	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1297	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1330	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3677	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1616580	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	1189431	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.96380	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.76890	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170
Public Support Percentage509	0.00000	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePercentage

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preservation For Public Use	X	PreservationForPublicUse
Protection Of Natural Habitat	X	ProtectionOfNaturalHabitat
Preservation Of Open Space	X	PreservationOfOpenSpace
Total Number Of Easements	3	TotalNumberOfEasements
Total Acreage	458.59	TotalAcreage
Nmbr States In Which Easements Held	1	NmbrStatesInWhichEasementsHeld
Written Policy Monitoring	true	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Staff Hours Spent On Enforcement	28.00	StaffHoursSpentOnEnforcement
Expenses Incurred For Enforcement	139	ExpensesIncurredForEnforcement
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	40717	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	40717	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	155049	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	84503	Depreciation
Book Value	69772	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	110489	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Securities OtherSecurities (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Book ValueBookValue	Method Of ValuationMethodOfValuation
Financial derivatives and other financial products
Closely-held equity interests
Certificates of Deposit	156052	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Securities	156052	TotalOfBookValueSecurities

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Federal income taxes	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	525966	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	525966	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	525966	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	529400	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	529400	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	529400	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	II	Identifier
Return Reference	9	ReturnReference
Explanation	The organization values their conservation easements at zero in its statement of financial position, and does not record any revenue in its statement of activities. A typical conservation easement provides the organization with no affirmative rights, except the right to monitor and enforce the easement.	Explanation

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	Gala Event	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	96160	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	96160	GrossRevenueEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	39510	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Gross Receipts Total	96160	GrossReceiptsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	96160	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	39510	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	39510	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	56650	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Food Inventory FoodInventory

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	X	NonCashCheckbox
Number Of Contributions	2	NumberOfContributions
Noncash Contribs Rptd F990	1340	NoncashContribsRptdF990
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenues

Other Non Cash Contributions Table OtherNonCashContributionsTable (2 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckbox	DescriptionDescription	Number Of ContributionsNumberOfContributions	Noncash Contribs Rptd F990NoncashContribsRptdF990	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenues
X	Plants and garden supplies	1	16297	FMV
X	Signage	1	49	FMV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	false	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsed

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (11 entries)

ExplanationExplanation
Form 990 Part III Line 4a Texas Parks Wildlife Department, United States Geological Survey, United States Fish Wildlife Service, City of San Antonio Natural Areas Program, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The land acquisition team members work with landowners to identify potential properties and to explain the program to them. They provide guidance to the landowners regarding the importance of acquiring independent counsel and financial advice, and assist in performing the due diligence appraisal, survey, environmental assessment, etc. on the property. When and if a property moves to closing, the land acquisition team member that was involved in the acquisition receives a set compensation for indirect expenses, in addition to reimbursement for direct expenses incurred. Each property considered for acquisition is measured against the SET models criteria. The results are then presented
Form 990 Part III Line 4a to a Conservation Advisory Board, which evaluates the scientific data as well as other criteria to be considered, and makes recommendations to San Antonio City Council regarding choice of properties for the program. This transparent process has worked very well and has received the confidence of the public. The City of San Antonios program has been heralded as an exemplary conservation project.
Form 990 Part III Line 4a Community Gardens Program - The program was initiated in 2006. It subsequently has received several large grants that are designated as start-up funding for community gardens. As of 2011, there are thirty-three community gardens in the Green Spaces Alliance GSA network, with more in progress. These gardens are tended by neighborhood volunteers from diverse areas within the city. Neighborhood groups organize and apply to GSA for assistance. GSA does not build infrastructure, but these start-up funds can assist with the costs of soil, compost, and mulch materials to build raised beds local soil is so poor that good soil and soil amendments make significant difference in whether a garden can be successful drip irrigation systems small structures such as gazebos that can support rainwater harvesting systems and provide shade and simlar necessities. This financial
Form 990 Part III Line 4a assistance, coupled with knowledgeable guidance by program staff and mentors, when available, breaks down barriers to success that might otherwise have been caused by the socio-economic status of the gardeners and their neighborhoods. Other benefits generated by the community gardens program include building skills in community development and leadership, problem solving, and effective communication. Additionally, the community gardens program is able to solicit and deploy volunteers to assist in the gardens, thus exposing an even larger number of citizens to their operations and potential, and planting yet another seed of change.
Form 990 Part III Line 4a Picture Your World Program - This youth photography program has been a success for GSA for a number of years. For several years, the program had two elements A weekend program open to all youth ages 8 to 18, and an elementary school program that operated in two schools in disadvantaged areas of San Antonio. At present, limited funding has precluded the elementary school program. The weekend workshops take place at sites such as Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, Government Canyon State Natural Area, the Medina River Natural Area, and the San Antonio Botanical Gardens. At each workshop a project manager/instructor, a master naturalist, and a professional artist/photographer are available to work with the participants, explaining what the students are seeing in their nature hikes and tips on conserving nature, while also helping them learn how to use a digital camera and compose
Form 990 Part III Line 4a extraordinary photographic art pieces. Each workshop culminates in a critique of the days photos and a discussion of the preservation and conservation of nature. At the conclusion of the workshop, the students receive individual CDs of their workshop photos. After the spring workshops, there is an open photo competition for students ages 8 to 18, with professional judges. Prizes are awarded to the top photographers in each of two age groups, and thirty photographers receive honorable mention.
Form 990 Part VI Section B Line 11 A PDF copy of the Form 990 is e-mailed to each board member for their review prior to filing.
Form 990 Part VI Section B Line 12c A conflict of interest policy is signed by the Board members annually.
Form 990 Part VI Section B Line 15a The Executive Director regularly participates in national and regional salary and benefits surveys in order to have access to these data should the Organizations budget support salary increases for all of the staff in the future. Each year, in association with budget preparation, the Executive Committee is provided a statement of staff salaries and benefits for the Committees information and use in detrermining the remuneration packages for the Executive Director and her staff.
Form 990 Part VI Section C Line 9 The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, financial statements, and Form 990 are available to the public upon request.
Form 990 Part IX Line 11g Other fees for services include the following Payroll Processing Fees 307, Contract Labor 10,293, Appraisal and Survey Costs 48,100, and Consultants and Professional Fees 1,431.