DISCOVERY GREEN CONSERVANCY: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: DISCOVERY GREEN CONSERVANCY (EIN 20-1951465)
Tax period: 2011-07-01 to 2012-06-30
Filed: 2013-03-04
IRS object ID: 201330639349300113
Schema version: 2011v1.5
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-03-04T09:16:12-08:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Blazek & Vetterling	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2900 Weslayan Suite 200	AddressLine1
City	Houston	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	770275132	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	201951465	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Discovery Green Conservancy	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	DISC	NameControl
Phone	7134007336	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1500 McKinney	AddressLine1
City	Houston	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	77010	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Barry Mandel	Name
Title	President	Title
Date Signed	2013-03-04	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Jody Blazek	Name
Phone	7134395739	Phone
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Barry Mandel	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1500 McKinney	AddressLine1
City	Houston	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	77010	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	5304529	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncluded
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.discoverygreen.com	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2004	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	TX	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	Discovery Green's mission is to operate an urban park that serves as a village green, a source of health and happiness for our citizens, and a window into the diverse talents and traditions that enrich life in Houston.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	9	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	9	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	53	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	350	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	1842672	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	3708829	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	1359446	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
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Investment Income Prior Year	38	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	143	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	-161889	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	3202156	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	4975046	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
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Salaries Etc Current Year	1677782	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	114814	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
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Other Expenses Current Year	3592749	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
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Total Expenses Current Year	5385345	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
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Total Assets EOY	42343797	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	642924	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	326759	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	42427337	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	42017038	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	Discovery Green's mission is to operate an urban park that serves as a village green, a source of health and happiness for our citizens, and a window into the diverse talents and traditions that enrich life in Houston.	MissionDescription
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Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	4517714	Expense
Revenue	1441919	Revenue
Description	Discovery Green Conservancy operates a public park, open year-round at no charge to residents and visitors of the Greater Houston area. The park includes open areas for events, picnics, and sports, a playground and an interactive water feature for children, a lake, a putting green, various gardens, a jogging path, dog runs, a branch of the Houston Public Library, two restaurants, performance areas and both temporary and permanent installations of art. The park hosts a variety of activities such as yoga, dance and fitness classes and performing arts events, as well as special events such as an ice rink in winter.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	4517714	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
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Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
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Form990-T Filed	false	Form990-TFiled
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Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
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Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Form720 Filed	false	Form720Filed
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Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	9	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
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Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
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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
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Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
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Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Written Policy Or Procedure	false	WrittenPolicyOrProcedure
Own Website	X	OwnWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Barry Mandel	NamePerson
Telephone Number	7134007336	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1500 McKinney	AddressLine1
City	Houston	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	77010	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (14 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
Herman Stude
Director	1.00	X	0	0	0
John Nau
Director	1.00	X	0	0	0
Jacqueline Martin
Director	1.00	X	0	0	0
Larry Faulkner
Director	1.00	X	0	0	0
Anne Duncan
Director	1.00	X	0	0	0
Tom Castro
Director	1.00	X	0	0	0
Nancy Kinder
Sec/Treasurer	2.00	X	0	0	0	X
Maconda O'Connor
Vice - Chair	1.00	X	0	0	0	X
Brady Carruth
Chairman	2.00	X	0	0	0	X
Ron Erlichman
General Counsel	2.00		0	0	0	X
Bob Eury
Ex-Officio	1.00		0	0	0	X
Nancy Pittman
Asst Sec/Treas	2.00		0	0	0	X
Sheryl Johns
Asst Sec/Treas	2.00		0	0	0	X
Barry Mandel
President	40.00		181378	0	7537	X

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Total Reportable Comp From Org	181378	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	7537	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	1	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Fundraising Events	1520204	FundraisingEvents
Government Grants	1100673	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	1087952	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	3708829	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Facility rental	721000	1270340	1270340
Activity fees/concessions	713990	157623	157623

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	1427963	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	143	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$143	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	140875	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	1520204	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	316720	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-175845	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	-$175,845	ExclusionAmount

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	26719	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	12763	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	13956	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	13956	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	0	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	4975046	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1441919	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	-$175,702	ExclusionAmount

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	194314	Total
Program Services	150456	ProgramServices
Management And General	24356	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	19502	Fundraising

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	1195825	Total
Program Services	982982	ProgramServices
Management And General	159125	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	53718	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	46182	Total
Program Services	35759	ProgramServices
Management And General	5788	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4635	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	146889	Total
Program Services	113735	ProgramServices
Management And General	18411	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	14743	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	94572	Total
Program Services	73226	ProgramServices
Management And General	11854	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	9492	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	13864	Total
Program Services	10034	ProgramServices
Management And General	3550	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	280	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	20180	Total
Management And General	20180	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	114814	Total
Fundraising	114814	Fundraising

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	204461	Total
Program Services	184726	ProgramServices
Management And General	4860	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	14875	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	50743	Total
Program Services	50743	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	205160	Total
Program Services	126851	ProgramServices
Management And General	51329	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	26980	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	60134	Total
Program Services	37775	ProgramServices
Management And General	19961	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2398	Fundraising

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	178995	Total
Program Services	178770	ProgramServices
Management And General	225	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8187	Total
Program Services	6853	ProgramServices
Management And General	1107	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	227	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	0	Total

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	891840	Total
Program Services	890397	ProgramServices
Fundraising	1443	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	99020	Total
Program Services	92062	ProgramServices
Management And General	6958	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	FundraisingFundraising	Program ServicesProgramServices
Event expenses	175050	175050
Security	353535		353535
Park operations	439570		439570
Performances expenses	645954		645954

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	246056	Total
Program Services	144286	ProgramServices
Management And General	26418	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	75352	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5385345	Total
Program Services	4517714	ProgramServices
Management And General	354122	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	513509	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2199	BOY
EOY	465	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1847507	BOY
EOY	2349553	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	576601	BOY
EOY	171708	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	234898	BOY
EOY	271602	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	11498	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	175188	BOY
EOY	96332	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	36324171	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	3694975	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	33420425	BOY
EOY	32629196	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6813443	BOY
EOY	6813443	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	43070261	BOY
EOY	42343797	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	311592	BOY
EOY	307278	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	331332	BOY
EOY	19481	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	642924	BOY
EOY	326759	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	41569371	BOY
EOY	41570773	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	857966	BOY
EOY	446265	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	42427337	BOY
EOY	42017038	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	43070261	BOY
EOY	42343797	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	false	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

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)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1916430	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	3183323	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1842672	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	3708829	CurrentTaxYear
Total	18892219	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1916430	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	3183323	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1842672	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	3708829	CurrentTaxYear
Total	18892219	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	631159	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	18261060	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	351216	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	682	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	91	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	38	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	143	CurrentTaxYear
Total	352170	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	19244389	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	5953025	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.94890	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.76830	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

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

Art Public Exhibition Amts ArtPublicExhibitionAmts

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Assets In Part X	6813443	AssetsInPartX

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collect Used For Public Exhibition	X	CollectUsedForPublicExhibition
Collect Used For Preservation	X	CollectUsedForPreservation
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	35010109	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	2973885	Depreciation
Book Value	32036224	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	545544	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	405432	Depreciation
Book Value	140112	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	768518	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	315658	Depreciation
Book Value	452860	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	32629196	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Assets OtherAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Works of Art	Description
Book Value	6813443	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	6813443	TotalBookValueOtherAssets
Total Revenue	4975046	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	5385345	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-410299	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	-410299	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	5597921	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	797925	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Other Revenues	-175050	OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990	622875	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	4975046	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	4975046	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	6008220	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	797925	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	797925	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	5210295	ExpensesSubtotal
Other Expenses Not Included	175050	OtherExpensesNotIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	175050	ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	5385345	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Part XIII, Line 4b	Part XIII, Line 4b: Other revenue amounts included on 990 but not included in F/S	Event expenses $175050
Part III, Line 4	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.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	X	MailSolicitations
Email Solicitations	X	EmailSolicitations
In Person Solicitations	X	InPersonSolicitations
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	X	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrants
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	X	SolicitationOfGovtGrants
Special Fundraising Events	X	SpecialFundraisingEvents
Agreement Ref Fundraising	true	AgreementRefFundraising

Fundraiser Activity Information FundraiserActivityInformation (3 entries)

Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFunds	Name Of IndividualNameOfIndividual	Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	ActivityActivity	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceipts	Amount Retained By ContractorAmountRetainedByContractor	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganization
(no name)
false
(no name)
false	Debbie Dalton	12939 Trail Hol	Hou	TX	77079	Fundraising	12500	40000
Julie Bergen
false		12462Barryknoll	Hou	TX	77024	Fundraising	1661079	73700	1587379

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	1673579	TotalGrossReceipts
Total Retained By Contractors	113700	TotalRetainedByContractors
Total Net To Organization	1587379	TotalNetToOrganization
Licensed States	TX	LicensedStates

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	Gala	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	1478396	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1	1350671	CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	127725	GrossRevenueEvent1
Rent Facility Costs Event1	128693	RentFacilityCostsEvent1
Food And Beverage Event1	123996	FoodAndBeverageEvent1
Entertainment Event1	13889	EntertainmentEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	7933	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Name Of Event2	Fam. on Green	NameOfEvent2
Gross Receipts Event2	182683	GrossReceiptsEvent2
Charitable Contributions Event2	169533	CharitableContributionsEvent2
Gross Revenue Event2	13150	GrossRevenueEvent2
Rent Facility Costs Event2	18233	RentFacilityCostsEvent2
Food And Beverage Event2	14769	FoodAndBeverageEvent2
Entertainment Event2	5970	EntertainmentEvent2
Other Direct Expenses Event2	3237	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2
Gross Receipts Total	1661079	GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total	1520204	CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	140875	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Rent Facility Costs Total Events	146926	RentFacilityCostsTotalEvents
Food And Beverage Total Events	138765	FoodAndBeverageTotalEvents
Entertainment Total Events	19859	EntertainmentTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	11170	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	316720	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	-175845	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Written Employment Contract	X	WrittenEmploymentContract
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException
Rebuttable Presumption Procedure	false	RebuttablePresumptionProcedure

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Barry Mandel	NamePerson
Base Compensation Filing Org	180000	BaseCompensationFilingOrg
Other Compensation Filing Org	1378	OtherCompensationFilingOrg
Deferred Comp Filing Org	5400	DeferredCompFilingOrg
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	2137	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg
Total Compensation Filing Org	188915	TotalCompensationFilingOrg

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	Made available upon request.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c	Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	A conflict of interest survey is completed and submitted by directors annually.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: Form 990 Review Process	The 990 is reviewed by the finance and audit committee prior to providing a copy to the board and filing with the IRS.