South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center

Analysis

South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Corp Christi, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.1m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $843k to $1.2m (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 85th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sonoran Desert Conference Center ($1.2m), Friends of Lakewood ($1.2m) and Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% and program service revenue 25% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $530k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $96k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 32 employees.