Liabilities / Assets
59th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Better Parks for Galveston
EIN 46-5679660 • 501(c)3 • Galveston, TX
Profile
Provide funding and volunteer services to the city of galveston in order to improve its parks and recreation centers.
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
0.00x
Liabilities / Revenue
61st percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
18th percentile
Higher net margin than 18% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
84th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 84% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
29th percentile
Faster asset growth than 29% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
90th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 90% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Down$193,010
Down $1,015 (-0.5%) from 2023
Liabilities
-
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Net Assets
Down$193,010
Down $1,015 (-0.5%) from 2023
Revenue
Down$82,062
Down $76,142 (-48%) from 2023
Expenses
Down$83,077
Down $129,091 (-61%) from 2023
Net Income
Up-$1,015
Up $52,949 (+98%) from 2023
Trend Graphs
Filings
Most recent year
2024 • Form 990EZXML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.
- Assets
- $193,010
- Liabilities
- -
- Net assets
- $193,010
- Revenue
- $82,062
- Expenses
- $83,077
- Net income
- -$1,015
Latest Detailed Filing
The latest 2024 filing currently has linked XML that has not been fully parsed yet. Showing the latest detailed filing from 2016 below.
Jump To
Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2016 to Dec 31, 2016
- Signed
- Dec 11, 2017
- Return Version
- 2016v3.0
- Gross Receipts
- $63,279
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
Provide funding and volunteer services to the city of galveston in order to improve its parks and recreation centers.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| GRANT TO THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS FOR THE BUILDING OF PUBLIC POOLS. | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| PROVIDE FUNDING AND VOLUNTEER SERVICES TO THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE ITS PARKS AND RECREATION CENTERS. | - | $114 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJ HERZ | President | - | $0 | - | - |
| PAUL SCHNITGER | Vice Preside | - | $0 | - | - |
| DIANA DAVISON | Treasurer | - | $0 | - | - |
| ROSE TIJERINA | Secretary | - | $0 | - | - |
| KATHY TIERNAN | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| CHARLYN VAIANI | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| CHRISTINA EBERT | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| ELLEN PERRY | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| LARRY NICHOLS | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Better Parks for Galveston
- EIN
- 46-5679660
- Phone
- 4097446566
- Address
- 527 21ST STREET BOX 76, GALVESTON, TX 77550
Signing Officer
- Name
- Diana Davison
- Title
- Treasurer
- Phone
- 4097659311
- Signed
- 2017-12-11
Preparer
- Firm
- Head Maxwell & Mckenna Pc
- Address
- 2200 MARKET ST SUITE 401, GALVESTON, TX 77550
- Preparer
- Harry D Maxwell Jr
- Phone
- 4097636479
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990-ez, Part I
“1,000,000 cash contribution by sue and richard anderson in 2015 toward public pool was granted by better parks for galveston on 6/23/16 to the city of galveston, texas.”
Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 10
“City of galveston grant to build pool 06/23/2016 823 rosenberg galveston, tx 77553 1,000,000 0 0”
Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 16
“Expenses insurance 1,361 other expenses 114 total 1,475”
Form 990-ez, Part III
“Provide funding and volunteer services to the city of galveston in order to improve its parks and recreation centers.”
Form 990-ez, Part III, Line 31
“Provide funding and volunteer services to the city of galveston, texas in order to improve its parks and recreation centers.”
Raw XML Appendix161 raw XML fields
This appendix keeps the raw XML leaves available for debugging and edge-case review. The human report above is the primary experience.
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