Texas · Nonprofit
BIG BEND NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION INC
BIG BEND NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION INC (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,250 to it, the largest being THE OUTDOOR FOUNDATION ($24,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $46k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Big Bend Natural History Association Inc does
Mission
To enrich the visitor experience through education of the public and the preservation of big bend national park and the rio grande wild & scenic river.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Books and natural history-related merchandise sales which provided guides, informational aids, and educational materials.
$243,090 spent$929,930 earned by the program73% of program spendingProvided interpretation support to the national park service, including preparation of programs and providing interpretive services, through the use of paid personnel and equipment.
$89,607 spentof which $28,769 as grants27% of program spendingMaintenance of park membership program, which provided subscribers with park activities updates, seminars, and other features. Member newsletters provide park rangers and other park personnel a media to publish information about park safety and conservational use of park facilities and natural areas.
$749 spent$625 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $333,446.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.3M to $1.8M (+39%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 7% · 2018 7% · 2019 6% · 2020 7% · 2021 14% · 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Jim Bishop
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $24k → $20k.
From the IRS filings of BIG BEND NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BIG BEND NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BIG BEND NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
BIG BEND NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION INC draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like BIG BEND NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIG BEND NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION INC?
- BIG BEND NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION INC (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,250 to it, the largest being THE OUTDOOR FOUNDATION ($24,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIG BEND NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $46,250 in grants to BIG BEND NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG BEND NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION INC?
- THE OUTDOOR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $24,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG BEND NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing