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EXPLORERS CLUB - TEXAS CHAPTER

EXPLORERS CLUB - TEXAS CHAPTER (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being WILLIAM KNOX HOLT FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$88k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$40k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Explorers Club - Texas Chapter does

Mission

Professional Societies, Associations

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Wilderness First Aid Training and Certification An introductory class, the curriculum focuses on the essential skills required to treat the most common injuries and illnesses encountered in the outdoors including patient assessments, basic interventions, and evacuations.

    $1,880 spent
    6% of program spending
  2. Dive into exploration with Nancy McGee and Jennifer Idol An evening of adventure, exploration, and underwater storytelling with two pioneering women in diving and filmmaking.

    $484 spent
    1% of program spending
  3. TEXCAD Dinner An exclusive, ticketed event hosted by the Explorers Club Texas Chapter at Brasserie Cognac in New York City to provide opportunities for professional networking.

    $23,095 spent
    71% of program spending
  4. Exploring Wildlife Connections Award winning wildlife biologist Jim Williams takes us on an illustrated journey across the transboundary Rocky Mountains and South America's Patagonia, revealing how large carnivores and wide-ranging species depend on connected landscapes.

    $622 spent
    2% of program spending
  5. An Evening with Kike Calvo: Visual Storytelling, Creativity, and Global Exploration An inspiring evening with award-winning photographer, author, and Explorers Club Fellow Kike Calvo, whose global journeys and groundbreaking work in visual storytelling, ethnography, and environmental education have touched over 120 countries.

    $3,150 spent
    10% of program spending
  6. Big Bend field trip with a guided archaeological and geological study and a night sky astronomy presentation.

    $820 spent
    3% of program spending
  7. Pushing Beyond: The Next Era of Human Spaceflight The Next Era of Human Spaceflight is an evening panel exploring the future of space exploration and NASA's role in shaping missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The program will feature active NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Colonel Anne McClain and Adele Luta, space suit designer and aerospace expert, in a conversation about innovation, exploration, and the personal experiences that drive humanity's reach into space.

    $2,326 spent
    7% of program spending
  8. Into the Unknown: Deep Caves, Ice Worlds, and the Future of Robotic Exploration An extraordinary evening with two leaders in extreme exploration and robotic innovation. This intimate program is limited to 20 attendees and includes a guided lab tour, a buffet dinner, and two presentations on some of the most ambitious exploration projects on Earth and beyond.

    $330 spent
    1% of program spending

The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $32,707.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($3k) Expenses 100 ($4k) Net assets 100 ($3k)2022 Revenue 390 ($12k) Expenses 207 ($9k) Net assets 205 ($7k)2023 Revenue 312 ($10k) Expenses 287 ($13k) Net assets 124 ($4k)2024 Revenue 953 ($30k) Expenses 490 ($21k) Net assets 403 ($13k)2025 Revenue 2748 ($88k) Expenses 1396 ($61k) Net assets 1233 ($40k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (2748)Expenses (1396)Net assets (1233)Peer revenue range

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 $13k to $40k (+206%).

$3k
$7k
$4k
$13k
$40k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of EXPLORERS CLUB - TEXAS CHAPTER’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,233 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$1k
’21
$3k
’22
−$3k
’23
$9k
’24
$27k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of EXPLORERS CLUB - TEXAS CHAPTER’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.

Where its funders are

100% of EXPLORERS CLUB - TEXAS CHAPTER's grant income comes from Texas funders.

TX

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

EXPLORERS CLUB - TEXAS CHAPTER has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,277 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin30% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)129% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,277 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

TX

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Questions and answers

Who funds EXPLORERS CLUB - TEXAS CHAPTER?
EXPLORERS CLUB - TEXAS CHAPTER (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being WILLIAM KNOX HOLT FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EXPLORERS CLUB - TEXAS CHAPTER have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to EXPLORERS CLUB - TEXAS CHAPTER.
Who is the largest funder of EXPLORERS CLUB - TEXAS CHAPTER?
WILLIAM KNOX HOLT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EXPLORERS CLUB - TEXAS CHAPTER 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing