Texas · Nonprofit
Friends of Bachman Lake
Friends of Bachman Lake (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,910 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($5,160). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $271k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $286k
What Friends of Bachman Lake does
Mission
Friends of Bachman Lake serves Bachman Lake Park and Greenbelt by elevating existing green spaces promoting environmental conservation and building an informed engaged community that advocates for safe connected and equitable access. The most significant project we are working on is clearing invasive privet to help restore about 50 acres of lost park land.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
During 2025 Friends of Bachman Lake organized and led eight volunteer workdays focused on planting trees habitat restoration removal of invasive chinese privet and trash removal at both the greenbelt and at the park. The organization also conducted soil testing through Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to inform science-based restoration planning and guide native plant decision. Friends of Bachman Lake supported an Eagle Scout service project resulting in the design and installation of wayfinding signs along some of the nature trails. $1,238.82 GSD + $1,368.69 equipment & supplies
$2,407 spent82% of program spendingFriends of Bachman Lake conducted in-person community outreach at public events throughout 2025 engaging residents recruiting volunteers and promoting stewardship initiatives at Bachman Lake Park. The organization hosted a free family-friendly Photos with Santa event at the park during the holiday season designed to connect local residents with the organizations mission. $200 photos with Santa + $332.00 table covering
$533 spent18% of program spendingIn November 2025 Friends of Bachman Lake receive a $250,000 grant from the Rees-Jones Foundation to support the restoration of the Bachman Greenbelt. The project is focused on environmental restoration safety and enhancing access to green spaces. Grant funds are held in a dedicated account and implementation is anticipated to extend into subsequent fiscal years.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,940.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Friends of Bachman Lake’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
Friends of Bachman Lake leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
47% 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 Friends of Bachman Lake.
“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
91% of Friends of Bachman Lake's grant income comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
Friends of Bachman Lake receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $11k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Friends of Bachman Lake: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Friends of Bachman Lake?
- Friends of Bachman Lake (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,910 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($5,160). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Friends of Bachman Lake have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $10,910 in grants to Friends of Bachman Lake, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Friends of Bachman Lake?
- COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,160 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Friends of Bachman Lake 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing