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FRIENDS OF BRAZORIA WILDLIFE REFUGE S

FRIENDS OF BRAZORIA WILDLIFE REFUGE S (Texas) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $746,767 to it, the largest being HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC ($475,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$236k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$747k
Net assets
$569k
5/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 42%
01What it does

What Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuge S does

Mission

Provide volunteers and raise funds for developement and improvements of the national wildlife refuges of brazoria and surrounding counties. Involve and inform the public about the refuges by providing environmental education and outreach as well as an annual nature festival

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Knobloch Family Foundation

    $52,205 spent
    31% of program spending

  2. Kathryn McGovern

    $23,240 spent
    14% of program spending

  3. Birds of Prey Programs

    $23,075 spent$25,548 earned by the program
    14% of program spending

  4. Houston Endowment

    $17,100 spent
    10% of program spending

  5. Migration Celebration nature festival

    $14,066 spent$14,607 earned by the program
    8% of program spending

  6. Assorted expenses related to minor functions during the year

    $12,318 spent$12,564 earned by the program
    7% of program spending

  7. Hershey Foundation

    $20,400 spent$5 earned by the program
    12% of program spending

  8. Cannan Bend

    $5,500 spent
    3% of program spending

The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $167,904.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($356k) Expenses 100 ($326k) Net assets 100 ($646k)2021 Revenue 37 ($130k) Expenses 60 ($197k) Net assets 86 ($558k)2022 Revenue 94 ($333k) Expenses 72 ($234k) Net assets 102 ($656k)2023 Revenue 26 ($91k) Expenses 61 ($198k) Net assets 85 ($552k)2024 Revenue 33 ($116k) Expenses 49 ($159k) Net assets 79 ($508k)2025 Revenue 66 ($236k) Expenses 54 ($175k) Net assets 88 ($569k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (66)Expenses (54)Net assets (88)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 2022 to 2023, from $656k to $552k (−16%).

$646k
$558k
$656k
$552k
$508k
$569k
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

94% of FRIENDS OF BRAZORIA WILDLIFE REFUGE S’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,042 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$30k
’20
−$67k
’21
$99k
’22
−$107k
’23
−$43k
’24
$60k
’25
8.3
months of
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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed101210111212
Joined·+2+0+2+1+0
No longer listed·02100
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $116k → $1k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
'26*
total
National Park Foundationunclassified
$113k
funders
3
3
1
3
4
4
2
2
2
1

4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 BRAZORIA WILDLIFE REFUGE S’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 BRAZORIA WILDLIFE REFUGE S leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

64%
largest funder
92%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 98% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 61% · 2022 80% · 2023 92% — diversifying over time.

“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.

How long its funders stay

33% of FRIENDS OF BRAZORIA WILDLIFE REFUGE S's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

83% of FRIENDS OF BRAZORIA WILDLIFE REFUGE S's grant income comes from Texas funders.

MO
NC
DC
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRIENDS OF BRAZORIA WILDLIFE REFUGE S runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin26% · top quartile
Months of reserve8.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−8% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding FRIENDS OF BRAZORIA WILDLIFE REFUGE S receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $78k on record.

Federal$78k
grants $78kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of the Interior$78k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like FRIENDS OF BRAZORIA WILDLIFE REFUGE S

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

Friends of the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge Inc77%Friends of Anahuac Refuge76%Friends of Big Bend National Park76%Friends of the Fredericksburg Nature Center76%Friends of Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge Foundation76%Friends of the Brazos River Inc76%The Houston Audubon Society76%Friends of Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge75%

Nationally

Friends of the Tampa Bay National Wildlife Refuges Inc78%Friends of Black Bayou Inc77%Friends of the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge Inc77%Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife Inc77%Friends of the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary Inc77%Friends of Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Inc77%Friends of Anahuac Refuge76%Friends of Big Bend National Park76%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 4%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

95%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF BRAZORIA WILDLIFE REFUGE S?
FRIENDS OF BRAZORIA WILDLIFE REFUGE S (Texas) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $746,767 to it, the largest being HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC ($475,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF BRAZORIA WILDLIFE REFUGE S have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $746,767 in grants to FRIENDS OF BRAZORIA WILDLIFE REFUGE S, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF BRAZORIA WILDLIFE REFUGE S?
HOUSTON ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $475,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF BRAZORIA WILDLIFE REFUGE S 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 11 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