Texas · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF GALVESTON ISLAND STATE
FRIENDS OF GALVESTON ISLAND STATE (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,620 to it, the largest being HARRIS & ELIZA KEMPNER FUND INC ($10,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $28k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $208k
What Friends of Galveston Island State does
Mission
Provide interpretive and outreach programs for the general public using workshops, volunteer training and summer day camps for youth of galveston
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Galveston Island State Park - Invasive tree clearing bush removal mulching and drainage culvert for GISP Management Unit 15 which is approximately 27 acres
$51,100 spent75% of program spendingCamp Wild - An 8 half-day camp for 65 children hosted within Galveston Island State Park providing outdoor learning opportunities and experiences to foster appreciation for the local natural environment. Activities include but are not limited to fishing crabbing kayaking owl pellet dissection squid dissection reptile encounters raptor encounters beach and bay encounters beach and marine debris education. This camp is supported and run by approximately 50 volunteers
$17,221 spent25% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $68,321.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $149k to $170k (+14%).
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.
99% of FRIENDS OF GALVESTON ISLAND STATE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $870 → $3k.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF GALVESTON ISLAND STATE’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 GALVESTON ISLAND STATE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 100% · 2019 82% · 2020 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of FRIENDS OF GALVESTON ISLAND STATE's grant income comes from Texas funders.
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.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF GALVESTON ISLAND STATE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 12,546 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,546 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2021
Organizations like FRIENDS OF GALVESTON ISLAND STATE
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.
Public support
99%
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 GALVESTON ISLAND STATE?
- FRIENDS OF GALVESTON ISLAND STATE (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,620 to it, the largest being HARRIS & ELIZA KEMPNER FUND INC ($10,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF GALVESTON ISLAND STATE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $12,620 in grants to FRIENDS OF GALVESTON ISLAND STATE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF GALVESTON ISLAND STATE?
- HARRIS & ELIZA KEMPNER FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF GALVESTON ISLAND STATE 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 3 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