Texas · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE RIVER WALK
FRIENDS OF THE RIVER WALK (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,344 to it, the largest being VISIT SAN ANTONIO INC ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $143k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $39k
- Net assets
- $198k
What Friends of the River Walk does
Mission
The organization focuses on fundraising for college scholarships as well as supporting local initiatives that support hospitality and tourism in the local community.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Grant to local TSA agency during extended pause in funding
$6,557 spentof which $6,557 as grants61% of program spendingGrant to fund local college students attendance at industry specific conference and educational sessions.
$4,276 spentof which $4,276 as grants39% of program spendingScholarships given to local college students who are focused on a career in the hospitality and/or tourism industry.
$0 spentof which $3,692 as grants0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $10,833.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2025 to 2026, from $112k to $206k (+85%).
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.
100% of FRIENDS OF THE RIVER WALK’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Mario Bass
Board Member/CEO
Board chair
Loris Menfi
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $9k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 THE RIVER WALK’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 THE RIVER WALK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% 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
100% 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 THE RIVER WALK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 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
100% of FRIENDS OF THE RIVER WALK's grant income comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF THE RIVER WALK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 142 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 142 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE RIVER WALK
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
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF THE RIVER WALK: 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 THE RIVER WALK?
- FRIENDS OF THE RIVER WALK (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,344 to it, the largest being VISIT SAN ANTONIO INC ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE RIVER WALK have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $39,344 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE RIVER WALK, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE RIVER WALK?
- VISIT SAN ANTONIO INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE RIVER WALK 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 FY2026 (financials across 2024–2026), 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