Texas · Nonprofit
HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC
HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC (Texas) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $760,435 to it, the largest being SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION ($168,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $760k
- Net assets
- $5.8M
What Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary Inc does
Mission
Provide educational programs emphasizing appreciation of nature and its conservation, preserving a portion of north texas land and preserving through museum collections examples of natural history, nature related art works and memorabilia of founder, bessie heard
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Admission to the 289 acre wildlife preserve and exhibit areas, which supports the mission of bringing people and nature together
$1,002,336 spent$539,684 earned by the program57% of program spendingAdult and family education programs to increase public awareness of the museum's programs, to enhance general public understanding of plant and wildlife habitations, and to provide environmental education
$542,358 spent$389,297 earned by the program31% of program spendingCanoe and ropes course programsto offer team building while enriching awareness of nature and how we interact with each other as well as with our natural surroundings
$8,803 spent$6,319 earned by the program1% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$206,498 spent$148,364 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,759,995.
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 2019 to 2020, from $4.6M to $5.5M (+18%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 4% · 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2021 7% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
49% of HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $22k → $108k.
6 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC’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
HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
71% 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 HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 77% · 2019 55% · 2020 50% · 2021 69% · 2022 63% · 2023 46% — 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
43% of HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
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
68% of HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $241k that is directly attributable, 63% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $520k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC has grown faster than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC
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.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC?
- HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC (Texas) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $760,435 to it, the largest being SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION ($168,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $760,435 in grants to HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC?
- SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $168,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 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