Texas · Nonprofit
MEMORIAL DRIVE ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION
MEMORIAL DRIVE ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $110,250 to it, the largest being GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($98,750). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $22k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $110k
- Net assets
- $202k
What Memorial Drive Esplanade Association does
Mission
Memorial Drive Esplanade Association (MDEA) was organized to beautify the esplanades along Memorial Drive in Houston, Texas between Loop 610 and the 9800 block of that street. This purpose included the installation and maintenance of landscaping and an irrigation system.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
In 2022, MDEA expended $18,300 for landscaping maintenance, $4,431 for the maintenance of trees, and $5,376 for maintenance of the irrigation system. No other projects were undertaken during 2022. Landscaping maintenance was performed by an independent contractor once a week, and irrigation maintenance was performed by a different independent contractor every few months and as needed.
$31,925 spent$22,173 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $31,925.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $214k to $202k (−5%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $21k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 MEMORIAL DRIVE ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION’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
MEMORIAL DRIVE ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% 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
90% 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 MEMORIAL DRIVE ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2023 98% — 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.
Where its funders are
90% of MEMORIAL DRIVE ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION'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 $12k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $99k 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.
Organizations like MEMORIAL DRIVE ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
31%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MEMORIAL DRIVE ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION: 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 MEMORIAL DRIVE ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION?
- MEMORIAL DRIVE ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $110,250 to it, the largest being GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($98,750). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MEMORIAL DRIVE ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $110,250 in grants to MEMORIAL DRIVE ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MEMORIAL DRIVE ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION?
- GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $98,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MEMORIAL DRIVE ESPLANADE ASSOCIATION 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 FY2022 (financials across 2020–2022), and the filings of 2 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