Texas · Nonprofit
Red Line Parkway Initiative
Red Line Parkway Initiative (Texas) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $102,535 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $156k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $103k
- Net assets
- $-146257
What Red Line Parkway Initiative does
Mission
We unite partners and communities to successfully plan, fund, build, and activate a celebrated Parkway that will be enjoyed for generations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Plan: We hosted our first out-of-state speaker, Clyde Higgs, President & CEO of Atlanta Beltline Inc., at our annual State of the Parkway to help illustrate the economic development and community benefits potential of the Red Line Parkway for our neighborhoods and region. We finalized the project proposal for the Red Line Parkway Community Vision and Implementation Strategy in concert with agency and community stakeholders. See more under the Fund section.
$16,591 spent19% of program spendingFund: We secured $30MM+ from the City of Austin to build the foundations for land bridges over I-35, also known as caps and stitches, for both Red Line Parkway crossings: at 4th Street and near 43rd Street. See more under the Build section. We were awarded $2MM of federal Transportation Alternatives funding by TxDOT for the Red Line Parkway Community Vision and Implementation Strategy, to be developed from 2026 through 2028. This builds off of the 2024 CapMetro Red Line Trail Study and will create the first-ever community vision for the Red Line Parkway, determine an end-to-end trail alignment, secure the space needed for the trail and linear park, identify funding for timeline-constrained implementation, and determine implementation roles and next steps. We secured $1MM in the CTRMA (Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority) FY26 budget for standalone trail projects, building off of a years-long effort with Austin Outside coalition allies. We presented to and worked with Austin Bond Election Advisory Task Force members to help ensure inclusion of urban trails funding in the proposed November 2026 bond election.
$23,674 spent27% of program spendingBuild: We filled trail gaps as part of upcoming projects in the Plaza Saltillo, Cherrywood, Koenig Lane, Highland, Wooten, North Burnet, and Lakeline areas. We ensured that the design for the I-35 Northern Stitches continued to include a land bridge over I-35 for the Red Line Parkway near 43rd Street. See more under the Fund section.
$27,802 spent32% of program spendingIn 2025, we made great progress on key steps, including securing funding for the Red Line Parkway Community Vision and Implementation Strategy. Our work is described in four program areas: Plan, Fund, Build, and Activate. Our 2025 programming expenses for each area was 19.2%, 27.3%, 32.1%, and 21.4%, respectively. Activate: We broadened our reach through trail activation events and presenting to more community groups.
$18,539 spent21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $86,606.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $30k to $130k (+331%).
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: 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Red Line Parkway Initiative’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $25k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 Red Line Parkway Initiative’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
Red Line Parkway Initiative has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
78% 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 Red Line Parkway Initiative.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 55% · 2023 60% — 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
25% of Red Line Parkway Initiative's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 30% 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
61% of Red Line Parkway Initiative's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k 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
Red Line Parkway Initiative's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,453 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Red Line Parkway Initiative
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
53%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Red Line Parkway Initiative?
- Red Line Parkway Initiative (Texas) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $102,535 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Red Line Parkway Initiative have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $102,535 in grants to Red Line Parkway Initiative, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Red Line Parkway Initiative?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Red Line Parkway Initiative 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 10 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