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TEXAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION INC

TEXAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION INC (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,500 to it, the largest being SIMON & LOUISE HENDERSON FOUNDATION ($40,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.0M
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$43k
Net assets
$890k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Texas Forestry Association Inc does

Mission

Texas forestry association's mission is to provide information and promote interest in forestry and forest products.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Meeting expenses - advancing interest in and information about forestry.

    $185,665 spent$190,817 earned by the program
    55% of program spending

  2. Printing of the association's monthly tabloid - "texas forestry" (included as printing, salaries, payroll taxes, and pension).

    $95,628 spent$58,166 earned by the program
    28% of program spending

  3. Printing of the logging council's monthly tabloid - "the texas logger" (included as printing, salaries, payroll taxes, and pension).

    $54,339 spent$30,000 earned by the program
    16% of program spending

  4. Special activities designed to provide information and promote interest in forestry & forest products.

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $335,632.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($860k) Expenses 100 ($828k) Net assets 100 ($528k)2018 Revenue 104 ($896k) Expenses 109 ($904k) Net assets 98 ($517k)2019 Revenue 99 ($853k) Expenses 104 ($860k) Net assets 97 ($514k)2020 Revenue 89 ($762k) Expenses 92 ($759k) Net assets 96 ($509k)2021 Revenue 124 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($828k) Net assets 144 ($758k)2022 Revenue 113 ($976k) Expenses 119 ($982k) Net assets 143 ($754k)2023 Revenue 139 ($1.2M) Expenses 119 ($985k) Net assets 182 ($961k)2024 Revenue 118 ($1.0M) Expenses 131 ($1.1M) Net assets 169 ($890k)
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Revenue (118)Expenses (131)Net assets (169)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $509k to $758k (+49%).

$528k
$517k
$514k
$509k
$758k
$754k
$961k
$890k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

30% of TEXAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,434 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$32k
’17
−$8k
’18
−$7k
’19
$4k
’20
$241k
’21
−$6k
’22
$209k
’23
−$70k
’24
4.6
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed8280818868878885
Joined·+0+32+23+23+42+3+30
No longer listed·231164323233
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $10k.

Funder
'17
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
2
1
1

From the IRS filings of TEXAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 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

TEXAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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

94%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2022 80% · 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 TEXAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.

TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

TEXAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION INC's revenue grew 18% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−7% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve4.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like TEXAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 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

Wildlife Association of Texas84%Texas Funeral Directors Association Inc82%Texas Farm Bureau81%Texas Agriforestry Small Farmers & Ranchers81%Texas Nursery & Landscape Association Inc81%Texas Occupational Therapy Association Inc80%Texas Telephone Association80%Texas Veterinary Medical Association80%

Nationally

Mississippi Forestry Association85%Wildlife Association of Texas84%Nc Forestry Association84%Alabama Forestry Association Inc83%Society of American Foresters82%Forest Landowners Association Inc82%Virginia Forestry Association82%Tennessee Forestry Association82%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

31% of spending goes to programs.

Program 31%Management 69%Fundraising 0%

Governance

86
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • Texas Forestry Association · exempt
  • Texas Forestry Museum · exempt
  • Texas Forestry Association · exempt

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TEXAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION INC: 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 TEXAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION INC?
TEXAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION INC (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,500 to it, the largest being SIMON & LOUISE HENDERSON FOUNDATION ($40,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TEXAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $42,500 in grants to TEXAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TEXAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION INC?
SIMON & LOUISE HENDERSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TEXAS FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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