Exploration Green Conservancy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 464607075
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Houston, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8324988941
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $145,883
- Expenses
- $176,668
- Assets
- $248,173
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
People named in this filing
- DAVID SHARP (CHAIRMAN)
- RICH SOMMER (VICE CHAIRMAN)
- JOSE MOGUEL (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Exploration green conservancy (the organization) was incorporated in december 2013 under the provisions of the Texas non-profit corporation act. Exploration green conservancy is dedicated to creating, maintaining, and operating the habitat restoration and recreation facilities within exploration green while concurrently supporting the use of the area for storm water in order to: enhance the quality of life and outdoor experience for residents in the greater bay area; provide abundant natural habitat areas for migrating and resident wild birds, butterflies, and other appropriate wildlife; create nature trails for hiking, biking, and pedestrian commuting, athletic fields and other recreation areas; create functioning wetlands, lakes and other water features; and sponsor education efforts via area schools and other groups to enhance understanding of natural habitats, wildlife, environmental conservation, wetlands, and storm water issues.
What it reported doing in 2025
Exploration green conservancy is dedicated to creating, maintaining, and operating the habitat restoration and recreation facilities within exploration green while concurrently supporting the use of the area for storm water in order to enhance the quality of life and outdoor experience for residents in the greater bay area; provide abundant natural habitat areas for migrating and resident wild birds, butterflies, and other appropriate wildlife; create nature trails for hiking, biking, and pedestrian commuting, athletic fields and other recreation areas; create functioning wetlands, lakes and other water features; and sponsor education efforts via area schools and other groups to enhance understanding of natural habitats, wildlife, environmental conservation, wetlands, and storm water issues.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.3%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 62.4%; rating input score 62
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -21.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.4; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.3% of revenue deployed · 62.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $110K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.