Fort Bend Green

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263299387
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
2814023025
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Beautification and Aesthetics

Reported finances

Revenue
$107,522
Expenses
$116,713
Assets
$374,124
Liabilities
$4,038

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CEE CEE PARKER (ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KATIE GOLZARRI (PRESIDENT)
  • KATIE CARNER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DEBRA GREENWOOD SHARP (DIRECTOR)
  • JENNIFER JACOBS (SECRETARY)
  • CEE CEE PARKER (ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization's mission is to promote the beautification and overall physical attractiveness of the fort bend green by identifying, preserving, and enhancing natural areas and open spaces for recreational purposes and enjoyment of the citizens of fort bend county.

What it reported doing in 2024

Promote the beautification and overall physical attractiveness of fort bend -program description: wildflower seeding: $32,501 kfbb miscellaneous exp: $10,120park/trails master plan: $4,330

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% 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 revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.6%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 40.2%; rating input score 40

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.5%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.21; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.6% of revenue deployed · 40.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.