2023-10-31T12:49:04-07:00 2022-12-31 752593210 Sutton Frost Cary LLP 600 Six Flags Dr Suite 600 Arlington TX 76011 990 2022-01-01 742602504 PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS PARK 2147201478 2914 SWISS AVENUE DALLAS TX 75204 ANNE BROWN Executive Dir. 2023-10-31 true ANNE BROWN 999009999 true Carroll Elizabeth Arnott P01965628 8176498083 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z ANNE BROWN 42420497 false X WWW.TPWF.ORG X 1991 TX TO SUPPORT TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (TPWD) TO ENSURE THAT ALL TEXANS, TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE, CAN ENJOY THE WILD THINGS AND WILD PLACES OF TEXAS. 21 21 18 21 0 8250180 12910159 182552 233628 2044495 1843914 19263 134269 10496490 15121970 4957522 3796444 0 1263382 1610535 0 114162 2087422 3104935 8308326 8511914 2188164 6610056 79801528 79643197 6981745 7945928 72819783 71697269 X TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (TPWD) TO ENSURE THAT ALL TEXANS, TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE, CAN ENJOY THE WILD THINGS AND WILD PLACES OF TEXAS. false false 3287823 740036 173128 TPWFs Engage program strives to engage and inspire all Texans to take an active interest in the natural wonders of our state by offering a wide variety of opportunities to experience Texas great outdoors and to help ensure a thriving future for the wild things and wild places of our state. Through this program, TPWF supports transformational projects at Texas State Parks. Between 2019 and mid-2023, TPWF led a campaign to raise funds through a landmark public-private partnership to open Palo Pinto Mountains State Park. TPWF successfully raised $10 million in private dollars to pair with public funding, which will allow Palo Pinto Mountains State Park to come to life for the people of Texas. Located 75 miles west of the Dallas/Fort Worth area and sitting on almost 5,000 acres of rambling hills and stunning vistas, this will be the first new state park in North Texas in over 25 years. In addition, TPWFs conservation leadership program, Stewards of the Wild, continues to engage and encourage hundreds of annual members across Texas to take an active role in being good stewards and champions of our wild things and wild places. 2023 marked the programs 10th anniversary, and it is now the largest conservation leadership program in Texas, with member-led chapters in most major metropolitan areas. In addition to educational events, conservation service projects, and statewide outdoor experiences, Stewards of the Wild offers mentored hunting and fishing opportunities that serve to connect novice and lapsed adult hunters with experienced hunters who can teach them practical, ethical and conservation elements of hunting in Texas. 2643367 1901189 TPWFs Conserve program works to ensure the future of Texas incredible fish and wildlife resources and the habitats they rely on. From restoring a sea of grasslands across West Texas to researching the recolonization of black bears in West Texas, TPWF is conserving the wild things and wild places of Texas acre-by acre, species-by-species. In partnership with the Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture, TPWD, and private landowners, TPWF continues its work to restore and enhance grassland habitat in Texas and Oklahoma through the Grassland Restoration Incentive Program by implementing on-the-ground habitat restoration projects that directly combat the issues involved in the decline of grassland species, with the restoration of over 4,200 acres underway since the beginning of 2022 and a total of over 120,000 acres restored since the program launched in 2013. A similar project in the Pecos River watershed has restored over 16,000 acres of grassland habitat since its launch in 2021. In 2022, TPWF partnered with Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University on a research and outreach program to investigate the natural recolonization of black bears in West Texas and implement management strategy to foster their coexistence with humans. During the 2022 field season, the team successfully captured and collared nine black bears (eight males and one female) in just two months; researchers began collecting data from the movement of nine radio collared bears over a range of more than 4,600 square milesan area the team anticipates will grow in the future; and team members worked with TPWD biologists to relocate and monitor a problem bear that had been getting into Terlingua residents trash. The bear was relocated to Black Gap WMA for monitoring. Additionally, in 2022, TPWF continued a multi-year, multi-million-dollar fundraising campaign to fund capital improvements to the Edwin L. Cox, Jr., Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) in Athens, Texas. Opened in 1996, TFFC is a 106-acre educational facility and freshwater fish hatchery, including a laboratory, over 300,000 gallons of indoor and outdoor aquariums, and 45 ponds covering 37 acres. TFFC serves more than 35,000 visitors each year, many of whom visit with school and youth group field trips. Preparing for the next 25 years, the capital improvement plan includes refurbishing the popular Dive Theater and its dive tank, renovating four large outdoor aquaria exhibits, installing four new outdoor fisheries tanks, and enhancing the indoor exhibits and overall visitor experience. 1138886 801493 2000 TPWFs Lead program seeks to advance the capabilities of the Texas Game Wardens who have watched over the lands, waters, wildlife, and people of Texas for over 125 years. Every year Texas Game Wardens patrol over 10 million miles by vehicle and 160,000 hours by boat, facing challenges as unique as the 254 counties they serve. With more than 550 commissioned peace officers throughout the state, game wardens tirelessly lead the way in critical search and rescue operations; render aid during times of natural disaster like hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and wildfires; and provide conservation enforcement and education for fishing, hunting, and boating. Texas Game Wardens are widely recognized as the best trained corps of conservation officers in the nation, and 2022 marked the 5th anniversary of TPWFs successful Gear Up for Game Wardens program. Since its launch in 2017, Gear Up for Game Wardens has outfitted game wardens across Texas with specialized equipment ranging from thermal search and rescue drones and side-scan sonar units to custom-outfitted ATVs and UTVs for off-road patrols, and even custom-made skiffs for shallow-water patrols and seagrass regulation enforcement. The program has now raised over $3.9 million and procured and put into service an estimated value of $4.3 million in specialty equipment for game wardens in every region of the state. 759813 347726 58500 7829889 true true false false false true false false false true true false false true true true true false false false false false false false false false false true true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true false true false true 56 0 true 18 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 21 21 false false false false false true false true false false false true true true true true true true true false X X SHARON BAKER 2147201478 2914 SWISS AVENUE DALLAS TX 75204 PHIL LAMB DIR. OF PHILAN. 40.00 0.00 188519 0 24235 ZACH SPECTOR DIR. OF CONSER. 40.00 0.00 159077 0 8966 SUSAN HOUSTON-thru 62022 Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 106195 0 25500 JULIE SHADDOX DIR. 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THE USE OF THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS IS TO CONSERVE THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES OF TEXAS; PROMOTE CONSERVATION EDUCATION, AND OFFER SCHOLARSHIP AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Foundation is exempt from federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and has not been classified as a private foundation as defined in the IRC. Income generated from activities unrelated to the Foundations exempt purposes is subject to tax under IRC Section 511. The Foundation had no unrelated business income tax liability for the years ended December 31, 2022. Accordingly, no provision has been made for federal income tax.GAAP requires the evaluation of tax positions taken in the course of preparing the Foundations tax returns and recognition of a tax liability (or asset) if the Foundation has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). 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REQUESTS FROM THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT(TPWD) ARE SUBMITTED TO THE BOOKKEEPER FOR PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR GRANT FUNDING MAY BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, THE DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY, OR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AFTER A REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE REQUEST WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR PROCESSING TO THE CONTROLLER OR BOOKKEEPER. X false false false false false false false false false PHIL LAMB DIR. OF PHILAN. 155019 33500 24235 212754 ZACH SPECTOR DIR. OF CONSER. 158077 1000 8966 168043 X 4 1285595 fmv X 1 471070 fmv X equipment 1 750 fmv false true false Form 990, Part III, Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: TPWFs Lead program seeks to advance the capabilities of the Texas Game Wardens who have watched over the lands, waters, wildlife, and people of Texas for over 125 years. Every year Texas Game Wardens patrol over 10 million miles by vehicle and 160,000 hours by boat, facing challenges as unique as the 254 counties they serve. With more than 550 commissioned peace officers throughout the state, game wardens tirelessly lead the way in critical search and rescue operations; render aid during times of natural disaster like hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and wildfires; and provide conservation enforcement and education for fishing, hunting, and boating. Texas Game Wardens are widely recognized as the best trained corps of conservation officers in the nation, and 2022 marked the 5th anniversary of TPWFs successful Gear Up for Game Wardens program. Since its launch in 2017, Gear Up for Game Wardens has outfitted game wardens across Texas with specialized equipment ranging from thermal search and rescue drones and side-scan sonar units to custom-outfitted ATVs and UTVs for off-road patrols, and even custom-made skiffs for shallow-water patrols and seagrass regulation enforcement. The program has now raised over $3.9 million and procured and put into service an estimated value of $4.3 million in specialty equipment for game wardens in every region of the state. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b WHILE THE FULL BOARD HAS MINUTES AT EACH MEETING, THERE ARE FEW COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THESE DO NOT HAVE MINUTES. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DOES NOT TAKE MINUTES DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b THE CONTROLLER AND/OR FINANCE DIRECTOR REVIEW THE FORM 990 AND COMPARES NUMBERS TO INTERNAL FINANCIALS. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ALONG WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, INCLUDING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, REVIEW THE FORM 990 BEFORE IT IS FILED. THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD BEFORE IT IS FILED. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c THE BOARD AND OFFICERS SIGN AN ANNUAL STATEMENT DECLARING ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST EVERY YEAR. THE OFFICE MANAGER COLLECTS THESE STATEMENTS AND REVIEWS THEM. IF THERE IS ANY CONFLICT THE OFFICE MANAGER WOULD PASS ON TO THE CONTROLLER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. IF A CONFLICT IS FOUND TO EXIST, THE CONFLICTED MEMBER WILL ABSTAIN FROM VOTING AND REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM THE BOARD ROOM DURING DISCUSSIONS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a THE PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INCLUDES THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE COMPENSATION BY COMPARABILITY DATA, AND CONTEMPORANEOUS SUBSTANTIATION OF THE DELIBERATION AND DECISIONS, AND REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. NORMALLY IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER EACH YEAR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEWS ALL KEY EMPLOYEE'S SALARY AND PERFORMANCE. ALL REVIEWS ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE EMPLOYEE'S HR FILES. IN 2022, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RETIRED SO NO REVIEW WAS NEEDED. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE FORM 990 ARE AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT 4200 SMITH SCHOOL ROAD AUSTIN TX 78744 741680372 CONSERVATION TX GOVT N/A false false true false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT b 3118031 CASH PAID TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT g 750000 FMV