Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 1970.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
54 people listed on the 990; $2.0M paid to officers and key staff.
Jesse T Gilbert’s $355K as President/Ce is at the 72nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 225 $10–100M animals nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Schmid | — | — | $367,422 |
| Jesse T Gilbert | $354,652 | $292,948 | $246,828 |
| Julio Flores | $290,771 | $250,692 | $232,563 |
| Justin Sefcik | $223,035 | $174,541 | $125,208 |
| Jennifer Vela | $222,957 | $175,396 | $144,335 |
| Rita Vondra | $175,362 | — | — |
| Patricia Ranzini | — | — | $173,052 |
| Nicole Andrade | $172,703 | $158,324 | $145,977 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Programs and updates
Educates the public on marine ecosystems through aquarium exhibits while rescuing and rehabilitating injured coastal wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico region.
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It all began in 1969 with the dream of what corpus christi could be. Visionary community leaders had a bold, yet simple purpose with the texas state aquarium - create educationally enriching and entertaining exhibits and programs to connect people with nature, and inspire them to care for, and ultimately help conserve, the gulf of mexico…
At the heart of the aquarium's mission is environmental education. Hundreds of thousands of students have experienced the aquarium over the years through our outreach and distance learning programs, field trips, camps, and on-site programs.
Our wildlife rescue program has ministered to the needs of hundreds of injured shore and water birds, sea turtles, and marine mammals each year. In 2022, the texas state aquarium institute for wildlife conservation was created to expand on the capabilities of the aquarium's rescue and rehabilitation efforts.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest Viewing | $19.1M | $18.8M | $307K | $88.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $19.3M | $18.2M | $1.1M | $88.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $22.9M | $16.7M | $6.2M | $86.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $38.8M | $17.2M | $21.7M | $81.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $16.5M | $16.3M | $212K | $58.9M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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