Waterloo Greenway Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to create and maintain a chain of extraordinary urban parks around a restored waller creek, in partnership with the city of austin, for the benefit of all.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
97¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$724K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $1.2M a year · 7% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
97%
of spending
Looks good: 97% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$724K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.2 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
23
named funders · $2.3M
Looks good: 23 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$16.8M
76% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 76% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
29
of 30 voting members
Looks good: 29 of 30 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$35.4M
Spent
$47.0M
To programs
97%
Net assets
$5.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$35.4M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$35.4M
FY2021$19.7M
FY2022$13.5M
FY2023$8.1M
FY2024$7.4M
Expenses
$47.0M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$47.0M
FY2021$16.0M
FY2022$10.2M
FY2023$9.4M
FY2024$7.6M
Net assets
$5.2M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.2M
FY2021$10.1M
FY2022$13.4M
FY2023$12.1M
FY2024$11.9M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Dec 2010.

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Where the money goes

97 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 97% · $45.7M Management & general 1% · $580K Fundraising 1% · $696K

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

35 people listed on the 990; $724K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$198,429Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$147,377Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Planning and Design
$113,134Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Park Operations
$111,369Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Development Officer
$109,519Pt VII · Sec A
$43,761Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Erica Saenez’s $182K as Chief Operating Officer is at the 60th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community development 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jesus Aguirre$142,719$294,801$311,016——
Peter Mullan———$45,779$198,429
Erica Saenz—$180,249$187,945$170,000$147,377
Kathy Miller———$184,140—
Erica Saenez$181,552————
Renee Welsh$167,509$178,106$91,539——
Evelyn Nazro$166,728$170,770$161,657$150,000$109,519
John Rigdon$163,041$148,615$144,142$111,154$113,134

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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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Creates and maintains a vibrant chain of urban parks and trails around a restored Waller Creek in Austin for the public to enjoy.

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2 programs · $45.7M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

The conservancy acts as the steward of waller creek by playing a vital role in the preservation, redevelopment and maintenance of the creek's surrounding parks, nearby businesses, adjoining neighborhoods and community at large.

$45.1Mprogram expense
02

Even while waterloo park has been under construction, the conservancy hosted in-person community events and programs at symphony square in q1 and moved to virtual programming at symphony square and waterloo park in response to the pandemic during Q2-Q4.

$581Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$35.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$35.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$67K
Other incomeLn 4–11$9K
Money outPt IX
$47.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$45.7M
Managementcol C$580K
Fundraisingcol D$696K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8.8M
Total assetsLn 16$22.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$16.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
35
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a30
IndependentVI 1b29
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$35.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$29.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$93K
Investment incomeLn 3$67K
Other incomeLn 4–11$9K
Gains on assetsLn 7$5K
Total revenueLn 12$35.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$764K
SavingsLn 2$8.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$8.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$865K
Other assetsLn 15$1.7M
Total assetsLn 16$22.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$16.8M
Net assetsLn 32$5.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 531
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$12.2M$8.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$907K$865K
Total assetsLn 16$24.0M$22.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.2M$16.8M
Net assetsLn 32$16.8M$5.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$266K$128K$54K$84K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.1M$541K$229K$354K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$24K$12K$5K$8K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$133K$64K$27K$42K
Payroll taxesLn 10$106K$51K$22K$33K
Legal feesLn 11b$91K$66K$13K$11K
Accounting feesLn 11c$21K$21K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$4K$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$562K$428K$64K$70K
Office expensesLn 13$75K$34K$8K$33K
Information technologyLn 14$25K$7K$2K$16K
OccupancyLn 16$94K$48K$41K$5K
TravelLn 17$8K$3K$2K$3K
InterestLn 20$144K$102K$24K$17K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$130K$66K$57K$7K
InsuranceLn 23$55K$39K$9K$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$44.1M$44.1M
All other expensesLn 24e$16K$12K$3K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$47.0M$45.7M$580K$696K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $7.4M$7.6M−$196K$11.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.1M$9.4M−$1.4M$12.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $13.5M$10.2M$3.3M$13.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $19.7M$16.0M$3.7M$10.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $35.4M$47.0M−$11.5M$5.2M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $35,446,895 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $19,160,755$35,370,215
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $177,326$67,423
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $20,137$9,257
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $19,358,218$35,446,895
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,858,059$1,652,880
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$4,088
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $29,773,543$45,310,196
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $31,631,602$46,967,164
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$12,273,384−$11,520,269
Part VI · Governance 29 of 30 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body30
VI-1b Independent voting members29
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $35,446,895 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $4,307 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$29,755,112
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,615,103
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$93,162
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$35,370,215
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $62,241$62,241
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $4,950$4,950
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $5,182$5,182
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $76,680$35,446,895
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $46,967,164 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $128,055 · Management $54,136 · Fundraising $83,744$265,935
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $541,324 · Management $228,848 · Fundraising $354,011$1,124,183
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $11,656 · Management $4,927 · Fundraising $7,623$24,206
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $63,975 · Management $27,046 · Fundraising $41,838$132,859
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $50,896 · Management $21,517 · Fundraising $33,284$105,697
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $66,225 · Management $13,223 · Fundraising $11,459$90,907
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $21,015$21,015
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $4,088$4,088
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $428,020 · Management $64,446 · Fundraising $69,970$562,436
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $33,630 · Management $8,349 · Fundraising $33,480$75,459
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $7,353 · Management $1,976 · Fundraising $15,722$25,051
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $47,910 · Management $40,907 · Fundraising $4,795$93,612
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,937 · Management $1,600 · Fundraising $3,087$7,624
IX-20 InterestPrograms $102,229 · Management $23,868 · Fundraising $17,458$143,555
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $66,375 · Management $56,673 · Fundraising $6,643$129,691
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $39,448 · Management $9,210 · Fundraising $6,737$55,395
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $44,089,005$44,089,005
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $11,712 · Management $2,734 · Fundraising $2,000$16,446
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $45,690,750 · Management $580,475 · Fundraising $695,939$46,967,164
Part X · Balance sheet $21,982,246 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,770,615$764,397
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $10,470,948$8,031,033
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $8,672,714$8,237,663
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $330,515$1,492,390
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $53,213$898,437
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $906,795$864,612
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,763,087$1,693,714
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $23,967,887$21,982,246
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,099,824$5,989,783
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $200,000$405,000
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$256,012
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $897,970$2,693,838
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,197,794$16,771,991
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,892,929$4,207
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $11,877,164$5,206,048
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $16,770,093$5,210,255
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $23,967,887$21,982,246
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,210,255 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$35,446,895
XI-2 Total expenses$46,967,164
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$11,520,269
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$16,770,093
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities−$39,569
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,210,255

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