Scenic Texas INC

Tax-deductible

Austin, TX501(c)(3)EIN 76-0127655Revenue $154K in FY2025

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Scenic Texas preserves and enhances the visual character of Texas. Scenic Texas promotes enhanced design standards for public projects, freeway landscaping, billboard control, planting 1 million trees across Texas, and dark sky protection.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 55 volunteers and 2 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $38K a year · 11% of revenue · last 3 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Named funders
1
named funder · $150
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$28K
21% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 21% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$154K
-21% vs prior year
Spent
$152K
Net assets
$108K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$154K
FY2025▼ -21%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$693K
FY2021$230K
FY2022$169K
FY2023$173K
FY2024$195K
FY2025$154K
Expenses
$152K
FY2025▼ -55%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$705K
FY2021$335K
FY2022Not on file
FY2023Not on file
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$152K
Net assets
$108K
FY2025▲ +2%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$805K
FY2021$207K
FY2022$66K
FY2023$85K
FY2024$106K
FY2025$108K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1985.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2021FY2020
Sarah Tober$94,965$107,708
Heather Houston—$102,000

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

Preserves and enhances Texas's visual character through design, landscaping, and tree planting.

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3 programs · $236K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Education and Advocacy

Scenic texas works to provide information to the public, educate our members and stakeholders, and advocate concerning issues that impact the scenic beauty of texas. These issues include legislation to protect the dark sky from unnecessary light pollution, regulation of billboards, funding for the green ribbon program,the designation of…

$138Kprogram expense
02

Scenic Enhancement Initiatives

Scenic texas and local chapters partner with statewide organizations to provide information, educational forums and advocacy on statewide scenic issues. Specifically, through the scenic city certification program (SCCP), scenic texas educates texas municipalities on high-quality scenic standards for public roadways and public spaces.

$78Kprogram expense
03

Other Scenic Initiatives

May include roadway wildflower plantings, protecting the dark skies through collective impact and advocacy, designation of scenic highways, continuing the efforts to plant 1 million trees across texas, developing a scenic county and scenic school certifiction program.

$20Kprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$150

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$154K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$154K
Money outPt IX
$152K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$108K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$136K
LiabilitiesLn 26$28K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Other incomeLn 4–11$154K
Total revenueLn 12$154K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$136K
LiabilitiesLn 26$28K
Net assetsLn 32$108K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 655
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $154K$152K$2K$108K 990 PDF
FY2024 $195K$106K 990 PDF
FY2023 $173K$85K 990 PDF
FY2022 $169K$66K 990 PDF
FY2021 $230K$335K−$105K$207K 990 PDF
FY2020 $693K$705K−$12K$805K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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