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
Where the money goes
55 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
16 people listed on the 990; $210K paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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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
Preserves and enhances Texas's visual character through design, landscaping, and tree planting.
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Other Scenic Initiatives
May include planting 1 million trees accross texas, roadway wildflower plantings, protecting the dark skies through collective impact and advocacy,and developing a scenic county and scenic school certification programs.
Education and Advocacy
Scenic texas works to provide information to the public, educate our members and stakeholders, and advocate at the capitol 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…
Enhancement Initiatives
Scenic texas and local chapters partner with statewide organizations to provide information, education forums and advocacy on statewide scenic issues. These issues include the designation of scenic highways, funding for landscaping and tree planting, protection from the visual blight of new billboard construction and the enforcement of…
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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 FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $489K | $660K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $263K | $137K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $19K | $9K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $943K | $1.2M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $126K | $355K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $817K | $805K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $108K | $108K | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $272K | $170K | $102K | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $73K | $73K | $40 | |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $3K | $3K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $41K | $41K | ||
| Lobbying feesLn 11d | $40K | $40K | ||
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $24K | $24K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $24K | $18K | $7K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $89 | $59 | $30 | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $2K | $682 | $50 | $1K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $40K | $40K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $3K | $2K | $190 | $226 |
| InterestLn 20 | $310 | $310 | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $9K | $9K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $1K | $1K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $40K | $14K | $10K | $16K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $24K | $14K | $5K | $5K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $705K | $384K | $267K | $54K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $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 Viewing | $693K | $705K | −$12K | $805K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $692,873 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $692,873 across 4 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $704,679 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,160,357 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $805,199 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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