Nonprofit · EIN 23-7112618
TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE
Tax-exempt · DALLAS, TX 75382
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $2,112,197 | $1,057,700 | $1,054,497 | $2,929,309 | $3,315 | $2,925,994 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,059,961 | $1,045,143 | $14,818 | $2,710,977 | $1,914,687 | $796,290 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,107,553 | $1,079,805 | $27,748 | $2,578,074 | $1,812,697 | $765,377 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,977,985
- of which government grants
- $74,625
- Membership dues
- $24,177
- Program service revenue
- $57,738
- Investment income
- $50,087
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $26,387
- Other revenue
- $26,387
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $109,615
- Other salaries and wages
- $182,506
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $327,558
- Professional fundraising fees
- $36,020
- Legal fees
- $1,582
- Accounting fees
- $19,475
- Occupancy
- $1,858
- Travel
- $27,589
- Program services (functional)
- $824,045
- Management and general (functional)
- $151,029
- Fundraising (functional)
- $82,626
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,710,977
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,929,309
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,315
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,925,994
- Publicly traded securities
- $2,617,766
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,606,545
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,319,449
- Gross receipts
- $2,112,197
- Employees
- 4
- Volunteers
- 2,000
- Year formed
- 1971
- State of legal domicile
- TX
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grahame Jones | Executive Director | 40 | $109,615 |
| Victoria Calder | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Zeshan Segal | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Richard LeTourneau | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 15 | $0 |
| Justin Lannen | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 |
| Hon Jesse Oliver | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 |
| Susan Schmidt | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Davin Topel | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| David Gray | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Peggy Carr | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Earl B Matthew MD | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Susan Petersen | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| David Todd | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Bruce Walker | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Allyn Dukes | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Shepperd | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John DeFilipo | Former Executive Dir. | 40 | $108,726 | $26,923 |
| Victoria Calder | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Zeshan Segal | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Richard LeTourneau | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 15 | $0 | $0 |
| Justin Lannen | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 | $0 |
| Hon Jesse Oliver | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan Schmidt | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| David Gray | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Peggy Carr | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Earl B Matthew MD | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan Petersen | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| David Todd | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Bruce Walker | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Allyn Dukes | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| John Shepperd | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John DeFilipo | Executive Dir. | 40 | $81,846 | $20,461 |
| Benjamin Jones | Former Executive Dir. | 40 | $15,265 | $1,154 |
| Victoria Calder | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Zeshan Segal | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Richard LeTourneau | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 15 | $0 | $0 |
| Justin Lannen | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 | $0 |
| Hon Jesse Oliver | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan Schmidt | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Richard Donovan | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| David Gray | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Peggy Carr | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Earl B Matthew MD | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan Petersen | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| David Todd | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Sahar Sea | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Bruce Walker | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Allyn Dukes | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| John Shepperd | Secretary Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 822554, DALLAS, TX 75382-2554
- Signed the 990
- Grahame Jones, Executive Director
- Phone
- (512) 844-1412
- Website
- tcatexas.org
- Return prepared by
- Gerald G Kepner Jr CPA
Mission
Texas Conservation Alliance educates Texans and builds alliances to enhance and sustain wildlife habitat and protect our land, air, and water for future generations.
Program accomplishments
- Texas Conservation Alliance conducts or leads a number of conservation projects, participates in the state's water planning process,supports issues led by other conservation organizations, holds or participates in events such as Earth Day, serves on state and federal advisory boards, and disseminates general conservation information directly, at events, via email, on its website, through a newsletter, and via social media. Specific projects not listed in Part III, Lines 4a and 4b, include: support for funding for state parks, dissemination of information on water conservation and water recycling, protection of rivers, bays, and estuaries, advocating for wildlife and wildlife habitat, and input to decisions regarding management of national forests.Expenses $402,342 · revenue $1,585,427
- Marvin Nichols Reservoir: TCA coordinates a coalition of property owners, timber industry officials, citizens engaged in agribusiness, conservationists, and other Texas residents who oppose construction of the 66,000-acre Marvin Nichols Reservoir on the Sulphur River in Texas and who advocate for cost-effective water supply options that are less damaging to the natural and human environments. This year, TCAs project, Preserve Northeast Texas, generated coverage in numerous media and print outlets, organized public opposition to the project, and supported legislation to address the issue.Expenses $251,303 · revenue $253,299
- Habitat Restoration and Lights Out for Wildlife: TCA conducts events and recruits people from a wide range of constituencies, particularly young people, to participate in habitat restoration events planting trees and native prairie plants, cleaning up trash harmful to wildlife, turning off nonessential lighting during spring and fall bird migrations (called Lights Out for Wildlife), and eliminating invasive plants from natural areas. In FY24, TCA held or co-hosted events at which more than 1,000 volunteers planted trees and prairie plants and picked up trash from Texas waterways. TCA staff, interns, and volunteers conducted on-foot surveys of downtown Dallas and Fort Worth to gather data about bird mortality due to light pollution and to rehab injured birds, and urged cities, building managers, and residents to go Lights Out. TCA propagates and disseminates native plants.Expenses $170,400 · revenue $184,602
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 16, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 23-7112618
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1971
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Animal-related (D013)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,929,309
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,112,197
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $2,112,197 | $1,057,700 | $2,929,309 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $1,059,961 | $1,045,143 | $2,710,977 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $1,107,553 | $1,079,805 | $2,578,074 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $952,524 | $936,526 | $2,283,136 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 23-7112618).
Questions about TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE
- What is the EIN of TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE is 23-7112618.
- Is TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1971.
- Are donations to TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who are the officers and directors of TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 16 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $109,615 (Grahame Jones, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,112,197, expenses of $1,057,700 and total assets of $2,929,309 at year end.
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