Small Public Charity

FRIENDS OF THE TEXAS STATE AQUARIUM

FRIENDS OF THE TEXAS STATE AQUARIUM is a private foundation categorized as Small Public Charity based in CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. Imperigo tracks 4 reported grants from this foundation totaling approximately $397K.

EIN: 472413408 CORPUS CHRISTI, TX Single Organization Support NTEE: D11 Latest filing: 2024
Grants Given4
Grant Total$397K
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

FRIENDS OF THE TEXAS STATE AQUARIUM (FTSA) WAS ORGANIZED IN DECEMBER 2014 BY THE AQUARIUM AS A TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATION TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FACILITY FOR USE BY THE AQUARIUM. BOTH THE AQUARIUM AND FTSA SHARE A COMMON BOARD OF TRUSTEES (BOARD).

Where $100 goes at Friends of the Texas State Aquarium

How Friends of the Texas State Aquarium divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990-EZ filings, averaged across 7 years.

$100 Programs the work itself
<$1 Everything else operations and overhead

Form 990-EZ reports program spending but doesn't separate management from fundraising, so those are shown together.

Inside the $100 for programs

$100
Provide support to the texas state aquarium
All program spending
Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook
Add this to your website

Source: Form 990-EZ filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

PRESIDENT/CE Jesse T Gilbert
SENIOR VP/CF Julio Flores
DIRECTOR Larry Meyers
DIRECTOR Mark Meyer
DIRECTOR Nathan Taggart

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$397,071 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 — — —
2023 — $767 —
2022 — $244 $11K
2020 $70K $71K $7.0M
2019 $70K $78K $7.0M

Between 2019 and 2020, reported annual revenue held roughly steady at around $70K.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in TX.

TX

Full geographic grant map with state-by-state breakdown available with membership.

See the full picture for FRIENDS OF THE TEXAS STATE AQUARIUM

Complete financials, all 4 grant records, officer compensation, year-over-year trend charts, a geographic grant map, and data exports — across 880,000+ organizations.

Full Financial History Complete Grant Activity Officer Compensation Year-over-Year Charts Geographic Grant Map Data Exports
7-day free trial Cancel any time