Public Charity

HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC

HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC is a Public Charity headquartered in MCKINNEY, TX. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $2.5M revenue, $2.6M expenses, $6.0M total assets. 18 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $560K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 751317961 MCKINNEY, TX Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.5M
Total Expenses$2.6M
Total Assets$6.0M
Grant Records18
Funding Total$560K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS EMPHASIZING APPRECIATION OF NATURE AND ITS CONSERVATION, PRESERVING A PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS LAND AND PRESERVING THROUGH MUSEUM COLLECTIONS EXAMPLES OF NATURAL HISTORY, NATURE RELATED ART WORKS AND MEMORABILIA OF FOUNDER, BESSIE HEARD

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Andrew Macpherson
BOARD MEMBER Bill Woodfin
BOARD MEMBER Cate Bowman
BOARD MEMBER Cheryl Miller
SECRETARY Dena Stroh
BOARD MEMBER Joshua Verkerk

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Top Grant Purposes

ARTS, CULTURE
$156,000 1 grant
GENERAL SUPPORT
$138,000 2 grants
THIS GRANT IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
$112,724 7 grants
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$74,750 3 grants
TO RENOVATE AND IMPROVE THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN AND SYCAMORE TRAIL AT THE HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM
$30,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.5M $2.6M $6.0M
2024 $2.0M $2.0M $5.9M
2023 $1.6M $1.7M $5.7M
2022 $1.8M $1.6M $5.5M
2021 $1.7M $1.6M $5.7M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.7M to $2.5M (+53%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.0M.

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