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 Natural History & Natural Science Museums NTEE: A56 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

Where $100 goes at Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary Inc

How Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$68 Programs the work itself
$19 Management running the organization
$13 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $68 for programs

$44
Admission to the 289 acre wildlife preserve and exhibit areas, which supports the mission of bringing people and nature together
64% of program spending
$24
Adult and family education programs to increase public awareness of the museum's programs, to enhance general public understanding of plant and wildlife habitations, and to provide environmental education
35% of program spending
<$1
Canoe and ropes course programsto offer team building while enriching awareness of nature and how we interact with each other as well as with our natural surroundings
1% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

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

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$299,035 13 grants
Arts & Culture
$230,750 4 grants
Environment & Conservation
$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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