Big Bend Conservancy
“Support and enhance Big Bend National Park through education and philanthropy.”
The work
What they do
Official nonprofit partner of Big Bend National Park. Funds trails, education, dark sky initiatives, and conservation projects.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “TO PRESERVE, ENRICH AND CONSERVE THE UNIQUE RESOURCES OF BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK AND THE RIO GRANDE WILD AND SCENIC RIVER THROUGH PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.”
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
Boots on the ground
$354KBIG BEND CONSERVANCY SUPPORTS BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK WITH MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BY SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.
Read it as they filed it
BIG BEND CONSERVANCY SUPPORTS BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK WITH MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BY SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION. THIS YEAR, WE CONTINUED TO ACQUIRE LAND ON THE PARK'S WESTERN BOUNDARY FOR A FUTURE PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, INVESTED IN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PARK'S SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS, AND BEGAN RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC CASTOLON SITE.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
74 cents of every dollar goes to the work
Read it as a snapshot, not a scorecard. Splits move year to year with grants and campaigns, and healthy shops live all across this range.
$353,929 programs, $118,982 management, $7,568 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The people
Who does the work
Succeeds Amanda Billing in the officer table.
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. This one caught a changing of the guard in the act: the FY2025 officer table lists Amanda Billing, the return itself is signed by Loren Riemer. Orgs that claim their page can update it same-day. Work at Big Bend Conservancy? Claim this page.
Those 21 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If Big Bend Conservancy is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Make it 22The filings
14 years of filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2012 | $361,970 |
| 2013 | $365,287 |
| 2014 | $347,204 |
| 2015 | $643,050 |
| 2016 | $324,625 |
| 2017 | $392,767 |
| 2018 | $320,947 |
| 2019 | $489,857 |
| 2020 | $473,143 |
| 2021 | $1,124,327 |
| 2022 | $745,097 |
| 2023 | $1,099,979 |
| 2024 | $577,199 |
| 2025 | $1,349,066 |
From $362K in 2012 to $1.3M in FY25, with no missed filing in 14 years. The 2025 peak of $1.3M reads like one-time gifts, so trust the line, not the peak.
The record
On the Hill
Big Bend Conservancy has hired federal lobbyists: 9 filings from 2024 to 2026, naming 4 bills. The filings, at the Senate.
Most filed on natural resources.
The Texas congressional delegation averages 34 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
Ways in
How to help
74 cents of your dollar goes straight to the work above.
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30 years on the ground, 21 volunteers, 74 cents of every dollar on the line. That is who is holding it. There is room for one more.