Houston Botanic Garden
Donations deductibleRevenue
$7.6m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$8.5m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$31.9m
$1m liabilities
Net assets
$30.9m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
27
5.9 years on average
Staff
43
153 volunteers
Chair observed
≥4 yrs
Alberto P Cardenas Jr
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Houston Botanic Garden's network
27 people20 organisationsi27 people and 20 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (27). Violet dotted lines (22) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
27 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 26 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto P Cardenas Jr Chair | Chair | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Annise D Parker | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Bass Wallace | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Blair Richardson Loocke | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Carole Bailey | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Elizabeth Stone | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Emily Emmett | Company secretary | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Gail Hendryx | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jack Bellows | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| James William Stewart Jr | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Jennifer Patton Grosvenor | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jessica Essalih | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| John Eads | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jose A Rocha (also filed as Jose Rocha) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Joy Warren | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Katie Grahmann | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Kingslea von Helms | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Lynne Hudson | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Melbern G Glasscock | Vice Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Michael Watson | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Nancy O'Connor Abendshein | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Phillip Holder | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Ruthie Lee-Esene | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Ryan Martin | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Saundria Chase Gray | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Sharyn Aydam Weaver (also filed as Sharyn Weaver) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Steven J Lindley | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
10 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Chaundra Frank | Vice President of Finance | since 2022 |
| Claudia Gee Vassar | Pres & Gen Coun | since 2018 |
| Claudia Gee Vasser | President & General Counsel | since 2022 |
| Connie Boyd | Vice President of Development | 2022 |
| Emily Baker | Dir Finance | 2020 |
| Jill M Barry | President & CEO (from 10/23) | since 2023 |
| Joy M Kaminsky | VP Horticulture | 2019 |
| Katherine Sadler | Deputy Director | 2024 |
| Katy Caldwell | Interim CEO (7/23 to 10/23) | 2023 |
| Laura A Easton | VP Dev & Marketing | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jill M Barry | President & CEO | 40 | $229k | $10k | |
| Katherine Sadler | Deputy Director | 40 | $109k | $9k | |
| Alberto P Cardenas Jr | Chair | 8 | $0 | ||
| Melbern G Glasscock | Vice Chair | 4 | $0 | ||
| Emily Emmett | Secretary | 4 | $0 | ||
| Annise D Parker | Treasurer | 4 | $0 | ||
| Nancy O'Connor Abendshein | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Carole Bailey | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Jack Bellows | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| John Eads | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Jessica Essalih | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Katie Grahmann | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Saundria Chase Gray | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Jennifer Patton Grosvenor | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Gail Hendryx | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Phillip Holder | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Lynne Hudson | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Ruthie Lee-Esene | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Steven J Lindley | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Blair Richardson Loocke | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Ryan Martin | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Jose Rocha | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| James William Stewart Jr | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Elizabeth Stone | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Kingslea von Helms | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Bass Wallace | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Joy Warren | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Michael Watson | Director | 4 | $0 | ||
| Sharyn Weaver | Director | 4 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Houston Botanic Garden
- EIN
- 043695294
- Address
- 8205 N Bayou Dr, Houston, TX, 77017-3751
- State
- Texas
- Mission
- To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- C41 Environment
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Environment
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2002
- Principal officer
- Jill M Barry (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 2002
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsAnnise D Parker
≥8years on the filingsCarole Bailey
≥8years on the filingsGail Hendryx
≥8years on the filingsJohn Eads
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $31.9m
- Total liabilities
- $1m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $30.9m
- Contributions and grants received
- $4.7m
- Program service revenue
- $2.6m
- Employees
- 43
- Volunteers
- 153
Filed finances
2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.6m | $8.5m | Deficit $866k |
| 2023 | $6.1m | $8.8m | Deficit $2.7m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Houston Botanic Garden likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Texas
- Entity type
- nonprofit corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 14 June 2002
- Registered agent
- Not stated
This register does not publish officers or directors.