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Name:	Galveston Bay Foundation
Address:	17330 Highway 3
	Webster, TX 77598
Phone:	281-332-3381
Web Address:	www.galvbay.org

Galveston Bay Foundation meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

The Galveston Bay Foundation’s (GBF) programs in advocacy, conservation, education, and research strive to ensure that Galveston Bay remains a beautiful and productive place for generations to come. GBF’s advocacy programs allow GBF to serve as the watchdog for Galveston Bay. The overarching goal is to encourage and actively seek solutions to conflicts among the diverse users of the Bay. These programs attempt to balance the multiple uses of Galveston Bay so that the long-term interests of the Bay itself are not compromised. GBF’s conservation programs focus on estuarine habitat preservation, protection, and restoration. In its 25-year history, GBF has preserved, protected, and enhanced over 16,500 acres of coastal habitat and protected over 16 miles of eroding shoreline. GBF’s education programs provide science-based environmental education focused on Galveston Bay. The goal of the program is to develop a knowledgeable constituency, ranging from school children to public officials, which recognizes the positive quality-of-life benefits that a healthy Galveston Bay system provides for the entire Houston/Galveston region. GBF’s research programs focus on the monitoring of created wetlands and restored habitat across Galveston Bay. GBF also advocates for the allocation of research dollars to the region to ensure the health of Galveston Bay and its users.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, Galveston Bay Foundation's program expenses were:

Conservation	1,040,073
Education	438,947
Advocacy	245,400
Research	25,510
Total Program Expenses:	$1,749,930

Chief Executive : Bob Stokes, President

Compensation*:

$118,450

Chair of the Board: George Pontikes
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: President & CEO of Satterfield and Pontikes Construction

Board Size: 70

Paid Staff Size: 17

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, grant proposals, planned giving arrangements, Newsletter and E-newsletter

Fund raising costs were 7% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $1,498,556, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Galveston Bay Foundation's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

Source of Funds
Grants and contributions	1,371,403
Contract revenue	760,847
Special events revenue	127,153
Investment and other income	3,759
Sale of merchandise, net of costs	585
Less: Cost of direct benefits provided to donors	-22,256
Total Income	$2,241,491

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 85%  Fund Raising: 5%  Administrative: 10%

Total income		$2,241,491
Program expenses		$1,749,930
Fund raising expenses		110,490
Administrative expenses		212,980
Total expenses		$2,073,400
Income in Excess of Expenses		168,091
Beginning net assets		1,136,121
Ending net assets		1,389,555
Total liabilities		83,594
Total assets		$1,473,149