Buffalo Bayou Partnership: $42.6M Revenue, $12.4M Expenses

Buffalo Bayou Partnership earns a C on the efficiency rubric — the median bucket on the NonprofitTruth scale, indicating performance close to the national midpoint across financial reserves, officer compensation, and revenue consistency. Composite score: 59/100.

Buffalo Bayou Partnership reported $42.6M in 2023 revenue — a mid-sized nonprofit by U.S. standards. Organizations in this bracket typically operate with a small permanent staff, project-based program structures, and modest reserves. On the financial-health factor, Buffalo Bayou Partnership runs thin — assets relative to annual spending fall below the cushion nonprofit-finance experts typically recommend.

Revenue has grown meaningfully across the five-year filing history — a sign of expanding donor base, new grants, or scaling programs. Buffalo Bayou Partnership reported $42.6M in 2023, up notably from the start of the window. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: Buffalo Bayou Partnership reports $390,106 in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $42.6M in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. Buffalo Bayou Partnership works in Environment & Animals — environmental, conservation, animal-welfare, and natural-resources programs. The sector spans large international conservation groups and small local land trusts; the financial profile varies accordingly.