Battle of Flowers Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 746047951
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Antonio, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2107809255
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Commemorative Events
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,242,558
- Expenses
- $1,101,714
- Assets
- $3,110,909
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BETSY ZACHRY (PRESIDENT)
- KELLY KENNEDY (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BETSY ZACHRY (PRESIDENT)
- KELLY KENNEDY (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
- NANCY AVELLAR (VP FINANCE)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To teach the history of the state of Texas and to keep alive the patriotic traditions of Texas and san antonio.
What it reported doing in 2024
To organize and present a civic celebration commemorating the victory at san jacinto and the heroic spirit of the alamo by sponsoring a parade in downtown san antonio, Texas. This year marked the 130th anniversary celebration of the parade. The parade has entertained san antonio every year since 1891, except during the world wars and in 2021 and 2022 when fiesta was cancelled because of the covid-19 pandemic, and therefore, the parade and band festival were cancelled. This parade is the oldest one in the nation produced entirely by volunteer women.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.7%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 78.3%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 93.1%; rating input score 93; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.3%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.82; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.7% of revenue deployed · 78.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $863K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $169K reported
- Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.