Bihl Haus Arts Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 161767852
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2007
- Location
- San Antonio, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2103839723
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $352,473
- Expenses
- $386,763
- Assets
- $159,294
- Liabilities
- $39,728
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- NICHOLAS GONZALES (Executive Dir.): $65,300 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of bihl haus artscreating community through the arts is founded on thebelief that each person, when given an opportunity, will achieve significantpersonal, social and cultural growth through the arts. Bha consciously engages increative placemaking that highlights connections between visual and performingartists and area neighborhoods, and environmental and social conditions within whichcreation occurs; nurtures, employs and creates awareness of the work of exceptionallocal visual and cultural artists; fosters an inter-generational and multiculturallearning community among established and emerging artists, older adult and veteranparticipants and the public; and maximizes access to collective resources throughcollaboration and partnerships with other nonprofit and for-profit arts and socialservice organizations. Through diverse programming, bha tells the stories, exploresthe ideas, and shares the words that help us make sense of our lives and our world.bha embraces an array o
What it reported doing in 2024
Bha serves diverse economically disadvantaged populations in underserved neighborhoods targeted by the city for revitalization. Bha is staffed by the 20-member volunteer docent committee, many of whom reside at the sorento. Most events are conducted in the gallery that also serves as a classroom for go! Arts. Bha, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2025, has produced nonstop, diverse, critically acclaimed cultural programming developed with input from local arts experts and enriched by community collaborations. Bha began receiving ongoing operating support from the city of san antonio's department of arts and culture in 2011 and the department of human services in 2015, and from the Texas commission on the arts, also in 2025. Local support has also come from the kronkosky, shield-ayres, and wellmed charitable foundations, among others.
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 100% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.6%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 79%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 16.9%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.6% of revenue deployed · 79% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $305K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $65K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.