Central Texas Artisans

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934604482
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
San Marcos, TX, USA
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,688
Expenses
$93,726
Assets
$77,061

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • William Hanf (Board member)
  • Robert Franklin (Board Member)
  • Leander Jennings (Board member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

CENTRAL TEXAS ARTISANS mission is to benefit the communities of Hays County Texas by providing art classes and other education scholarships for the advancement of the arts and support of the Eye of the Dog Art Center.

What it reported doing in 2025

Central Texas Artisans was able to support individuals and facilities within Hays County that engaged over 5,500 people in artistic activities and events. This included ensuring that a wide range of art classes 29 were provided that space for artists 36 to engage in artistic endeavors was available as well as opportunities for the general public to be exposed to art and artists in Hays county through the Dirt Dauber Music Festival est. over 2500 in attendance over 2 days Holiday Artist Showcase 40 artists and est. attendance of over 750 SM Studio Tour est. community wide participation in Hays county of over 3000 and Dogs Eye Gallery Openings 3 openings with an estimated attendance of over 800 Through the support of CTA multiple workshops classes and activities were undertaken where numerous volunteers est. over 1.500 volunteer hours supported the local artists community and the facilities necessary to maintain the community. In addition CTA provided for the support of 20 Open Studio artists and 13 individual studio artists with additional efforts underway to meet the ongoing need for artistic space in Hays County. The general public was exposed to the artist community at every event CTA supported which was focused on growing the Art community surrounding the Eye of the Dog Art Center.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.7%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -38.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -41.5% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -28.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $93K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.