Friends of Monument Hill & Kreische Brewery State Historic Sites
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742534142
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- LaGrange, TX, USA
- Phone
- 7134125906
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $116,949
- Expenses
- $160,893
- Assets
- $142,021
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANDREA POLASEK (President)
- APRIL MAZAC (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- DIANA WILSON (Director)
- JON TODD KOENIG (Secretary)
- JULIUS BARTEK (Director)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Friends of Kreische Brewery & Monument Hill State Historic Sites is the Texas Historical Commission's key partner in promoting and preserving the Historic Sites' legacy.The Friends host events, support programs, and foster outreach that share the stories of the Historic Sites, Fayette County, and the State of Texas. In doing so, the Friends preserve the past while inspiring the passions of a new generation.
What it reported doing in 2024
BLUFF SCHUETZEN FEST-Celebrated the history of the Bluff Schuetzenverein, a German marksmanship and social organization which once made its home on the grounds of Kreische Brewery & Monument Hill State Historic Sites. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Bluff Scheutzenverein hosted dances, concerts, picnics and shooting competitions which welcomed people from across Texas. Sites staff and volunteers will commemorate these traditions with a day featuring entertainment, community booths, family activities, living history demonstrations, special tours, food and drink, and more.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 40
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 43.9%; rating input score 44
- Program expense ratio: 31.9%; rating input score 32
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -37.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 43.9% of revenue deployed · 31.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $51K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.