Hill Country Transit District

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752764631
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Belton, TX, USA
Phone
2549333700
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Government and Public Administration

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,294,935
Expenses
$17,893,940
Assets
$16,183,980
Liabilities
$2,727,594

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • DARRELL BURTNER (AGM PLANNING & REGIONAL DEV): $110,323 total reported compensation
  • LUIS PINO (DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY): $103,689 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To build, refine, and operate a safe, dependable, and effective transportation network.

What it reported doing in 2025

Killeen Division - Provision of an urban Commuter Bus service, demand response service, and a microtransit service. For 2025, 27,101 Commuter Bus trips, 149,490 demand response trips, and 95,016 microtransit trips were provided.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 63% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.6%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 67.3%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.5%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.6% of revenue deployed · 67.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $12M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $110K · 13 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $848K reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.