Kerrville Convention & Visitors Bureau Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
991839964
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Kerrville, TX, USA
Phone
8307923535
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$303,850
Expenses
$57,947
Assets
$245,903
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MINDY WENDELE (CHAIRPERSON)
  • JAKE WILLIAMSON (CHAIRPERSON)
  • MISTY KOTHE (TREASURER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The kerrville convention & visitors bureau foundation is committed to providing monetary, in-kind and volunteer support to sustain and encourage community initiatives that enhance the cultural nature of kerrville and kerr county.

What it reported doing in 2025

The kerrville convention & visitors bureau foundation (kcvbf) is directed by a volunteer board of directors committed to providing monetary, in-kind and volunteer support to sustain and encourage community initiatives that enhance the cultural nature of kerrville and kerr county. These initiatives include community beautification projects, public art installations, local artist capacity building, culture and heritage programming including related education and outreach, implementing a wide range of iconic art pieces in public spaces, championing local artists and supporting the community initiatives of kerrville community arts program, a program of the kerrville cvb established to promote, encourage and sustain the development of arts and culture in kerrville, serving the tourists and communities of the region. All activities of the kcvbf are conducted by a volunteer board of directors in kerr county, Texas. All activities and time are dedicated to the initiatives outlined above. The kcvbf is determined to raise the monetary and in-kind gifts necessary to appropriately support the above community initiatives through the solicitation of grants, donations, and fundraising efforts. One hundred percent of overall expenses will be allocated to furthering the initiatives outlined above. The kcvbf recognizes that enhancing the cultural nature of kerrville and kerr county through above sited initiatives improves the quality of life of our citizens through beautification, education and outreach and encourages future tourism possibilities furthering our tax-exempt purposes in our community. Kcvbf strives to be a driving force for the betterment of the community, local arts, cultural and heritage education and outreach.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 44
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 19.1%; rating input score 19
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 80.9%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.24; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 19.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $58K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.