La Salle County Historical Commission

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742268119
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Cotulla, TX, USA
Phone
8304835560
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$47,508
Expenses
$61,423
Assets
$312,950
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JAMES C BARBOUR (CHAIRMAN)
  • NORA MAE TYLER (TREASURER)
  • WAYNE FRANKLIN (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

Promote and preserve the history of la salle county Texas and the south Texas brush country by collecting and preserving artifacts and other objects of cultural or historical importance. The commission accomplishes this by operating the brush country museum which is open 25 hours a week. See details on facebook. The commission is appointed by the county judge and uner the supervision of the Texas historical commision.

What it reported doing in 2025

Displays artifacts, portraits and documents portraying the history of la salle county Texas and the surrounding south Texas brush country. Has computer available for guest to access old la salle county newspapers. Assits visitors by providing maps, brochures, and other information. The commission operates the brush country museum which you can find on facebook. The museum is open 5 hours a day 5 days a week for the public. Does not have a website but is on facebook. The museum serves the citizens of the city of cotulla and the county of la salle Texas which has about 7000 citizens.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

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: -29.3%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.09; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.