Land Heritage Institute Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300067383
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Antonio, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2108469403
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Parks and Playgrounds
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $98,989
- Expenses
- $47,617
- Assets
- $2,462,820
- Liabilities
- $271,401
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Mark Oppelt (President)
- PATRICIA SEIDENFELD (2nd VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- Mark Oppelt (President)
- Peggy Oppelt (Director)
- RAMON VASQUEZ (1ST V-P)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To acquire maintain preserve and develop the Medina River Property as a public open space consistent with the Land Heritage Institute of the Americas Plan prepared by Texas A & M University and to own and operate the facility known as the Land Heritage Institute for purposes of Education Recreation Archeology Environmental Cultural and Historical Studies.
What it reported doing in 2024
2nd & 3rd Saturday Programs A themed series of programs for educational and recreational purposes tailored to lifelong learners with topics that revolved around the anthropological heritage of the property. Student Field Trips Sponsored one day field event that teaches history science and culture to K - 12 grade students. 3rs
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
MIXED - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 19
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 16.4%; rating input score 16
- Program expense ratio: 28.9%; rating input score 29
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 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: 51.9%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 51.72; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 16.4% of revenue deployed · 28.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $14K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 16/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 29/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.