Mermaid Society Smtx Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 821190900
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- San Marcos, TX, USA
- Phone
- 5128252819
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $-6,303
- Expenses
- $30,878
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $2,108
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID PENA (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DAVID PENA (PRESIDENT)
- TIM BAUERKEMPER (VICE PRESIDE)
- VANESSA DANIELS WESTBROOK (SECRETARY)
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
To be a catalyst for creative collaboration that promotes engagement and inspires connection among like-spirited partners for community good.
What it reported doing in 2024
Plan, organize and hold annual fundraisers to raise funds to support our exempt purpose. We serve as a champion for community stewardship of the san marcos river, spring lake and the preservation of our environment as a whole. Each year the organization hosts three symposiums to support the interest of the community related to river guardianship and arts & culture
Operating model
- Revenue model
- No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
- 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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 71.2%; rating input score 71
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -589.9%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -19.9% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -27.3% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 2/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.