National Huguenot Society Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
226064536
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone
7273274690
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$86,606
Expenses
$54,835
Assets
$686,836
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JO LEE BROOKS POTTS (PRESIDENT GENERAL)
  • ROBIN REDFEARN TOWNS (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • NANCY RENFROW SCHULTZ (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JOYCE B PATTON (3RD VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JO LEE BROOKS POTTS (PRESIDENT GENERAL)
  • ROBIN REDFEARN TOWNS (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • NANCY RENFROW SCHULTZ (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)

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

The objectives of the national huguenot society are patriotic, religious, historical, and educational. Their design is to perpetuate the memory, the spirit, and the deeds of the men and women in france known as huguenots who were persecuted in the 16th and 17th centuries because of their adherence to the basic tenets of the protestant faith and their devotion to liberty, and who emigrated either directly or through other countries to north america and contributed by their character and ability to the development of the united states.

What it reported doing in 2024

The national huguenot society awards a prize of $1,000 in the spring of each year to the author of what is judged by the awards committee to be the best original work of scholarship covering any aspect of the huguenot movement. The work may be in the form of a paper, article, thesis, dissertation, movie, video production, or book produced in the calendar year preceding the announcement of the award. Winners are published in the society's magazine publication 'the cross of languedoc'.additionally, the national huguenot society youth contest is designed to invigorate our state societies, raise huguenot awareness among our youth, and strengthen family ties between members and their children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews by sponsoring a contest for students. In addition to age-appropriate activities designed to educate, it also encourages our eligible young relatives and friends to register as youth or to join as an nhs member.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 67% for direct work, and 33% for grants.

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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.1%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 48%; rating input score 48
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • 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: 36.7%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.53; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.1% of revenue deployed · 48% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $26K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.