Rutherford B H Yates Museum Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760536349
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7137390163
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$234,497
Expenses
$237,429
Assets
$1,549,453
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Byron D Cobbin (Chairman-President)
  • Kristan Crapps (1st Vice President)
  • Sarah Trotty PhD (2nd Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Byron D Cobbin (Chairman-President)
  • Kristan Crapps (1st Vice President)
  • Sarah Trotty PhD (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

To promote preservation, education, archaeology, & research of African Diaspora history focusing on the period of enslavement & post-slavery era in the Gulf Coast Region of Texas & its connections to other regions in the world.

What it reported doing in 2024

Continue contract for part-time Archaeologist/Curator; continued contracts for part-time office administrator & for part-time Historic Researcher/Tour Program Dir.; provided internships for 2 University of Houston Anthropology students to continue processing & creating exhibits of 19th & 20th century artifacts from the museums collection of 200,000+ artifacts. Sent 4 historic window units to have lead paint removed, revarnished, & reinstalled in the J. V. Lewis museum. Installed locking glass exhibit cabinets & a 6 ft. video monitor in the J. Vance Lewis historic house. Installed a 400 lb antique cast iron stove in the J. Vance Lewis. Archaeologist, volunteers, staff & Historic Researcher hosted 40 tour groups, 1 international club, 3 school field trips. Hosted Preservation Volunteer work days for employees of 3 companies, 2 preservation organizations, & 2 university conference groups.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.4%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 92.2%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $38.92 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: -1.3%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.53; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.4% of revenue deployed · 92.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $219K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.