Seguin Conservation Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
746054978
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Seguin, TX, USA
Phone
8303794729
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$49,131
Expenses
$56,195
Assets
$2,685,519
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBIN SHELLARD (PRESIDENT)
  • KAY MARTIN (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ROBIN SHELLARD (PRESIDENT)
  • KAY MARTIN (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • KELLY YBARRA (TREASURER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The seguin conservation society is dedicated to preserving historic buildings, objects and places in seguin and guadalupe county. For over fifty years, the scs has acquired and renovated threatened buildings, celebrated historical events, and engaged our community in understanding and remembering our shared heritage. You can be a part of seguin's legacy by joining or renewing your membership in the seguin conservation society. As a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization, all donations are tax-deductible.

What it reported doing in 2025

The restoration and maintenance of the historic Texas theater located in downtown seguin. The theatre is rented to a seperate organization to conduct plays, musicals, and other theatrical preformances.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 12
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.8%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 10th 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: -14.4%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 47.79; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 22 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $53K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 17 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2025
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.