Texas Forts Trail

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752789986
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Abilene, TX, USA
Phone
3256606774
Rating
35
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
History Museums

Reported finances

Revenue
$143,152
Expenses
$168,467
Assets
$77,940
Liabilities
$5,181

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LARRY SANDERS (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • RAMBY ANDERSON (INTERIM PRESIDENT)
  • TAMMIE VIRDEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • JIMI COPELAND (DIRECTOR)
  • LARRY SANDERS (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • OWEN MILLER (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To educate the public regarding the history of Texas frontier forts and trails.

What it reported doing in 2023

Economic development for historic preservation and tourism, marketing of the heritage regions of Texas, by increasing visitation to cultural and historic Texas sites by providing brochures, maps, and historic information.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2023
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.