The Texas Military Forces Historical Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742641876
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Austin, TX, USA
- Phone
- 5127825659
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $99,061
- Expenses
- $97,066
- Assets
- $797
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Shawn Murry (President)
- Michael Ritchie (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Shawn Murry (President)
- Michael Ritchie (Vice President)
- Les Davis (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
The Foundation's mission is to provide financial support to fund construction and maintenance of the Texas Military Forces Museum at Camp Mabry, Austin, TX; acquire, preserve and maintain historical artifacts, equipment, and weapons; development and expansion of Museum exhibits; and a host of educational and living history programs that tell the story of the Texas Military Forces.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Foundation supports the Texas Military Forces Museum. The Foundation's activities involve fundraising events, educational programs, gallery and exhibition renovations, and operating the museum gift shop with volunteer workers. The Foundation considers the majority of their expenditures to be program related in supporting the Museum.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 66% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.2%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 6; 6th 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: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -28.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.2% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $90K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.