FRONTIER TEXAS INC: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: FRONTIER TEXAS INC (EIN 20-0146354)
Tax period: 2016-10-01 to 2017-09-30
Filed: 2018-02-07
IRS object ID: 201810389349300961
Schema version: 2016v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-02-07T10:37:36-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	751056027	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CONDLEY AND COMPANY LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O BOX 2993	AddressLine1Txt
City	ABILENE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	796042993	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	200146354	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRONTIER TEXAS INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FRON	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3257251366	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	625 NORTH FIRST STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	ABILENE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	79601	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JEFFREY D SALMON	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3254372803	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-02-03	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	RAY FERGUSON CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00023093	PTIN
Phone	3256776251	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	173.219.189.56	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-02-03	IPDt
IP Tm	08:43:56	IPTm
IP Timezone	CS	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	41DBCAB9A6C1426D82B75E85251C409CD3ACF448	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	41DBCAB9A6C1426D82B75E85251C409CD3ACF448	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	JEFFREY D SALMON	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	625 NORTH FIRST STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	ABILENE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	79601	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$736,168	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.FRONTIERTEXAS.COM	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Other	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationOtherInd
Formation	2003	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	A SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE, TEXAS	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	13	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	13	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	8	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	28	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$451,554	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$464,338	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$169,467	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$158,626	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$39	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$30	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$64,314	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$55,533	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$685,374	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$678,527	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$330,203	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$334,165	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$16,156	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$540,451	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$513,454	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$870,654	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$847,619	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$185,280	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$169,092	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$4,252,304	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,075,868	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$46,991	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$39,647	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$4,205,313	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$4,036,221	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	OPERATE FRONTIER TEXAS! (A VISITOR CENTER AND INTERACTIVE MUSEUM WITH HISTORICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL EXHIBITS AND AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATIONS) FOR ABILENE, TEXAS AND THE SURROUNDING REGION.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$758,240	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$213,621	RevenueAmt
Desc	OPERATE FRONTIER TEXAS! (A VISITOR CENTER AND INTERACTIVE MUSEUM WITH HISTORICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL EXHIBITS AND AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATIONS) FOR ABILENE, TEXAS AND THE SURROUNDING REGION.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$758,240	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (1)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (1)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	5	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	8	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	13	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	13	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	0	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	0	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JEFF SALMON	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3254372800	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	625 NORTH FIRST STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	ABILENE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	79601	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (23 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
JASON HALL
VOTING MEMBER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RANDY POOL
VOTING MEMBER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SHARON RILEY
VOTING MEMBER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DONNA LONG WOLFER
VOTING MEMBER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LYNN BARNETT
NONVOTING MEMBER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JAMES CHILDERS
VOTING MEMBER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JAY EVANS
NONVOTING MEMBER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JEFF GORE
NONVOTING MEMBER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARGARET HOOGSTRA
NONVOTING MEMBER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KATHY KEANE
NONVOTING MEMBER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
NANCI LILES
NONVOTING MEMBER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
COL JOSEPH WISTARIA
NONVOTING MEMBER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RANDY BURCHELL CPA
PRESIDENT	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
MARSHALL MORRIS
VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
BILL GOLLIHAR
VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
WELDON HURT
TREASURER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
AUDREY PERRY
SECRETARY	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JACK RENTZ
PAST PRESIDENT	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JESSICA ADAMS
VOTING MEMBER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SHARON SINGH
VOTING MEMBER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TIM CHANDLER
VOTING MEMBER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BRAD BIRCHUM
NONVOTING MEMBER	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JEFF SALMON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		$107,882	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$107,882	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$26,451	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$437,045	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$842	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$464,338	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
ADMISSIONS	713990	$142,334	$142,334
SPONSORSHIPS	713990	$8,500	$8,500
MEMBERSHIPS	713990	$5,170	$5,170
PROGRAM EVENTS	713990	$2,622	$2,622

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$158,626	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$30	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$30	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$5,325	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$5,325	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,325	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$5,325	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$2,888	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$26,451	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$2,350	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$538	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$538	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$104,961	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$55,291	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$49,670	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$49,670	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$678,527	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$213,621	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$568	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$105,184	TotalAmt
Program Services	$72,820	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,576	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$10,788	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$195,225	TotalAmt
Program Services	$167,497	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,569	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,159	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,532	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,532	ProgramServicesAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,224	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,287	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,728	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,209	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,200	TotalAmt
Management And General	$13,200	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$105,150	TotalAmt
Program Services	$105,150	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,132	TotalAmt
Management And General	$5,132	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$93,464	TotalAmt
Program Services	$93,464	ProgramServicesAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,950	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,950	ProgramServicesAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$354	TotalAmt
Management And General	$354	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$243,145	TotalAmt
Program Services	$243,145	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$38,131	TotalAmt
Program Services	$38,131	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
MERCHANT FEES	$5,664	$5,664
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT	$2,640		$2,640
EVENT OPERATIONS	$2,623		$2,623
OTHER EXPENSES	$1		$1

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$847,619	TotalAmt
Program Services	$758,240	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$73,223	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$16,156	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$197,811	BOYAmt
EOY	$252,262	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$113,201	BOYAmt
EOY	$143,231	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,452	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,024	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$25,413	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,148	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$56,272	BOYAmt
EOY	$50,795	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,160	BOYAmt
EOY	$31,712	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$5,756,210	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$2,484,681	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,507,828	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,271,529	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$294,167	BOYAmt
EOY	$294,167	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,252,304	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,075,868	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$39,356	BOYAmt
EOY	$31,112	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,290	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,000	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,345	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,535	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$46,991	BOYAmt
EOY	$39,647	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,202,332	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,033,240	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,981	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,981	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,205,313	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,036,221	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,252,304	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,075,868	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$169,092	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Supporting Organization509a3	Yes (X)	SupportingOrganization509a3Ind
Supporting Org Type1	Yes (X)	SupportingOrgType1Ind
Supported Organizations	1	SupportedOrganizationsCnt

Supported Org Information SupportedOrgInformationGrp

Supported Organization Name SupportedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CITY OF ABILENE TEXAS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	756000440	EIN
Organization Type	6	OrganizationTypeCd
Governing Document Listed	0	GoverningDocumentListedInd
Support	$0	SupportAmt
Other Support	$0	OtherSupportAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Supported Organizations Total	1	SupportedOrganizationsTotalCnt
Support Sum	$0	SupportSumAmt
Other Support Sum	$0	OtherSupportSumAmt

Form990 Sch A Supporting Org Form990SchASupportingOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Listed By Name Governing Doc	Yes (1)	ListedByNameGoverningDocInd
Suprt Org No IRS Determination	0	SuprtOrgNoIRSDeterminationInd
Supported Org Section C456	0	SupportedOrgSectionC456Ind
Supported Org Not Organized US	0	SupportedOrgNotOrganizedUSInd
Organization Change Suprt Org	0	OrganizationChangeSuprtOrgInd
Support Non Supported Org	0	SupportNonSupportedOrgInd
Payment Substantial Contribtr	0	PaymentSubstantialContribtrInd
Loan Disqualified Person	0	LoanDisqualifiedPersonInd
Controlled Disqualified Prsn	0	ControlledDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Disqualified Prsn Controll Int	0	DisqualifiedPrsnControllIntInd
Disqualified Prsn Ownr Int	0	DisqualifiedPrsnOwnrIntInd
Excess Business Holdings Rules	0	ExcessBusinessHoldingsRulesInd
Contribution Controller	0	ContributionControllerInd
Contribution Family	0	ContributionFamilyInd
Contribution35 Controlled	0	Contribution35ControlledInd

Form990 Sch A Type1 Suprt Org Form990SchAType1SuprtOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Power Appoint Majority Dir Trst	Yes (1)	PowerAppointMajorityDirTrstInd
Operate Benefit Non Suprt Org	0	OperateBenefitNonSuprtOrgInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Held Works Art HeldWorksArtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Assets Included	$294,167	AssetsIncludedAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Solicited Assets Sale	0	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$5,756,210	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,484,681	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$3,271,529	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$3,271,529	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
STATUES	$6,867
SCULPTURES	$273,600
HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS	$13,700

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$294,167	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$678,527	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$678,527	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$678,527	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$847,619	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$847,619	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$847,619	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART X, LINE 2:	MANAGEMENT EVALUATED THE MUSEUM'S TAX POSITIONS AND CONCLUDED THAT THE MUSEUM HAD TAKEN NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THEREFORE NO ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2017 AND 2016.
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4	PART III, LINE 4, AS PART OF ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A COLLECTION OF ARTIFACTS RELATED TO EARLY SETTLEMENT DAYS OF WEST TEXAS.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	BELT SANDER RACE	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$29,339	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$26,451	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$2,888	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$2,350	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$29,339	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$26,451	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$2,888	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$2,350	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$2,350	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$538	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE FORM 990 WAS AVAILABLE TO THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY PRIOR TO FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, 15A - THE SALARY OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS SET BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15B - NO OTHER OFFICERS OR KEY EMPLOYESS ARE COMPENSATED. THE BOARD WOULD SET THEIR SALARY IF THERE WERE ANY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C:	JEFF SALMON, CEO OF FRONTIER TEXAS!, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AUDIT AT THE BOARD LEVEL.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CITY OF ABILENE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	555 WALNUT ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	ABILENE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	79601	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	756000440	EIN
Primary Activities	CITY	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	NA - GOVERNMENTAL EN	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Controlled Organization	0	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	0	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	Yes (1)	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	0	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	0	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	0	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	0	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	0	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp

Other Organization Name OtherOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CITY OF ABILENE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transaction Type	C	TransactionTypeTxt
Involved	$437,045	InvolvedAmt