TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS (EIN 74-1896510)
Tax period: 2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed: 2015-11-07
IRS object ID: 201533119349300203
Schema version: 2014v5.0
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-11-07T07:46:43-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Dunagan Jack LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3724 Jefferson Street Suite 307	AddressLine1Txt
City	Austin	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78731	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	741896510	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Texas Association of Museums	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	TEXA	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8173321177	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	101 Summit Avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fort Worth	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	76102	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Ruth Ann Rugg	PersonNm
Person Title	Exec Director	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2015-11-07	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Gary Joseph Jack	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00184408	PTIN
Phone	5124208997	PhoneNum
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-04-25 22:37:26Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Ruth Ann Rugg	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	101 Summit Avenue Suite 802	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fort Worth	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	76102	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$241,916	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.texasmuseums.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1975	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To provide a network among museums, to improve the level of professionalism, to encourage the use and enjoyment of museums, to serve as an information clearinghouse, and to serve as a liaison between museums and museums-related agencies and organizations.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	14	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	14	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	2	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	70	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$55,478	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$57,866	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$167,114	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$177,109	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$2,661	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$3,541	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$4,757	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$3,400	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$230,010	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$241,916	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$84,650	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$88,215	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$40,965	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$141,691	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$147,335	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$226,341	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$235,550	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$3,669	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$6,366	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$95,521	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$100,207	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$47,370	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$43,755	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$48,151	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$56,452	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	The Association is dedicated to fostering educational, cultural, and recreational opportunities for all Texans. The Association was established for educational purposes; to provide a network among museums, to improve the level of professionalism within the museum community, to encourage the use and enjoyment of museums by all Texans, to serve as an information clearinghouse for and about museums, and to serve as a liaison between museums and museums-related agencies and organizations. Membership is open to all individuals and institutions who are involved in museums or museum-related activities.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$146,411	ExpenseAmt
Desc	TAM provides many membership benefits including:* Fellowship with colleagues. TAM provides many forums for exchange with colleagues, including its Annual Meeting, workshops, and electronic newsletter.* TAM's Annual Meeting, one of the best to be found in the profession, draws people from over 80 Texas towns and as many as 17 cities outside Texas.* Other workshops throughout the year offer opportunities to focus on a topic vital to museums such as fundraising and collections care.* Access to current museum news. Museline Online, TAM's monthly online newsletter featuring timely items of interest. TAM's regional and affinity groups offer opportunities throughout the year to meet with colleagues nearby or in related jobs.* Publications discounts.* Many other benefits.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$146,411	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
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School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
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Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
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IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	false	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	2	EmployeeCnt
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Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
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Independent Voting Member	14	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
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Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
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Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Ruth Ann Rugg	PersonNm
Phone	8173321177	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	101 Summit Avenue Suite 802	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fort Worth	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	76102	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (15 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Brian Bray
President	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Holly Beasley Wait
VP Program	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dreanna Belden
VP Development	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jack McKinney
Treasurer	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Erin McClelland
Secretary	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kathy Shannon
Past President	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Lacie Ballinger
Councillor	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Luis Contreras
Councillor	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Allen Lea
Councillor	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Houston McGaugh
Councillor	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kathryn Mitchell
Councillor	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Buster Ratliff
Councillor	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael Sproat
Councillor	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mirabel Villalva
Councillor	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ruth Ann Rugg
Exec Director	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$68,400	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$68,400	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$57,866	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$57,866	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Annual Meeting	$102,835	$102,835
Membership Dues & Assessments	$69,090		$69,090
Workshops	$5,184		$5,184

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$177,109	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,541	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$3,541	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Other revenues	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$3,400	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$3,400	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$3,400	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$241,916	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$74,274	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$109,776	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$68,400	TotalAmt
Program Services	$27,360	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,680	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$27,360	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,646	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,717	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,929	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,169	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,432	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,034	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,703	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,590	TotalAmt
Management And General	$16,590	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,340	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,101	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,007	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$232	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,933	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,971	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,119	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,843	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,334	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,686	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,267	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,381	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,744	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,744	ProgramServicesAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$72,224	TotalAmt
Program Services	$72,224	ProgramServicesAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,459	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,157	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$492	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$810	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,405	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,132	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$481	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$792	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Workshops & seminars	$10,071	$10,071
IT expenses	$6,088	$2,865	$1,217	$2,006
Bank & credit card charges	$4,605		$4,605
Miscellaneous	$4,519	$3,879	$553	$87

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,023	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,072	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,200	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$751	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$235,550	TotalAmt
Program Services	$146,411	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$48,174	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$40,965	FundraisingAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Joint Costs	Yes (X)	JointCostsInd

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$344	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,910	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,365	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,050	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,100	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,360	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,118	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$12,343	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$9,432	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,370	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,911	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,561	BOYAmt
EOY	$57,120	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$32,270	BOYAmt
EOY	$35,249	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$95,521	BOYAmt
EOY	$100,207	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,480	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,239	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$32,890	BOYAmt
EOY	$34,516	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$47,370	BOYAmt
EOY	$43,755	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$35,871	BOYAmt
EOY	-$18,876	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$47,300	BOYAmt
EOY	$38,331	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$36,722	BOYAmt
EOY	$36,997	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$48,151	BOYAmt
EOY	$56,452	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$95,521	BOYAmt
EOY	$100,207	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$6,366	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$1,156	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$779	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	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 (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$117,009	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$123,011	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$105,923	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$123,794	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$126,956	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$596,693	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$117,009	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$123,011	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$105,923	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$123,794	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$126,956	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$596,693	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$24,986	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$571,707	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,612	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,526	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,710	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,661	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,541	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$11,050	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,261	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,448	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,729	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,757	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,400	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$17,595	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$625,338	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$573,627	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.91420	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.91760	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

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

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$40,541	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$275	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$779	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$900	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance	$40,695	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$39,231	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$600	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$4,295	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$3,585	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance	$40,541	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$34,470	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$2,225	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$2,536	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$39,231	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$33,587	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,700	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$817	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$34,470	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$29,723	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$2,480	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,384	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$33,587	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.90910	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.09090	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	false	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$10,470	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$7,559	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$2,911	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,873	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,873	DepreciationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$2,911	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Beneficial interest in endowment (CFT)	Desc
Book Value	$35,249	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$35,249	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$259,351	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$1,156	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$15,500	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	$779	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$17,435	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$241,916	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$241,916	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$251,050	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$15,500	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$15,500	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$235,550	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$235,550	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.	In 2007, the Association announced the creation of an endowment fund to help sustain its continuing operations and success in serving its membership. The Association's endowment is primarily invested in The Texas Association of Museums Fund held by Communities Foundation of Texas.
Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990	Change in value of beneficial interest $779

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder	Membership shall be open to all individuals and institutions who are involved in museums or museum-related activities. They may or may not be residents of or incorporated in the State of Texas.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	A draft of Form 990 is distributed to the entire Board electronically. The entire Board has an opportunity to comment on the return before it is finalized and filed.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	Directors and officers are required to sign a conflict of interest statement annually.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	The Association's independent Board draws upon other board experience, business experience, discussions with other organizations, and any other sources considered necessary to determine compensation for the Executive Director and any other officers.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	Certain other documents are available upon request.
Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases	Change in value of beneficial interest = $779