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TEXAS FOLKLIFE RESOURCES

EIN 74-2360058 AUSTIN, TX

Revenue 2025
$385,489
Expenses 2025
$997,493

Program services were 70.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A200
Classification
2000
Street
7301 N FM 620 RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Texas Folklife is dedicated to preserving presenting and promoting the diverse folk and traditional arts and cultural heritage of Texas and to supporting the artists and communities who sustain them.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Texas Folklife is a statewide nonprofit dedicated to preserving and presenting the diverse living heritage of Texas. It cultivates promotes and sponsors the folk and traditional arts folklore and folk life of Texas through research documentation public presentations education programs exhibitions and community partnerships.

  • Texas Folklife works across the State of Texas with a variety of community partners to cultivate present and embolden the States rich cultural legacy through a vibrant mix of public programs and initiatives including: *Performances *Exhibitions *Education programs & curriculum materials *Apprenticeships *Multimedia projects *Fiscal sponsorships *Folk and traditional arts infrastructure building *Archive preservation projects.

    Expenses $482,088

  • Texas Folklifes Apprenticeship Program supports the preservation and transmission of traditional arts by pairing master artists with apprentices across the state. During the tax year the program facilitated 16 pairs representing diverse cultural traditions including conjunto music adobe house construction fiddling paper flower making and Mexican folk dance. Apprentices and masters engaged in over 80 hours of mentorship and skill-sharing culminating in public showcases and digital storytelling presentations that reached more than 1,000 audience members statewide. This program strengthens intergenerational knowledge transfer supports artist sustainability and ensures cultural traditions remain vital within Texas communities.

    Expenses $83,715

  • Public Programs and Performances Texas Folklifes public programs-including the Big Squeeze statewide accordion contest Bridging Borders Accordion Kings and Queens and Austin Salon Series-celebrate the rich and evolving folk arts of Texas. These programs collectively served over 3,500 participants and audiences through in-person and virtual performances artist talks and cultural showcases. The organization also produced educational materials and digital archives that extended audience reach to 4,000 online viewers. These programs foster cultural appreciation support working artists and engage the broader public in the preservation of Texass living heritage.

    Expenses $132,802 · Revenue $14,520

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jeff Jackson

    Vice-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Linda Ho Peche

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sean Hale

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lisa Marie Avendano

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Ellis

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Courtney DeBower

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pat Bywaters

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Doug May

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Elisha Oliver

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $110,000
    From this org
    $110,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    65

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $385,489
    Expenses
    $997,493
    Contributions
    $279,451
    Grants paid
    $3,200
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,970,130
    Expenses
    $863,777
    Contributions
    $216,801
    Grants paid
    $2,500
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $428,750
    Expenses
    $485,725
    Contributions
    $253,800
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $441,088
    Expenses
    $596,595
    Contributions
    $261,041
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $653,773
    Expenses
    $641,807
    Assets (EOY)
    $662,734

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $531,607
    Expenses
    $456,353
    Assets (EOY)
    $636,786

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $501,077
    Expenses
    $525,377
    Assets (EOY)
    $569,759

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $480,767
    Expenses
    $493,581
    Assets (EOY)
    $627,483

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $569,629
    Expenses
    $456,759
    Assets (EOY)
    $672,475

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $542,050
    Expenses
    $579,138
    Assets (EOY)
    $493,122

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.