TEXAS FOOD & WINE ALLIANCE: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: TEXAS FOOD & WINE ALLIANCE (EIN 74-2455336)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-10-04
IRS object ID: 201122849349300612
Schema version: 2010v3.4
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 B
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-10-04T18:18:12-00:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

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

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1503-A Nickerson	AddressLine1
City	Austin	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	78704	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	742455336	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival Inc	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	TEXA	NameControl
Phone	5122496300	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	12731 Research Blvd Room No 112A	AddressLine1
City	Austin	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	78759	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Erika White	Name
Title	Director	Title
Phone	5129121040	Phone
Date Signed	2011-10-04	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Suzanna Walker	Name
Phone	5129121040	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-10-04	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Debbie Sheffield	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3916 S Pea Ridge Rd	AddressLine1
City	Temple	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	76502	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	477608	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1987	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	TX	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	Annual festival and charity wine auction held to contribute to public's awareness of food & wine including the hill country of Texas. Annual festival and charity wine auction held to contribute to publics awareness of food wine including the hill country of Texas.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	11	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	11	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	1	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	20	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	221436	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	184824	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	369683	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	292709	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	220	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	75	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	591339	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	477608	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	1500	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	70582	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	46591	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	5782	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	545611	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	487218	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	617693	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	533809	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-26354	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-56201	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	30259	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	6802	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	5623	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	34653	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	24636	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	-27851	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	Annual festival and charity wine auction held to contribute to publics awareness of food wine including the Hill Country of Texas.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	455837	Expense
Revenue	292709	Revenue
Description	Annual festival and charity wine auction held to contribute to publics awareness of food wine including the Hill country of Texas.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	455837	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	false	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
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Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
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Report Other Liabilities	true	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
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Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBonds
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccount
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuer
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	1	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	11	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	11	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	false	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	false	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Michelle Martinez	NamePerson
Telephone Number	5129121040	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1503-A Nickerson	AddressLine1
City	Austin	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	78704	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (26 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Key EmployeeKeyEmployee	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
Cathy Cochran
President	002.00	X	X	0	0	0
Chad Auler
Past President	002.00	X	X	0	0	0
Gina Burchenal
Secretary	002.00	X	X	0	0	0
Connie Groh
Exec Com Member	002.00	X	X	0	0	0
Paul Barnes
Exec Com Member	002.00	X	X	0	0	0
Jeff Christner
Treasurer	002.00	X	X	0	0	0
Susan Franzen
Exec Com Member	002.00	X	X	0	0	0
Gabrielle Chasis
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
Pete Gasper
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
Jon Gerber
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
Ed Bailey
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
Brian Hay
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
Lisa Nuccio
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
Shawn Safir
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
Brent Salone
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
Debbie Sheffield
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
Erika White
Event Coordinator	040.00			40000	0	0	X	X
David Jabour
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
David Alan
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
Claudia Alarcon
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
Kat Brooks
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
Jerome Chladil
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
Jennifer Garcia
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
Kevin Osterhaus
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
Brian Stovall
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0
Sandra Spalding
Director	001.00	X		0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	40000	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Fundraising Events	13324	FundraisingEvents
All Other Contributions	171500	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	184824	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Ticket Sales Income	713990	185739	185739
Sponsorship Sch B	713990	106970	106970

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	292709	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	75	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	75	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	477608	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	292784	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	40000	Total
Management And General	40000	ManagementAndGeneral

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3300	Total
Management And General	3300	ManagementAndGeneral

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3291	Total
Management And General	3291	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7018	Total
Program Services	7018	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3500	Total
Program Services	1167	ProgramServices
Management And General	1167	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1166	Fundraising

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fees For Services Prof Fundraising		FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	180083	Total
Program Services	179650	ProgramServices
Fundraising	433	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7183	Total
Management And General	7183	ManagementAndGeneral

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8329	Total
Management And General	8329	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7277	Total
Program Services	7224	ProgramServices
Management And General	53	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2682	Total
Management And General	2682	ManagementAndGeneral

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	58	Total
Program Services	58	ProgramServices

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4692	Total
Program Services	691	ProgramServices
Management And General	4001	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
Festival Wine Food Supplies	37377	39377
Venue Rental Space	201180	201180
Contract Labor, Consulting Service Staffing	16692	8325	4184	4183
Bank Credit Card Fees	8697	8697
Licenses Permits	2450	2450

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	533809	Total
Program Services	455837	ProgramServices
Management And General	74190	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	5782	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	28214	BOY
EOY	6802	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2045	BOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	3324	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	3324	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	30259	BOY
EOY	6802	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5623	BOY
EOY	16492	EOY

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	15000	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	3161	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5623	BOY
EOY	34653	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	24636	BOY
EOY	-27851	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	24636	BOY
EOY	-27851	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	30259	BOY
EOY	6802	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-56201	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	3714	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	3324	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	3324	Depreciation

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Payroll Tax Payable	Description
Amount	$3,161	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	3161	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	477608	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	533809	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-56201	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	-56201	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990 Part VI	10a-16b	The nonprofit is small has board oversight on all financial transcations decisions. The board meets periodically.
Form 990 Part XI	6	The adjustment is made as a prior period adjustment due to opening balance equity disparities.