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US nonprofit · EIN 205585748 · Austin, TXiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 205585748) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Texas Heritage Song Writers

Donations deductible
Revenue
$554k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$464k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$361k
$2k liabilities
Net assets
$358k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
5.4 years on average
Staff
0
20 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
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Texas Heritage Song Writers' network

3 peoplei3 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

3 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 3 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Carlton WadeTreasurer2023
3 yrs
Joe Ables (also filed as Joe Ables)Company secretary2020
6 yrs
Michelle JohnsonPresident2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
April MitchellExecutive Disince 2023

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
April MitchellExecutive Di5$30k
Joe AblesSecretary1$0
Michelle JohnsonPresident5$0
Carlton WadeTreasurer1$0

About

Legal name
Texas Heritage Song Writers
EIN
205585748
Address
3005 S Lamar Blvd Ste D109, Austin, TX, 78704-4785
State
Texas
Mission
The texas heritage songwriters association produces a hall of fame awards show. This is a public event which serves as an induction ceremony for its songwriting honorees. Over the past decades many of our successful songwriters, in all genres of music have come from texas. However, we have learned that the quantity and quality of successful songwriters moving to nashville and other places... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
A80 Arts, culture and humanities
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2005
Principal officer
Joe Ables (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 February 2007
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsJoe Ables
≥6years on the filingsMichelle Johnson
≥3years on the filingsCarlton Wade

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$361k
Total liabilities
$2k
Net assets or fund balances
$358k
Contributions and grants received
$466k
Program service revenue
$87k
Grants and similar paid out
$26k
Employees
0
Volunteers
20

Filed finances

3 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$554k$464k$89k
2023$426k$409k$17k
2022$424k$377k$47k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Housing Opportunities for Musicians$18k