Rutherford B H Yates Museum Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$234k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$237k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$1.5m
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$1.5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
10
7.3 years on average
Staff
0
126 volunteers
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
THEOPHILUS HERRINGTON PhD
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Rutherford B H Yates Museum Inc's network
10 peoplei10 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
10 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 10 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byron D Cobbin Chair | Chairman-President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Theophilus Herrington PhD Chair | Immediate Past Chairman | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Alfred Henson PhD | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Carolyn Burnley | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Catherine Roberts | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Kathy Ploch CPA | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Kareem Heshmat | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Kristan Crapps | 1st Vice President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Margaret Boulware | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Sarah Trotty PHD (also filed as Sarah Trotty PhD) | 2nd Vice President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron D Cobbin | Chairman-President | 5 | $0 | ||
| Kristan Crapps | 1st Vice President | 5 | $0 | ||
| Sarah Trotty PhD | 2nd Vice President | 5 | $0 | ||
| Kathy Ploch CPA | Treasurer | 10 | $0 | ||
| Catherine Roberts | Director | 25 | $0 | ||
| Carolyn Burnley | Secretary | 5 | $0 | ||
| Theophilus Herrington PhD | Immediate Past Chairman | 10 | $0 | ||
| Margaret Boulware | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Alfred Henson PhD | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Kareem Heshmat | Director | 5 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Rutherford B H Yates Museum Inc
- EIN
- 760536349
- Address
- 12311 Rincon Dr, Houston, TX, 77077-4827
- State
- Texas
- Mission
- To promote preservation, education, archaeology, & research of African Diaspora history focusing on the period of enslavement & post-slavery era in the Gulf Coast Region of Texas & its connections to other regions in the world. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B80 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1996
- Principal officer
- Byron D Cobbin (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 May 1998
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsByron D Cobbin
≥8years on the filingsTheophilus Herrington PhD
≥8years on the filingsCarolyn Burnley
≥8years on the filingsCatherine Roberts
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
- $1.5m
- Total liabilities
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.5m
- Contributions and grants received
- $232k
- Program service revenue
- $2k
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 126
Filed finances
2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $234k | $237k | Deficit $3k |
| 2023 | $182k | $218k | Deficit $36k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Rutherford B. H. Yates Museum, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Texas
- Entity type
- nonprofit corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 27 December 1996
- Registered agent
- Not stated
This register does not publish officers or directors.