INSTITUTE OF CULTURES FOR THE WIMBERLEY VALLEY INC
EIN 74-2393862 · Visual Arts (A40)
What they do
THE INSTITUTE of CULTURES for THE WIMBERLEY VALLEY, INC, WHICH DOES BUSINESS AS THE WIMBERLEY INSTITUTE of CULTURES or WIC, WAS FORMED IN THE MID 1980S AS A TEXAS SESQUICENTENNIAL PROJECT GROUP to HOST EVENTS for WIMBERLEYS CELEBRATION of 150 YEARS of TEXAS INDEPENDENCE. IT THEN EVOLVED INTO A LOCAL NON-PROFIT DEDICATED to PRESERVING and EDUCATING ABOUT THE HISTORICAL and CULTURAL ASPECTS of THE WIMBERLEY VALLEY. IN THE EARLY 1990S OPERATIONS of THE WINTERS-WIMBERLEY HOUSE and GROUNDS WAS TRANSFERRED to WIC FROM THE WIMBERLEY SENIOR CITIZENS ACTIVITIES INC, WHO HAD RECENTLY PROCURED THIS and THE ADJACENT PROPERTY FROM THE WIMBERLEY FAMILY HEIRS. FOLLOWING MUCH RESTORATION WORK ON THE OLD HOUSE WHICH WAS IN DECLINE, THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS to USE THE FACILITY AS AN EVENT VENUE for MEETINGS, RECEPTIONS, ETC. IN DECEMBER 2018, THE WIMBERLEY VALLEY MUSEUM WAS OPENED to ATTRACT VISITORS and PROVIDE EDUCATION for UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY of THE COMMUNITY.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (9)
ALAN MARBURGERDIRECTOR
CHARLIE LECOMPTE2ND VICE PRE
DEBRA BILLUPSDIRECTOR
DIANE STEWARTSECRETARY
ERIC ESKELUNDDIRECTOR
JOHN POEPRESIDENT
MARTHA BARCHFELDDIRECTOR
MICHAEL STEWARTDIRECTOR
TOM BILLUPS1ST VICE PRE
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1986
- Location
- PO BOX 167, WIMBERLEY, TX 78676-0167
- County
- Hays
- In care of
- TOM BILLUPS
- Primary officer
- TOM BILLUPS, 1ST VICE PRESIDENT
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- HOLTMAN & COMPANY LLC CPAS
- NTEE classification
- Visual Arts (A40)
- IRS tax category
- Visual Arts