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COUNTRY MUSIC HAYRIDE INC

COUNTRY MUSIC HAYRIDE INC (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $365 to it, the largest being Lewis H Pool Foundation ($365). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$78k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$365
Net assets
$105k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Country Music Hayride Inc does

Mission

The country music hayride is didicated to the culture and preservation of traditional county music in carthage texas. Like the city itself, which houses the texas country music hall of fame initiated to recognize the contributions of native texans to the country musick industry; the hayride has long been a venue3 for local singers and pickers to shocase their talents on stage in front of a live audience. These talented individuals have honed their voices and polished their musicianship on the hayride stage. The music has expanded over the years to include gospel and even sourhern rock. The setting for this variety of live music has been in the building on an old movie theater. Theesquire was built in 1949. Naturally, as the years passed the esquire began to show old movies in the nostalgic environment of the 50's & 60's. Once again, this location just off the square in dowtown carthage, found another source of amusement for live audiences. The revolution of entertainment via a "live sh

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. The preservation of traditional country music by providing a venue for local talent to perform in front of a live audience.

    $56,225 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $56,225.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($59k) Expenses 100 ($53k) Net assets 100 ($78k)2023 Revenue 104 ($62k) Expenses 105 ($55k) Net assets 108 ($85k)2024 Revenue 108 ($64k) Expenses 123 ($65k) Net assets 107 ($84k)2025 Revenue 131 ($78k) Expenses 106 ($56k) Net assets 134 ($105k)
2022202320242025
Revenue (131)Expenses (106)Net assets (134)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $126k to $139k (+10%).

$132k
$131k
$126k
$139k
2022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

8% of COUNTRY MUSIC HAYRIDE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$7k
’22
$6k
’23
−$880
’24
$21k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'19
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of COUNTRY MUSIC HAYRIDE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of COUNTRY MUSIC HAYRIDE INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.

TX

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

COUNTRY MUSIC HAYRIDE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin28% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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In Texas

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds COUNTRY MUSIC HAYRIDE INC?
COUNTRY MUSIC HAYRIDE INC (Texas) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $365 to it, the largest being Lewis H Pool Foundation ($365). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COUNTRY MUSIC HAYRIDE INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $365 in grants to COUNTRY MUSIC HAYRIDE INC.
Who is the largest funder of COUNTRY MUSIC HAYRIDE INC?
Lewis H Pool Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $365 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COUNTRY MUSIC HAYRIDE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing