2024-11-12T10:10:34-05:00 2023-12-31 742860707 BARRETT COOPER ACCOUNTING PC 204 MILL ST SCHERTZ TX 78154 990EZ 2023-01-01 743009612 GERMAN AMERICAN SOCIETY INC GERM P O BOX 311194 NEW BRAUNFELS TX 781311194 LINDA EICHBERGER TREASURER 2024-11-12 true true JAMES S HUSTON EA P01436859 2106596677 2024-11-12 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X X NEWBRAUNFELSGERMANAMERICANSOCIETY.COM X X 160651 X 8172 5998 146481 129524 16957 31127 12950 450 24482 37882 -6755 141286 134531 141286 134531 141286 134531 141286 134531 X THE PURPOSE OF THE SOCIETY IS TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE, TO IDENTIFY AND PRESERVE THE VALUABLE ELEMENTS IN OUR TEXAS CULTURE CONTRIBUTED BY THE GERMANS IN THIS GREAT STATE, TO ENCOURAGE GERMAN AMERICAN EXCHANGE, AND TO PROMOTE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT REFLECT CULTURAL VALUES OF GERMAN ORIGIN. THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THE GERMAN AMERICAN SOCIETY AGAIN THIS YEAR IS ATTRIBUTED TO VOLUNTEERS WHO WORKED DILIGENTLY, EFFICIENTLY, AND WITHFANTASTIC ATTITUDES HELPING US SELL GERMAN ITEMS FROM OUR BOOTH AT THE 10-DAY 2022 WURSTFEST CELEBRATION. THE SOCIETY HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF SALES IN2022. THE MAJORITY OF ITEMS SOLD WERE PURCHASED AT HIGHER COSTS THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS, HOWEVER, THE PROCEEDS FROM THE WURSTFEST SALES WEREOUTSTANDING. THE SOCIETY ALSO HAD GERMAN THEME FLOATS IN THE COMAL COUNTY FAIR PARADE AND THE ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY PARADE. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO SPONSOR A 10-WEEK ADULT GERMAN LANGUAGE CLASS FOR BEGINNERS AND ADVANCE STUDENTS AND PROMOTE THE GERMAN CULTURE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, PARTICIPATING AT THE HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND HOSTING A GERMAN MASKENBALL. UNFORTUNATELY, THE GERMAN AMERICAN SOCIETY LOST SEVERAL OF ITS LONG-TIME MEMBERS, HOWEVER, IT GAINED QUITE A FEW NEW, YOUNGER MEMBERS AND NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 250 MEMBERS WHICH IS 15-20 MORE MEMBERS THAN IN 2021. THE SOCIETY'S ROSTER IS BEING RECONSTRUCTED AS DUES ARE PAID SINCE SOME MEMBERS ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO PARTICIPATE OR HAVE NEW CONTACT INFORMATION AND NEW MEMBERS ARE ADDED. THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE GERMAN AMERICAN SOCIETY ARE ALSO WORKING TO REVISE THE SOCIETY'S BY-LAWS INORDER TO INCORPORATE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGH THE YEARS DUE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY. OUR MEMBERS BENEFITTED FROM THE MEETINGS AND THE CHRISTMAS PARTY WHERE THEY WERE ENTERTAINED BY GEMISCHTER CHOR HARMONIE. THE EDELWEISS KINDERCHOR, THE KINDERTANZEN GROUP, AND THE FROEHLICHE TANZGRUPPE. THE SOCIETY MADE DONATIONS TO CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH, EDELWEISS KINDERCHOR, THE CENTER FOR GERMANIC STUDIES - UT AUSTIN, GEMISCHTER CHOR HARMONIE, THE BEETHOVEN DAMENCHOR, THE NEW BRAUNFELS HERITAGE SOCIETY, THE NEW BRAUNFELS MARCH UND WANDERGRUPPE AND THE AND THE STUEBEN SOCIETY. 12950 35832 35832 ERIC TENNYSON PRESIDENT 000.00 0 CINDY TENNYSON 1ST VICE PRE 000.00 0 DEBBIE CHANDLER 2ND VICE PRE 000.00 0 LINDA COKER SECRETARY 000.00 0 LINDA EICHBERGER TREASURER 000.00 0 DIANE MOLTZ MEMBER AT LA 000.00 0 false false false false false false false false false LINDA EICHBERGER 2302 SUN STONE PLACE NEW BRAUNFELS TX 78130 3618343220 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 1290 1199 1449 8172 12110 90183 162399 169527 146481 568590 4217 1540 4401 361 5998 16517 95690 1540 167999 171337 160651 597217 597217 95690 1540 167999 171337 160651 597217 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 X WURSTFEST 146481 146481 129524 146481 146481 129524 129524 16957 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 NAME: NEW BRAUNFELS PARKS FOUNDATION ADDRESS: 110 GOLF COURSE RD NEW BRAUNFELS, TX 78130 CASH CONTRIBUTION: 7,000 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES INSURANCE 800 BANK CHARGES 38 CHRISTMAS DINNER 3,923 DUES 545 ENTERTAINMENT 1,226 MEETING 2,127 MEMBERSHIP SUPPLIES 2,849 PO BOX RENTAL 166 PRINTING 721 PROGRAM EXPENSE 7,037 RENT 3,321 SOFTWARE 45 SUPPLIES 1,351 WEBSITE 333 TOTAL 24,482 FORM 990-EZ, PART III THE PURPOSE OF THE SOCIETY IS TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE, TO IDENTIFY AND PRESERVE THE VALUABLE ELEMENTS IN OUR TEXAS CULTURE CONTRIBUTED BY THE GERMANS IN THIS GREAT STATE, TO ENCOURAGE GERMAN AMERICAN EXCHANGE, AND TO PROMOTE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT REFLECT CULTURAL VALUES OF GERMAN ORIGIN. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 THE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THE GERMAN AMERICAN SOCIETY AGAIN THIS YEAR IS ATTRIBUTED TO VOLUNTEERS WHO WORKED DILIGENTLY, EFFICIENTLY, AND WITHFANTASTIC ATTITUDES HELPING US SELL GERMAN ITEMS FROM OUR BOOTH AT THE 10-DAY 2022 WURSTFEST CELEBRATION. THE SOCIETY HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF SALES IN2022. THE MAJORITY OF ITEMS SOLD WERE PURCHASED AT HIGHER COSTS THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS, HOWEVER, THE PROCEEDS FROM THE WURSTFEST SALES WEREOUTSTANDING. THE SOCIETY ALSO HAD GERMAN THEME FLOATS IN THE COMAL COUNTY FAIR PARADE AND THE ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY PARADE. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO SPONSOR A 10-WEEK ADULT GERMAN LANGUAGE CLASS FOR BEGINNERS AND ADVANCE STUDENTS AND PROMOTE THE GERMAN CULTURE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, PARTICIPATING AT THE HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND HOSTING A GERMAN MASKENBALL. UNFORTUNATELY, THE GERMAN AMERICAN SOCIETY LOST SEVERAL OF ITS LONG-TIME MEMBERS, HOWEVER, IT GAINED QUITE A FEW NEW, YOUNGER MEMBERS AND NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 250 MEMBERS WHICH IS 15-20 MORE MEMBERS THAN IN 2021. THE SOCIETY'S ROSTER IS BEING RECONSTRUCTED AS DUES ARE PAID SINCE SOME MEMBERS ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO PARTICIPATE OR HAVE NEW CONTACT INFORMATION AND NEW MEMBERS ARE ADDED. THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE GERMAN AMERICAN SOCIETY ARE ALSO WORKING TO REVISE THE SOCIETY'S BY-LAWS INORDER TO INCORPORATE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGH THE YEARS DUE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY. OUR MEMBERS BENEFITTED FROM THE MEETINGS AND THE CHRISTMAS PARTY WHERE THEY WERE ENTERTAINED BY GEMISCHTER CHOR HARMONIE. THE EDELWEISS KINDERCHOR, THE KINDERTANZEN GROUP, AND THE FROEHLICHE TANZGRUPPE. THE SOCIETY MADE DONATIONS TO CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH, EDELWEISS KINDERCHOR, THE CENTER FOR GERMANIC STUDIES - UT AUSTIN, GEMISCHTER CHOR HARMONIE, THE BEETHOVEN DAMENCHOR, THE NEW BRAUNFELS HERITAGE SOCIETY, THE NEW BRAUNFELS MARCH UND WANDERGRUPPE AND THE AND THE STUEBEN SOCIETY.