Sombrero Festival Ltd
This non-profit organization is organized to provide greater opportunity for the citizens of Brownsville to participate more fully in the Charro Days Festivities by sponsoring additional family oriented activities and to enhance the image of Brownsville through projects such as Beautification, Tourism and Recreation.
Sombrero Festival Ltd at a glance
- Total assets
- $1,946,286
- +17.1% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $260,083
- +21.2% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $15,218
- -12.1% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $61,410
- -20.7% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Sombrero Festival Ltd funds
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2020, annual grant giving ranged from $19K (2019) to $62K (2020). In 2020 it reported $62K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,946,286 | $260,083 | $61,410 | — | — | $15,218 |
| 2024 | $1,662,156 | $214,534 | $77,418 | — | — | $17,316 |
| 2023 | $1,519,490 | $442,922 | $57,146 | — | — | $8,529 |
| 2022 | $1,133,714 | $103,455 | $68,949 | — | — | $2,291 |
| 2021 | $1,099,210 | $6,935 | $40,988 | — | — | $2,382 |
| 2020 | $1,132,981 | $238,235 | $181,694 | $61,644 | Total only | — |
| 2019 | $1,078,662 | $334,274 | $156,383 | $18,987 | 3 | — |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Sombrero Festival Ltd
Based on IRS filings
Sombrero Festival Ltd is a public charity focused on Economically disadvantaged people, based in Brownsville, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.9M in total assets. Net investment income was $15K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Sombrero Festival Ltd is led by Olga Gonzalez, CEO since 2025 (on filings since 2019); none of the 31 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Olga Gonzalez
CEO
Chairperson & CEO → Chairman & CEO, 2021
Chairman & CEO → CEO, 2025
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Adrian Garcia
Director
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alonso Barrientes
Director
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Connie Hensley
Director
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Danny Loff
Director
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Hanawa
Director
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Musso
Director
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David W. Vela
Director
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dillon Vanderford
Director
Excecutive D → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gabriel Pena
Director
Manager → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jj Gonzalez
Director
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jose Luis Martinez
Director
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Barnard
Director
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Norma Gomez
Director
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Poncho Gomez
Director
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roberto H. Solis
Director
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roy De Los Santos Jr.
Director
Director → COO, 2021
COO → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sammy Herrera
Director
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sandra Herrera
Director
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sergio Rodriguez
Director
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Anika Aviles
Director
Director → CFO, 2021
CFO → Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Alaniz
Director
CFO → Director, 2021
On filings since 2020
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lupita Vera
Director
On filings since 2022
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Patricia H. Gonzalez
Director
On filings since 2022
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Neal Mathers
Director
On filings since 2024
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bobby Lerma
Director
New on the 2025 filing
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Letty Garza
Director
New on the 2025 filing
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mary Jane Escareno
Director
New on the 2025 filing
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Emily Mathers
CFO
Director → CFO, 2025
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Margarito Maldonado
Hq Manager
Director → Hq Ops., 2022
Hq Ops. → Hq Manager, 2025
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tommy Bermudez Jr.
Secretary
Board Secretary → Secretary, 2020
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (10)
- Former: Jack Loff (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Letty Rodriguez (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Mary Jane Jackson (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Robert Lerma (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: A. Roy Gonzalez (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Virtual (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Mary Alice Loya (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Molly Plitt (2020) — Director
- Former: Dan Alaniz (2019) — CFO
- Former: Roy Gonzalez (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Sombrero Festival Ltd
How large is Sombrero Festival Ltd?
Sombrero Festival Ltd reported $1.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $260K.
What is Sombrero Festival Ltd?
Sombrero Festival Ltd is a public charity focused on Economically disadvantaged people, based in Brownsville, TX. It holds $1.9M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Sombrero Festival Ltd operate?
Sombrero Festival Ltd has awarded grants in Texas.
What is Sombrero Festival Ltd's EIN?
Sombrero Festival Ltd's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 74-2485148. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 18, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 21, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 13, 2026)
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