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Overview

Mission

To provide counsel, encouragement & support for recording artists and their families.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024: 2,072 hours of counseling were provided to 387 various individuals. Financial assistance was given for patients in need, including paying for medical costs for those who could not afford them. 56 people were given financial assistance in 2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010690242
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Franklin, TN, USA
Phone
6155916622
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Counseling

Official website

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 37.7%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 43.8%; rating input score 44
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 78.6%; rating input score 79; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.9%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.57; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.7%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 37.7% of revenue deployed · 43.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 14 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $507K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $169K · 14 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 annual filings from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • EDDIE CHAD KARGER (Executive Dir.): $169,237 total reported compensation
  • ELIZABETH BARCUS (Executive Dir.): $169,237 total reported compensation
  • ERNEST ANDREWS (Executive Dir.): $102,329 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.