Audio Industry Resources Inc Part 1 Other Revenue

Overview

Mission

Premiere research library and museum worldwide establlishing the history of the audio industry in its various and interrelated disciplines

What it reported doing in 2025

Celebrated the life work of accoplished recording studio acoustician tom hidley with convention handouts and large photo collage of his studios.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133869026
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2010
Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Libraries

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: NotEnoughData
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 33

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 22.1%; rating input score 22
  • Program expense ratio: 52.7%; rating input score 53

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 58.1%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 15.54; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 22.1% of revenue deployed · 52.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 annual filings from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.