Academy of Strings
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 621733110
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Johnson City, TN, USA
- Phone
- 4239151212
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $175,351
- Expenses
- $172,429
- Assets
- $45,590
- Liabilities
- $148
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- KIMBERLY BARRETT (SECRETARY/INSTRUCTOR)
- TIMOTHY BARRETT (CHAIRMAN/INSTRUCTOR)
- LINDA DYER (MEMBER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Music arts education
What it reported doing in 2024
More than 70 students are enrolled to receive instruction on stringed musical instruments. Music appreciation and skill are developed through individual and group lessons, workshops, and performances.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 81% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.1%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 92.7%; rating input score 93
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.7%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 87.2%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.1% of revenue deployed · 92.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $160K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.