American Brass Chamber Music Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237259680
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Putnam Valley, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2125950129
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $164,770
- Expenses
- $164,949
- Assets
- $216,688
- Liabilities
- $118,793
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RAYMOND MASE (PRESIDENT & TREASURER)
- JOHN ROJAK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- RAYMOND MASE (PRESIDENT & TREASURER)
- MARGARET SHAKESPEARE (SECRETARY)
- DAVID STULL (DIRECTOR)
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
To advance public knowledge of the art of brass chamber music; to re-establish and further the importance and appreciation of chamber music for brass instruments; to promote the performance of brass chamber music; to initiate the composition of new chamber music for brass; to further publication of brass chamber music; to assist brass music artists wherever possible and to engage in activities related to the foregoing.
What it reported doing in 2024
Educating future audiences and future performers of brass chamber music is an important part of our mission. In conjunction with our performance activities we presented separate workshops for brass students and seminars for both college and high school students as well as seminars for audiences of all levels. Additionally coaching sessions of students of brass groups were offered to aspiring young players.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.2%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 95.1%; rating input score 95
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: -0.1%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.31; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 95.2% of revenue deployed · 95.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $157K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.