American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
221476432
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2128691330
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,899,003
Expenses
$12,470,050
Assets
$52,410,860
Liabilities
$20,352,066

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALLISTAIR ELLIOTT (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • AUGUSTINO GAGLIARDI (PRESIDENT)
  • GABRIEL S KRISTAL (DIR ORG/ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • AUGUSTINO GAGLIARDI (PRESIDENT): $236,250 total reported compensation
  • KENNETH SHIRK (SECRETARY/TREASURER): $218,195 total reported compensation
  • ALLISTAIR ELLIOTT (VICE PRESIDENT): $193,525 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

A union of professional musicians united through locals with the following mission: to enable members to live and work in dignity; work will be fulfilling and compensated fairly; have a meaningful voice in decisions that affect us; have the opportunity to develop our talents and skills; collective voice and power will be realized in a democratic and progressive union; can oppose the forces of exploitation through our union solidarity.

What it reported doing in 2025

Advancement, foster, promotion and benefit all those connected with musical performances in the fields of radio, tv and sound recording, and to protect and secure the rights of these persons in their professional activities. During 2025, the organization had 64,226 members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 78
  • Accountability: 23
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21.6%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.2; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 0 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $236K · 14 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.