American Music Therapy Assoication Affiliates

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522347169
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Phone
3015893300
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$288,966
Expenses
$310,184
Assets
$707,801
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

93 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TODD SCHWARTZBERG - GLR (PRESIDENT)
  • KELLEE HANSEN - GLR (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • MELAINE POHLMAN - GLR (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • ALLISON GUNNINK - GLR (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JENNIFER PINSON - GLR (VICE PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • ERICA FLORES - GLR (WISCONSIN STATE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TODD SCHWARTZBERG - GLR (PRESIDENT)
  • KELLEE HANSEN - GLR (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • MELAINE POHLMAN - GLR (PAST PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote the therapeutic use of music and music therapy in healthcare and education through meetings, seminars, and workshops, and participation in national amta programs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Amta's regional affiliates provide extensive educational programs, consistent with the mission of the organization. Annual conferences, seminars and workshops are held in all regions and are by far the largest expenditure. The next two program areas in terms of time and expense are scholarships and grants, which are also ways in which the public education mission of the organization is fulfilled.great lakes region - amta1. Ccbd courses/diversity training for community were successful2. Online conference was successful3. Membership benefits and awards were robust for the yearmid-atlantic region - amta1. Mar-amta regional conference2. Regional town hall in september & december3. Panel discussion - music therapy with older adultsmidwestern region - amta1. We held a virtual conference in 2021 to provide continuing education and networking opportunities for music therapists in the midwestern region.2. We gave out covid hero awards to recognize music therapists who were nominated for creative adaptations in practice due to the covid-19 pandemic.3. We gave out amta membership scholarships and conference scholarships to music therapists to provide opportunities for continuing education and networking.4. We sponsored a few continuing education courses outside of regional conference that we're out on by local music therapy organizations throughout the region.northeastern region - amta1. Service awards were given to members by the ner presidentsoutheastern region - amta1. Ser held an online regional conference that included several continuing educational opportunities. In addition, ser held virtual regional meetings and virtual regional board meetingswestern region - amta1. Wr offered disaster response, mind mingles to connect with the board and a free disaster response education opportunity. Southwestern region - amta1. We held an online conference specifically for our region butwelcomed all others to join us. Registrants engaged in continuingeducation relating to music therapy on a variety of topics.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.4%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 89.3%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.3%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.28; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.4% of revenue deployed · 89.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 93 of 93 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $277K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 93 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.