American Patriot Music Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831662962
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Apple Valley, CA, USA
Phone
9099082480
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Reported finances

Revenue
$23,182
Expenses
$21,458
Assets
$30,478

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RAY LINDEMANS (Vice President)
  • Antonio Y Villegas Jr (President & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • DARREN ISHAM (Director)
  • CHRISTINA FREY (Treasurer)
  • RAY LINDEMANS (Vice 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

THE AMERICAN PATRIOT MUSIC PROJECT IS a music program that provideS Therapeutic support and music opportunities for veterans and first responders; utilizing the power of music to create a positive environment in their lives.

What it reported doing in 2025

American Patriot Band delivers a patriotic themed show aimed at promoting veteran and first responder causes in the service of helping our nation's heroes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.7%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 53.7%; rating input score 54

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.4%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.42; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30.3%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -25.3% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20.2% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.7% of revenue deployed · 53.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.