American Songbook Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 132970537
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3473874945
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music Groups, Bands, Ensembles
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $168,121
- Expenses
- $156,156
- Assets
- $15,035
- Liabilities
- $1,041
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CAROLYN MONTGOMERY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- CRAIG POMRANZ (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- GOLDIE DVER (SECRETARY)
- FRANK DAIN (TREASURER)
- CAROLYN MONTGOMERY (EXECUTIVE 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The american songbook association inc. (asa) seeks to preserve, promote and advance the legacy of american popular music, the great american songbook (classic and new), and the unique form of cabaret. The asa publishes the long established cabaret scenes magazine, conducts educational programs in New York city public schools,
What it reported doing in 2025
Bringing the american songbook into New York city public schools with its education andoutreach program. Its primary focus is to keep classic american musical traditionsalive and thriving in the hearts and minds of New York citys youth.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.9%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 96.8%; rating input score 97
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: 7.1%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 51.8%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.9% of revenue deployed · 96.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $151K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.