Apollo Ensemble of Boston Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883248569
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Pittsfield, MA, USA
Phone
5613890173
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Symphony Orchestras

Reported finances

Revenue
$59,082
Expenses
$35,867
Assets
$35,186
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES NGUYEN (PRESIDENT)
  • EMILY LANGUEDOC (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JAMES NGUYEN (PRESIDENT)
  • EMILY LANGUEDOC (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BENJAMIN BETIK (TREASURER)

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 mission of the apollo ensemble of boston is to provide musicians throughout the greater boston area excellent performance opportunities and professional training experiences and to bring outstanding music to boston audiences in accessible, free community concerts.

What it reported doing in 2025

The apollo ensemble of boston is a volunteer orchestra, which performs a regular season of 3-6 concerts each year, a majority of which are held in st. John's episcopal church in jamaica plain. Additionally, the ensemble performs a series of 3 free outdoor concerts inmassachusetts state parks each summer in collaboration with the Massachusetts department of conservation & recreation. While the ensemble mostly performs as a full orchestra, it sometimes appears in other configurations such as chamber orchestra, wind ensemble, and string orchestra.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 82.3%; rating input score 82

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 39.3%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 69.1% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 67.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 69.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50% of revenue deployed · 82.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $30K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.