Austin Jazz Workshop

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742714740
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Austin, TX, USA
Phone
8066761652
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$88,500
Expenses
$89,530
Assets
$293,471
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Terrance McDaniel (Executive Director)
  • Debra Ercks (President)
  • Susanna Sharpe (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Terrance McDaniel (Executive Director)
  • Debra Ercks (President)
  • Susanna Sharpe (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Arts Education

What it reported doing in 2024

Instituted the new program titled the Jam Session Initiative and served Bowie High School Performing Arts and the Austin Liberal Arts & Science Academy during the 2024 - 2025 Austin Independent School District academic school year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% 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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.1%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 75.2%; rating input score 75

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: -1.2%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.28; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.1% of revenue deployed · 75.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.