Big Mouth Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821988820
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
4155775705
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music Groups, Bands, Ensembles

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$29,551
Expenses
$66,514
Assets
$31,131
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUSAN KEVORKIAN (PRESIDENT, TREASURER)

People named in this filing

  • SUSAN KEVORKIAN (PRESIDENT, TREASURER)
  • EMILY LAU (DIRECTOR, ARTISTIC)
  • CHRISTY MASON (SECRETARY)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Musical education, community & performance: big mouth society is a community-supported collective of musicians that brings unique and thought-provoking projects to a diverse audience. Our members are servants to the larger goal of supporting local artists and bringing community together through curated artistic experiences. We host live performances and projects throughout the year, in person and online, from informal salons and festive fundraisers to more traditional mainstage concerts. We represent voices from countries around the world and are committed to being a champion of new music, rhetorical music and social change.

What it reported doing in 2023

Public events and other programming highlighting the work of Oregon artists and featuring new works by living composers for big mouth audiences. In fy2023, big mouth society's public events included the common opus, our multi-year commissioned project and original composition by artistic director emily lau, with one show in 07/2023 at portland'5 winningstad theatre for 220+ audience. We also recorded an album of the common opus, to be released in the near future. We presented queer & dear: echoes of queerness through song and sequins in two shows in 09/2023 at portland center stage ellyn bye studio theater for a combined 185+ audience, featuring 2 commissioned works by local composers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.6%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -125.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 62.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -35.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -29.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $64K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.