Center for Music by People with Disabilities

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
731706500
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Missoula, MT, USA
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music Groups, Bands, Ensembles

Reported finances

Revenue
$119,178
Expenses
$117,962
Assets
$287,101

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Thomas Graff (President of the Board of Director)
  • Devan Kartha (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Thomas Graff (President of the Board of Director)
  • Liz Ametsbichler (Board Member)
  • Shibu Arens (Board Member 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

To teach music and dance to children and teens with disabilities in the county of Missoula Montana on a weekly basis through studios organized at 11 public schools in the country during each school year.

What it reported doing in 2025

Our music and dance teachers held classes in 11 elementary middle and high schools and taught music and dance every single week of the school year serving around 200 students with various special needs as certified by the school system.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.1%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.43; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30.5%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $118K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2021 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.