Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460664536
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone
5132271039
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Performing Arts Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$183,685
Expenses
$138,162
Assets
$259,964
Liabilities
$223

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Doug Lillibridge (President)
  • Jane Welling (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Doug Lillibridge (President)
  • Jane Welling (Vice President)
  • John Lieberman (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

Educate and promote jazz music awareness.

What it reported doing in 2025

We celebrated the holiday season with our Jingle Jazz: The Nutcracker Remix Album Release Party. This swinging holiday tradition features jazzy takes on classic carols, soulful seasonal surprises and plenty of cheer. This show is definitely a fan favorite and our biggest show of the season. This year's Jingle Jazz performance was extra special as we unveil our brand-new Nutcracker Remix CD featuring CCJO's adventurous "Nutcracker Remix" suite as well as three special bonus tracks featuring vocalist Mandy Gaines. This digital album is our second album, following Meet the CCJO released in 2024. In addition to selling physical CDs we invested in streaming opportunities and were honored to have our album streamed in Japan, Europe and US over the holiday season. Spreading the jazz around the world over the holidays was extra special when our board members heard songs on SiriusXM driving around Cincinnati. Additionally, our album reached #36 on The JazzWeek Jazz Album Chart in late December, which tracks national and international radio airplay. Approximately 420 in attendance over two nights.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 16
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.9%; rating input score 14
  • Program expense ratio: 19.3%; rating input score 19

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: 24.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.88; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.9% of revenue deployed · 19.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $27K 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: 8 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 14/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.