Classical Arts Society of Houston
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 760392366
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Sugar Land, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8327253936
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Folk Arts
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $71,294
- Expenses
- $43,991
- Assets
- $157,557
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Nalini Sadagopan (President)
- Ranjana Narasiman (Vice President)
- Prabha Bala (Founder & Past President)
People named in this filing
- Nalini Mukhopadyay (Chairperson)
- Nalini Sadagopan (President)
- Ranjana Narasiman (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Formed in 1993, the Classical Arts Society of Houston is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and maintaining the rich heritage of the classical performing arts of India. In particular, the organization presents South Indian classical music (also called Carnatic music) typically up to 8 concerts by well-known visiting and diaspora artists from India, through the year. A music festival is held each year to commemorate a 18th century music composer named Sri Tyagaraja. Besides performing arts, educational talks, symposia and lecture demonstrations are also offered through the year by experts in the field. The programs are often targeted towards many youngsters in the Houston area students of Carnatic music.
What it reported doing in 2025
Jan 19, 2025 - Tyagaraja Aradhana and Music Festival Attended by over 150 children and 200 adults Held at the Meenakshi Temple Auditorium, Pearland, TX
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% 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. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.3%; rating input score 62
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: 38.3%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.58; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 8 filed program accomplishments · $44K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.