East Texas Symphony Orchestra Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 756013387
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Tyler, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9035263876
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Symphony Orchestras
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,188,184
- Expenses
- $1,327,453
- Assets
- $4,743,243
- Liabilities
- $92,004
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- ROBIN HAMPTON (Executive Dir.): $106,005 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Providing the highest possible quality of symphonic entertainment through the presentation of classical and contemporary music in diverse settings. Educating, enriching and enlightening audiences, individuals, organizations, and groups about classical and contemporary music. Providing a diverse musical fabric to East Texans through the commissioning of compositions, recording performances and presentation of a variety of musical works and musicians. Becoming a premier orchestra association within our American Symphony Orchestra league peer group.
What it reported doing in 2024
The mission of the east Texas symphony orchestra is to engage and inspire our community through exceptional music education and performance. The 2024-2025 season activities included the following: a. A full five-concert subscription series at the ut tyler cowan center, serving a cummulative audience of approximately 5,000 people.b. Continuation of annual etso/carnegie hall education program link up, culminating in four particapatory concerts presented at tyler high school and serving over 3,000 4th and 5th-grade students from tyler and surrounding communities.c. Presentation of the third annual labor day weekend symphony in the park at bergfeld park in tyler, tx. This free family concert was offered in partnership with the city of tyler and drew an audience of over 1,700 residents.d. Presentation of a concert celebrating the total eclipse of the sun, totality. The concert was presented in collaboration with tyler junior college in its new rogers palmer performing arts center. Two performances were presented, serving approximately 1,600 patrons.e. Etso continued its free summer free small ensemble programs at true vine brewing co, focusing on latin beats and honoring the local law enforcement. The concert drew an audience of approximately 250.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 64% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77.7%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 69.3%; rating input score 69
- Fundraising efficiency: $18.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -11.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.57; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 77.7% of revenue deployed · 69.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $920K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $106K · 24 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.