East Texas Youth Orchestra Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
751827759
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Tyler, TX, USA
Phone
9035974896
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Symphony Orchestras

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$118,244
Expenses
$100,445
Assets
$117,356

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICHARD NICHOLS (President)
  • CHRIS LEAHY (Vice President)
  • ANGELES HERNANDEZ PEREZ (Form. President)

People named in this filing

  • LEVI CROZIER (Secretary)
  • JEREMY MCBAIN (Director)
  • JAMON BLOOD (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 increase musical education opportunities for students

What it reported doing in 2025

East Texas youth orchestra, through three orchestras and the jazz academy, offered musical training to approximately 100 children. These young musicians rehearsed together for one to two and a half hours per week for 28 weeks. Throughout the year, the orchestras and jazz ensembles performed free community concerts at various sites, for a total of 10 hours of performances. Etyo has also begun after school string clubs in which 5th grade students are taught beginning violin. This program is offered at no cost to the families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.7%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 89.1%; rating input score 89

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: 15.1%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.9%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.7% of revenue deployed · 89.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $89K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.