Embassy Series

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521323620
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music Groups, Bands, Ensembles

Reported finances

Revenue
$145,412
Expenses
$159,441
Assets
$13,357
Liabilities
$52,625

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIELLA Y TAVEAU (PRESIDENT)
  • ALISON B ADLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JEROME BARRY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • DANIELLA Y TAVEAU (PRESIDENT)
  • ALISON B ADLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • R MICHAEL SORRELLS (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Cultural diplomacy through musical events at embassies

What it reported doing in 2024

The embassy series promotes appreciation of artistic and musical contributions of the world by providing venues for new musicians from around the world. This series is performed in several of Washington dcs embassies and ambassadors residences.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 77% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.7%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 68.2%; rating input score 68

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: -9.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.94; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -21.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.7% of revenue deployed · 68.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $109K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.