Emf Institute Ltd
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 811868458
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Albany, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5183690827
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,504
- Expenses
- $1,041
- Assets
- $5,899
- Liabilities
- $400
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BENJAMIN CHADABE (PRESIDENT)
- THOMAS BEYER (VICE-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BENJAMIN CHADABE (PRESIDENT)
- THOMAS BEYER (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- ROY ALTMAN (SECRETARY)
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
Disseminating information and materials on the history and current practice of electronic music and tracing the history of electronic music with a focus on the period from 1950 to 2000.
What it reported doing in 2024
A new world of music - create an online publication of the stories, reports, sounds, images, and media that were created by the composers, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, in short everyone who was in any way involved in the development of electronic music.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 73
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.5%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 96.1%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 30.8%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.67; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -33.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -24.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 32.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.5% of revenue deployed · 96.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.