Fountain City Brass Band
Legal name: Fountain City Brass Band Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200310692
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Kansas City, MO, USA
- Rating
- 37
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $73,467
- Expenses
- $73,467
- Assets
- $10,823
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Lee Harrelson (President)
- Tom Stein (Vice-President)
People named in this filing
- Lee Harrelson (President)
- Tom Stein (Vice-President)
- Helen Harrelson (Director of Education)
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
To deliver world-class performances, inspire future generations of musicians, and elevate the American brass band tradition.
What it reported doing in 2024
The De Meij Residency with Marshall Gilkes program offers a unique opportunity for emerging musicians to receive mentorship and training from renowned trombonist Marshall Gilkes. Participants engage in intensive workshops rehearsals and performances gaining valuable skills and insights into the professional music industry. This initiative aims to support the development of young talent and foster a vibrant community of aspiring musicians dedicated to honing their craft and pursuing excellence in the world of music.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 55.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -28.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.