Four Freshmen Music Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 475089353
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- New Canaan, CT, USA
- Phone
- 2039721916
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,428
- Expenses
- $10,162
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
People named in this filing
- MIKE CONDIT (CHAIRMAN)
- RAY HOFFMAN (VICE CHAIRMAN)
- DAVE BENTLEY (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 perpetuate the appreciation and understanding of the unique, historical and transformative harmonies of the four freshmen.
What it reported doing in 2025
We issued a grant to an individual to study the transformative harmonies developed by the four freshmen a significant departure from the harmonies of barbershop groups that preceded them.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 36
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.8%; rating input score 58
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.1%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 29.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -14.9% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 57.8% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 4 of 5 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.