Friends of Mt Lebanon Percussion

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251899070
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$91,768
Expenses
$78,026
Assets
$133,337

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Priya Sukumaran (Co-President)
  • Jacqueline Zapko (Co-President)
  • Patricia Davies (Co-Vice President)
  • Kirsten Galvin (Co-Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Priya Sukumaran (Co-President)
  • Jacqueline Zapko (Co-President)
  • Patricia Davies (Co-Vice President)

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 promote and support a comprehensive and progressive percussion based music program which will be of musical and educational benefit to the student members the Mt Lebanon School District and the Mt Lebanon Community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Spring and Winter Concert Series: Director and assistant director rehearsal stipends production tech crews equipment equipment repair and maintenance and student scholarship lessons for multiple concerts including outreach concerts in the community. Over 2,400 concertgoers watching around 50 student musicians.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 61; 61st 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: 23.8% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $92K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.