Friends Of Robert Eagle Staff Musical Arts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850580106
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2069416634
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music Groups, Bands, Ensembles

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$44,020
Expenses
$42,749
Assets
$61,656
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jessi Detert (Co-President (Band))
  • Kay Lambert (Co-President (Orchestra))
  • Meredith Lee (Vice President (Fundraising))

People named in this filing

  • Jessi Detert (Co-President (Band))
  • Kay Lambert (Co-President (Orchestra))
  • Meredith Lee (Vice President (Fundraising))

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

Friends of Robert Eagle Staff Musical Arts (FORESMA) is a volunteer-run music booster organization which exists to financially support music education at Robert Eagle Staff Middle School in Seattle, WA, and to make music education accessible to any student desiring to participate.

What it reported doing in 2024

Instructors & Coaching: Secured dedicated instruction for the Jazz 2 ensemble, providing twice-weekly sessions that fostered substantial growth in musical proficiency and ensemble performance. Facilitated expert coaching for percussion and strings sections, enabling students to advance their skills and expand their musical range. Supported instructor attendance at key performances throughout the school year, ensuring high-quality musical presentations and valuable performance experience for students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.1%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 94.8%; rating input score 95

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: 2.9%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.44; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 75.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.1% of revenue deployed · 94.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $41K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.