Golden Knights Music Parents Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237110141
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Old Tappan, NJ, USA
Phone
2018359448
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parent/Teacher Group

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,609
Expenses
$14,084
Assets
$15,385

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIELLA ASHBHAHIAN (President)
  • SARAH KIRCH (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • KEITH BENEDETTI (Secretary)
  • DANIELLA ASHBHAHIAN (President)
  • SCOTT KOCHIS (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

The Golden Knights Music Parent Association (GKMPA) is an organization that supports the vocal, instrumental, and performing arts programs at Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan, New Jersey. We work closely with the music department and performing arts teachers and provide service and monetary support when needed.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Golden Knights Music Parent Association (GKMPA) is an organization that supports the vocal, instrumental, and performing arts programs at Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan, New Jersey. We work closely with the music department and performing arts teachers and provide service and monetary support when needed. Through our fundraising efforts and membership fee, each year the GKMPA has been able to purchase many needed items for these programs items that could not be afforded under the constraints of the department budgets. The GKMPA also provides funding to the music department to enable them to present 20 students with a monetary award to help further their education in their vocal, instrumental, or performing arts field.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 63% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 59.1%; rating input score 59

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.6%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.09; rating input score 49; 49th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57% of revenue deployed · 59.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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 57/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.