Harlingen Concert Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742251910
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Harlingen, TX, USA
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music

Reported finances

Revenue
$115,199
Expenses
$92,134
Assets
$229,311

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BARBARA DISBENNETT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • NICHOLAS GARZA (SECRETARY)
  • BARBARA DISBENNETT (PRESIDENT)
  • LAWRENCE DAHM (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

The harlingen concert association was formed to build and maintain, through a non-profit plan, an ongoing concert audience in harlingen and its surrounding areas; to cultivate in the citizens of harlingen and its surrounding area interest in the performing arts and to encourage the performance therein by qualified artists; to provide an opportunity for the aforementioned citizens to see and hear artistic performances in the form of concerts and recitals, of which there will be a minimum of three presented annually; and to foster and encourage public appreciation of music and the teaching of music, history of music, and music appreciation in the schools of harlingen and its surounding areas.

What it reported doing in 2025

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Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.7%; rating input score 81
  • 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: 20%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.49; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $92K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 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.