Harmony Project Productions Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271819074
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Phone
6145649300
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Singing, Choral

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,451,162
Expenses
$2,357,259
Assets
$750,821
Liabilities
$30,868

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • M DAVID BROWN (EXECUTIVE DI): $183,796 total reported compensation
  • MATTHEW A SCHOTT (CHIEF OF STA): $114,115 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission: to build a more inclusive society by breaking down social barriers, bridging community divides, and empowering the voices of the people through arts, education, and volunteerism.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community service: service is at the heart of harmony project's mission. Each season, all participants commit to completing a minimum of 16 hours of volunteer community service, either through projects organized by harmony project or through projects and opportunities facilitated by partnering community organizations. Empowering communities through the arts: our partnership with goodwill columbus continues to shine a light on members of our community who were once in the shadows. Through our community arts programs, participants who have faced barriers due to disabilities are stepping into the spotlight, demonstrating their talents, and finding new opportunities for social engagement and self-expression. The group staged three performances in 2024, which featured original songs, poetry, and artwork by people with disabilities, highlighting the transformative power of inclusive arts programming. The program has grown from 60 to 150 participants over the past two years. Service and community impact: harmony center has become a vital community hub, connecting neighbors with essential resources and hosting a free community closet for northland residents, staffed by harmony volunteers. It also provides low- or no-cost space for nonprofit arts organizations to rehearse and perform. Through harmony's service initiatives, hundreds of volunteers revitalized columbus neighborhoods, led the cleaner columbus effort, restored a playground at devonshire elementary, and distributed food to thousands of families. Harmony also hosted adaptive sports connection's bikes to go program, where volunteers built specialized bikes for children with special needs, fostering mobility, independence, and joy. At harmony, the arts and service go hand in hand, driving meaningful change across columbus. A season of giving - thanksgiving meal partnership: for those who are incarcerated and those celebrating their first thanksgiving post-release, the holiday can be a difficult time. Harmony partnered with hubbard grille and mezzo dublin to provide meals, ensuring that these individuals feel seen and supported. The thanksgiving meal initiative is more than just a meal-it's a message that they are not forgotten and that they are part of a community that cares. In 2024, harmony served over 400.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 67
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.2%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 65.6%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 91.9%; rating input score 92; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.8%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.2% of revenue deployed · 65.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $184K · 11 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.