Institute for Music and Neurological Function
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133874103
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Mount Vernon, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9145135156
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $88,719
- Expenses
- $435,754
- Assets
- $228,906
- Liabilities
- $1,486,626
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
25 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID J GENTNER (PRESIDENT/CEO)
- CONCETTA M TOMAINO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- HARRY BALLAN (CHAIRMAN)
- THOMAS E NOBILE (VICE-CHAIR & SECRETARY)
- ULRICH ROSA (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
In 1995, the institute for music and neurological function (imnf) was created with dr. Oliver sack's help to spark greater collaborations among music therapists and neuroscientists around the world. The imnf is the only one of its kind in the united states. It is expanding therapeutic modalities for treating patients with strokes and other neurological conditions. Imnf uses music therapy to assist those with memory deficits, motor rehabilitation needs, and speech therapy. It is also a major training center for music therapists and a resource for new collaborations in music-brain research.
What it reported doing in 2024
Music therapy to assist those with memory deficits, motor rehabilitation needs, and speech therapy, as well as a major training center for music therapists and a resource for new collaborations in music-brain research.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% 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. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 60
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 16
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 74.8%; rating input score 75
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -391.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 6.49; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -11% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -15.6% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 74.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $326K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 25 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
- 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: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.