Klezmer Institute Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832011740
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Yonkers, NY, USA
Phone
2039093318
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Affiliation
Judaism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$184,021
Expenses
$150,140
Assets
$60,632

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WALTER ZEV FELDMAN (PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC DIRECTOR)
  • CHRISTINA CROWDER (SECRETARY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • WALTER ZEV FELDMAN (PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC DIRECTOR)
  • CHRISTINA CROWDER (SECRETARY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • CLARA BYOM (TREASURER, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR)

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

Klezmer institute inc. Is organized exclusively for educational purposes, more specifically to promote research, education and performance of ashkenazic jewish expressive culture.

What it reported doing in 2024

Trampled manuscripts concerts and visiting artist residencies further the work of the kiselgof-makonovetsky digital manuscript project (kmdmp) by bringing music, song, and dance to communities around north america and europe. Concerts, workshops, and other programming bring local musicians together, and invite members of the public to participate in the practice and performance of ashkenazic jewish heritage and culture that references the past but is grounded in contemporary practice and teaching methods. Concerts, workshops, and residencies in 2024 reached about 500 people between workshop participants, performing musicians, and audiences.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.3%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 72.7%; rating input score 73

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: 18.4%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 84.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 73.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.5% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.3% of revenue deployed · 72.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $109K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 59/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.