Musicians United for Superior Education
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 223102847
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2009
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2009
- Location
- Buffalo, NY, USA
- Phone
- 7168346873
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $146,185
- Expenses
- $143,368
- Assets
- $17,259
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To help buffalo schools develop a self-sustaining music and dance culture in which older children teach younger children traditions of the schools. Approx 1,300 students served.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 95.8%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.9%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 94% of revenue deployed · 95.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $137K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $11K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.