National Association of Negro Musicians Inc The

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237015807
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Shreveport, LA, USA
Phone
8325514064
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$164,829
Expenses
$183,522
Assets
$109,658
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alfrelynn Roberts (President)
  • Sylvia Hollifield (1st Vice President)
  • Vinroy Brown (2nd Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Alfrelynn Roberts (President)
  • Robert Price (Executive Secretary)
  • Sylvia Hollifield (1st Vice President)

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

The National Association of Negro Musicians Inc NANM is a charitable educational organization dedicated to promoting preserving and supporting all genres of music created or performed by African Americans We advance knowledge and appreciation of this musical heritage by sponsoring scholarships competitions masterclasses and workshops presenting concerts and convenings and encouraging research documentation and publication of works and historical information about composers artists and musicians of African descent Through national and local chapters NANM nurtures emerging and established musicians and expands public understanding of Black contributions to the cultural arts

What it reported doing in 2024

Produce and host annual convention providing opportunities for networking professional development and performance opportunities for musicians of all ages and levels of musical training and proficiency

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: -11.3%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $189K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.