New Texas Symphony Orchestra

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273133947
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
2145494298
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Symphony Orchestras

Reported finances

Revenue
$72,468
Expenses
$79,194
Assets
$62,507
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Aida Boyce (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Kathryn Brownlee (Artistic Director)
  • Alec Horton (Board Chair)
  • Erin West (Board Secretary)

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 New Texas Symphony Orchestra is a community arts group of all-volunteer dues-free musicians that performs free concerts for the general public. NTSO performed three free formal in-person concerts and four free in-person community events this season.

What it reported doing in 2024

March 9, 2025 - Coming of Age: Adventure started off with the seaworthy quest of Swedish composer, Helena Munktell's, Breaking Waves. From the surf to the streets, we followed with NTSO's commissioned work, Zeeskyzii, by local artist, Zion Pullman. The creator of the storyline, along with the artwork and music, Mr. Pullman took us through a journey with his team of heroes: a boy and his loyal animal friends, as they struggle to balance hero life with real life. Mr. Pullman attended the performance and received a standing ovation for his work and AV presentation from the 364-member audience. Our final work for the day, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2, took us through the countryside of Tchaikovsky's sister's county home in Ukraine. Incorporating melodies of the region's folksongs, the symphony is a tribute to the unique offerings of this independent country.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 39.3%; rating input score 39
  • Program expense ratio: 36%; rating input score 36

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.3%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 38.9%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 39.3% of revenue deployed · 36% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $28K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.