Now Ensemble Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
421667823
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
5033187279
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music Groups, Bands, Ensembles

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,032
Expenses
$86,361
Assets
$32,519
Liabilities
$22,569

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DENNIS GREENSTEIN (President)

People named in this filing

  • DENNIS GREENSTEIN (President)
  • MICHAEL MIZRAHI (CFO - Secretary)
  • MARK DANCIGERS (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Performance ensemble: a group of performers and composers dedicated to making new chamber music for the 21st century. The ensemble performs in a variety of venues from concert halls to museums for both large audiences and intimate gatherings.

What it reported doing in 2025

During the year, the organization advanced its mission by presenting contemporary music performances, supporting composers, and providing educational programming across multiple U.S. communities. 1. Presented a public performance in Los Angeles, CA, hosted by 2220 Arts on January 29, 2025, showcasing contemporary works.2. Conducted a reading session and public performance in Burlington, VT on March 15, 2025, engaging local audiences in new music. 3. Hosted a workshop with composer Michi Wiancko (March 1417, 2025), including a public performance in Amherst, MA on March 16, 2025, providing educational and performance opportunities.4. Presented, in collaboration with Art of Elan (January 2728, 2025), the world premiere of a new composition by Mingjia Chen, supporting emerging composers and new works.5. Held a residency at Yale University (November 1819, 2025), featuring workshops with student composers and a public performance on November 19, promoting educational outreach and artistic development.6. Performed a public concert at Greenwich House in New York, NY on November 20, 2025, expanding access to contemporary performance in an urban setting.7. Presented a public performance at Troy Listening Room in Troy, NY on November 22, 2025, furthering community engagement through live music.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 84.6%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -34.9%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.69; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 84.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $73K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.