Operation Encore

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822192094
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Jamestown, RI, USA
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music

Reported finances

Revenue
$189,739
Expenses
$157,341
Assets
$133,135
Liabilities
$19

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GUY JAQUIER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD MEMBER)

People named in this filing

  • ERIK BRINE (CO-FOUNDER AND BOARD MEMBER)
  • ROBERT RAYMOND (CO-FOUNDER AND TREASURER)
  • GUY JAQUIER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD MEMBER)

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

Music education and talent development for active duty veteran and military spouse singer songwriters

What it reported doing in 2025

Education training live performances production of music promotion of active duty veteran and military spouse singer songwriters. Worked with professional sound engineering and studio musicians to produce music. Supported live performances and production and distribution of original songs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 10
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 16.4%; rating input score 16
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

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: 17.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 36.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 16.4% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.