Peace Drums USA Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813007724
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
6106929912
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$39,049
Expenses
$75,218
Assets
$5,412

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JESSICA TUFTE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • HARVEY PRICE (EX. DIRECTOR)
  • EDMUND S LYNCH (TREASURER)
  • JESSICA TUFTE (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 organization raises money to fund musical band(s) of youth in the middle east who play the steel drums. The money goes to pay instructors, buy/repair equipment and travel. The band(s) are comprised of jewish, muslim and christian youth.

What it reported doing in 2024

2024 saw weekly steel drum numbers hold steady at 150 students per week taking classes. These numbers are spread out between arab and jewish students who live in israel and palestinian children that live in the west bank. However, the war continued to prevent any kind of travel or cross border meetings.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.9%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 25.9%; rating input score 26

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: -92.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.9% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.9% of revenue deployed · 25.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $19K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.