Providence Drum Troupe

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
932443895
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Exeter, RI, USA
Phone
4012558812
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$79,602
Expenses
$67,393
Assets
$21,838
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Dhana Whiting (Board Member)
  • Chris Donovan (Board Member)
  • Josh Short (Board Chair)

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

1. The Providence Drum Troupe is a dynamic band of musicians and performers who demonstrate that living in harmony is not an antiquated notion! Connecting creative forces for the greater good, PDT encourages children and children at heart to participate, dance and celebrate being alive in this truly wondrous world!

What it reported doing in 2025

Sunset Celebrations - Free music and entertainment every Tuesday at the Michael Van Leesten Bridge. The Sunset Celebrations have become a staple of Providence summer entertainment. Sound Sessions - Monthly events held at the Clubhouse Gallery that showcase local musicians and draw in audiences from around Rhode Island and beyond. City Activations - The Troupe worked with Providence Tourism Council to provide free entertainment, activate underused spaces, and highlight local businesses with our pop-up appearances at multiple events around Washington Square, Biltmore Park, and our Nightlife tours.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 64% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.7%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80

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: 15.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 38%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 98.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 40.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 100.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.7% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $54K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.