Repertoire International De Litterature Musicale Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522274965
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2128171990
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Printing, Publishing

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,137,263
Expenses
$4,463,725
Assets
$6,942,414
Liabilities
$632,682

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TINA FRUEHAUF (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • BARBARA DOBBS MACKENZIE (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • TINA FRUEHAUF (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $181,004 total reported compensation
  • L CHARLES FINK (TREASURER, CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST): $151,173 total reported compensation
  • ZDRAVKO BLAZEKOVIC (DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE EDITOR): $147,743 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Rilm is dedicated to disseminating musicological knowledge andfostering communications among all research and performancecommunities.

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule orepertoire international de litterature musicale, inc. ("rilm") was originally organized in 1966 as an international collaborative project of the international musicological society (switzerland) and the international association of music libraries, archives and documentation centres (united states), as an organization committed to a comprehensive and accurate representation of music scholarship in all countries and languages and across all disciplinary and cultural boundaries. Rilm was formally incorporated as a New York not-for-profit organization in 2000. In 2007, the international council for traditional music (austria) joined as the third sponsoring body. Through its global network and advanced information technologies, rilm is dedicated to disseminating knowledge and fostering communications among all research and performance communities. Its flagship publication, rilm abstracts of music literature, is a comprehensive international bibliography of writings on music comprising indexed and abstracted content across three centuries of publications on music from around the world. Rilm released rilm music encyclopedias, an annually expanding full-text compilation of reference works, in december 2015. Rilm released rilm abstracts of music literature with full text in the summer of 2016, and mgg online in november 2016. Rilm is planning to release new publications of music-related scholarship in coming years.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 71
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.8%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 86.3%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.1%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.56; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.8% of revenue deployed · 86.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $181K · 10 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.