Selby Avenue Jazzfest

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473537028
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6512242929
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music

Reported finances

Revenue
$156,476
Expenses
$189,324
Assets
$31,026
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

  • Marvin Anderson (Board Member)
  • Charise Kyle (Board Member)
  • Linda Sloan (Board Treasurer)

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

Provide underserved markets with access to quality arts programming and to utilize the power of arts-based community development as a tool for individuals from all walks of life to be of one community through a shared arts experience.

What it reported doing in 2025

The 2025 SAJF Festival marked a landmark year of growth and cultural celebration, achieving record-breaking milestones by proudly serving over 10,000 attendees and expanding its bustling marketplace to feature over 100 vibrant vendors alongside 65 juried artists. The festival's massive success was powered by a seamless, high-energy entertainment lineup that kicked off with the Selby Avenue Brass Band parade, followed by a powerhouse roster on the Main Stage-including the W|W Jazz Ensemble, Brio Brass Band, heyArlo, The YUKO MABUCHI Trio, and a headlining set by Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles-all smoothly coordinated via the Selby Avenue & Chatsworth Street N entrance. Concluding with concurrent, packed late-night jam sessions at Walker West and the Multipurpose Hall, the event not only shattered previous attendance benchmarks but also drove significant economic and charitable impact, raising vital funding for local grants, scholarships, and non-profit initiatives to foster a lasting spirit of creative unity.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93

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: -21%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $176K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 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 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.