Shrewsbury Schools Performing Arts Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813251040
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Shrewsbury, MA, USA
Phone
5088418800
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parent/Teacher Group

Reported finances

Revenue
$40,867
Expenses
$44,379
Assets
$53,590

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANNE GRAY (President)
  • DEBBIE SANTOS (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • ANNE GRAY (President)
  • RACHEL REEVE (Treasurer)
  • DEBBIE SANTOS (Vice 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

A. To lend all possible support in assisting and encouraging the program of performing arts education in the shrewsbury public schools, and to arouse and maintain an enthusiastic interest in the various activities of the performing arts programs.b. To cooperate with those in charge of performing arts activities to the end that these programs be brought to, and kept at, the highest degree of excellence.c. To raise and appropriate funds for awards, scholarships, trips, uniforms, and other functions of the association.d. To grant scholarships to deserving seniors of shrewsbury high school who plan to attend an accredited college, university, or conservatory.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide awards, trips, uniforms, and supplies to shrewsbury public school students in the performing arts

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.9%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.6%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 52; 52nd 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: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.1% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.