Songs on the Frio Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 934193619
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Rio Frio, TX, USA
- Phone
- 7139071607
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $186,089
- Expenses
- $174,897
- Assets
- $19,403
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jan Larsen (President, Director)
People named in this filing
- Jan Larsen (President, Director)
- Carole Petrovics (VP, Treasurer, Director)
- AnaLisa Glass (VP, Secretary, Director)
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
Songs on the Frio, Inc. (Songs) was organized for the charitable purposes of (i) presenting a music festival, including musical performances and songwriting workshops in the Frio River area of Texas, (ii) educating attendees and less experienced performers by providing opportunities to study and perform, (iii) developing music education and outreach programs for the community of Leakey, Texas and for festival attendees, (iv) fostering mutual understanding, respect, and community harmony through music, and (v) supporting other charitable organizations in the Leakey, Texas area by contributing certain net proceeds from the music festival to support other charitable organizations in the community of Leakey, Texas.
What it reported doing in 2024
4 unique events over the 3 days of Veterans Day weekend 2024. 300+ students & educators reached through local songwriting competition & instruction from award winning songwriters/judges. 80% of attendees traveled 100+ miles from 47 Texas towns & 9 statesPerformances throughout Leakey drawing a combined audience of more than 3,000 attendees, with 50% benefiting from free or subsidized access.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - 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: 34
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 33.2%; rating input score 33
- Program expense ratio: 35.3%; rating input score 35
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: 6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 33.2% of revenue deployed · 35.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.