South Jones High School Band Parent Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824226823
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Ellisville, MS, USA
Phone
6014662512
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$316,025
Expenses
$268,816
Assets
$67,342
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tara Pits (President)
  • Sarah Wansley (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Tara Pits (President)
  • Sarah Wansley (Vice President)
  • Crystal Matthew (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The South Jones High School Band Parent Associations mission is to provide financial support to the South Jones band program by offsetting costs of the band program not covered by the school district so band students can become better musicians and performers by participating in marching and concert performances district state and national marching competitions and state concert competitions audition for local and statewide band clinics and honor bands and participate in Winterguard competitions. Through the Associations support all students in the South Jones Band program have opportunities to participate in band activities assume various leadership roles within the band program develop friendships and learn team building skills.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Association spent $262,466 to support the bands performances at football games competitions for marching concert and winterguard band clinics concerts and parades by purchasing marching drill halftime show props colorguard props and supplies winterguard drill supplies hiring outside instructors for marching colorguard and winterguard drill and choreography and paying costs associated with attending football games clinics parades and marching concert and winterguard competitions. The Association also purchased music and band supplies and paid for instrument repairs and maintenance and other general expenses to support all students in the high school and middle school band programs. In April 2025 Winterguard students participated in the Winterguard Championships in Cincinnati Ohio and in November 2025 the band was named the 2025 Class A Grand National Champion at the Bands of America BOA Championships in Indianapolis Indiana.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.1%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 97.6%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.9%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 26% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 47.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.1% of revenue deployed · 97.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $262K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.