South Side Jazz Coalition Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474728381
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music Groups, Bands, Ensembles

Reported finances

Revenue
$175,783
Expenses
$175,178
Assets
$3,158

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Margaret Murphy-Webb (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Margaret Murphy-Webb (Executive Director)
  • Peggy Thompson (Board Chairperson)
  • Sasha Daltonn (Board Secretary)

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

The South Side Jazz Coalition cultivates safe spaces for free access to live music programs with a concentration on intergenerational events and collaboration with community grassroots organizations to promote arts and culture in southeast Chicago communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Jazzn On The Steps is a partnership with St. Moses The Black presenting a live music concert on the steps of the church in Woodawn; a southeast neighborhood of Chicago with no access to free arts and culture. The series runs every fourth Sunday from May through October. Approximately 300 to 400 community residents attend each Sunday bringing the total audience throughout the summer to over 3,000 a year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 17
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 16.8%; rating input score 17
  • Program expense ratio: 16.8%; rating input score 17

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.3%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 5; 5th 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: -18.8% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 16.8% of revenue deployed · 16.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 7 filed program accomplishments · $30K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.