Tak Ensemble Music Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921416509
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Ridgewood, NY, USA
Phone
6786411060
Rating
97
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music Groups, Bands, Ensembles

Reported finances

Revenue
$149,802
Expenses
$139,170
Assets
$20,632
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Laura Cocks (Flute, Executive Director, Co-Artistic Director, Board Member At-Large)

People named in this filing

  • Laura Cocks (Flute, Executive Director, Co-Artistic Director, Board Member At-Large)
  • Madison Greenstone (Clarinet, Co-Artistic Director, Board Member At-Large)
  • Marina Kifferstein (Violin, Co-Artistic Director, Board Member At-Large)

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 mission of the TAK ensemble is to expand and promote contemporary chamber music through the commissioning, performing, recording and promotion of a diverse range of new artistic works. This mission is realized primarily through presenting concerts, open rehearsals, educational workshops, educational outreach, and the publication of recordings of musical works. We believe that publicly sharing collaborations with composers and the process of artistic creation helps to promote appreciation and support for contemporary classical music.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2023, The TAK Ensemble produced and presented nine concerts (including three tours across the United States and abroad), was engaged in educational residency with five different institutions, and hosted a music festival in New York City called 'Swoonfest', which gathered six different artists/bands from NYC and Philiadelphia for two nights of concerts. With the exception of the educational initiatives, all repertoire was work commissioned by and for the ensemble by living composers, and all concerts used a Pay-What-You-Can ticket pricing model to expand access. Places visited: Bangkok, Thailand (INTACT Festival, December); Ohio, USA (Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project, Cleveland; Columbus); California, USA (The Lab, San Francisco; Wind River, Santa Cruz). Educational residencies: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA), University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA), Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), The Walden School (Dublin, NH), the Yarn/Wire Institute (New York, NY).

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

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: 7.1%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 15; 15th 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: 47.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $363K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.