Temple of Music
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 824834747
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Sammamish, WA, USA
- Phone
- 4253058883
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $149,194
- Expenses
- $146,581
- Assets
- $25,569
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- GANESH RAJAGOPALAN (DIRECTOR)
- CHANDRA ACHALLA (DIRECTOR)
- MAHESH MUDIGONDA (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Temple of music (tom) mission is to teach, promote, preserve, present and support fine arts from india and the USA. These forms include western and indian classical vocal and instrumental music, dance and other art forms. Tom engages in a variety of activities to fulfill our mission. Toms goal is to spread the bliss of arts in north america and help the aspiring artists and art lovers from all backgrounds experience beauty and glory of fine arts. Among its activities its purpose is also to engage in charitable causes through music including the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations within the meaning of section 501 (c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
What it reported doing in 2025
Temple of Music curated a range of impactful programs that blended performance, education, and community engagement. A highlight was the SwaraYoga - Indian Music Festival, a flagship event that brought together leading artists, students, and audiences for a day of concerts, workshops, and a special felicitation ceremony honoring distinguished maestros. The organization also continued its commitment to nurturing young talent through youth ensemble presentations and lecture-demonstrations, creating meaningful platforms for emerging artists to collaborate with seasoned performers. These initiatives reflected Temple of Music's mission to make world-class music accessible while fostering cultural exchange and deeper musical appreciation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 81% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.6%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 83.1%; rating input score 83
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.8%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 17; 17th 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: 40.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 34.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.6% of revenue deployed · 83.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $122K 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: 8 filing years from 2018 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.