Texas Orchestra Directors Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
020733424
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-T 2020
Location
Austin, TX, USA
Phone
5124742801
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$145,059
Expenses
$132,413
Assets
$262,714
Liabilities
$4,181

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUNDAS MOHI-TRUONG (PRESIDENT (J)
  • SEAN CARLTON (PRESIDENT (J)

People named in this filing

  • SHARON LOTT (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • SUNDAS MOHI-TRUONG (PRESIDENT (J)
  • SEAN CARLTON (PRESIDENT (J)

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

To promote profesionalism in orchestra directing.

What it reported doing in 2025

Winter clinic - conducting as a clinic for Texas orchestra directors association members to recieve conducting instruction from reputed faculty members from the hosting university. The winter clinic held in january was only held in arlington for 2025. 2024 included the university of houston location in addition to ut arlington

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53.6%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 56.8%; rating input score 57

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.7%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.98; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.1%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53.6% of revenue deployed · 56.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $75K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.