The 369Th Experience Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 812266872
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 3017417890
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,018
- Expenses
- $11,018
- Assets
- $1,943
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Stephany Neal (President)
People named in this filing
- Stephany Neal (President)
- Michael Brooks (Financial Analyst)
- John Morrow (Board Member)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The 369th Experience is an historic re-creation of the The 369th Infantry Regimental Band, also known as the Harlem Hellfighters. The 369th Infantry Regiment was comprised of African American and Puerto Rican soldiers in World War I. They went on to become one of the longest-serving, most decorated units of World War I. In addition to their bravery on the battlefield, these soldiers were brilliant musicians who introduced ragtime, big band and jazz to the warfront and the world. Our band is made up of 65 African American and Puerto Rican male students from HBCSs and other colleges and universities across the United States. Our program celebrates the Harlem Hellfighters's contribution to the music of the past and present with live and virtual performances saluting The 369th Regimental Band and its bandleader James Reese Europe.
What it reported doing in 2024
During 2024, the 369th Experience, Student Band Members, and Band Directors rehearsed virtually and in person to make special appearances in Washington, DC, September 1-4, 2025. The significance of this opportunity cannot be overstated. This was a once-in-a-lifetime and nonpartisan event. Lt. Col. Dwayne S. Milburn (RET), Special Advisor and Guest conductor, worked along with Anthony S. Jones, The 369th Experience Band Director. These performances were sponsored in part by the Doughboy Foundation. Despite the 2021 Congressional Gold Medal Act that officially recognizes the Harlem Hellfighters, their story and the story of Lt. James Reese Europe remain largely unknown to many generations. While select museums display the Hellfighters' medals, universities archive their sheet music, and military institutions can document their combat achievements, none of these organizations can fully capture and transmit the groundbreaking musical innovations that James Reese Europe and his band brought to both military music and American jazz. This is where the 369th Experience Inc. plays an irreplaceable role by recreating the original 369th Infantry Regimental Band with young musicians with the musical background and skill to play Europe's intricate, syncopated rhythms. The Harlem Hellfighters were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor at the US Capitol. Four years after the Congressional Gold Medal Act (H.E. 3642) was signed into law, and more than 100 years after our heroic Black and Puerto Rican American men returned home from World War I, the posthumous award was presented in recognition of the 369th Infantry Regiment (aka Harlem Hellfighters) on September 3, 2025. Those performances included the National World War I Memorial, the French Embassy/La Maison Francaise and Emancipation Hall at the U. S. Capitol's official ceremony.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 0
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: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -24.5% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -34.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -66.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.