Tipp City Music Boosters Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
341604431
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Tipp City, OH, USA
Phone
5135785134
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Secondary, High School

Reported finances

Revenue
$83,373
Expenses
$59,067
Assets
$162,553
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Pamela Schanz (President)
  • Camila Rader (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Pamela Schanz (President)
  • Camila Rader (Vice President)
  • Danece FrostHoskins (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The TCMB is a volunteer organization of parents and or legal guardians of current students in the 6th to 12th grade band and choir programs of Tipp City Exempted Village Schools Associate Member Alumni Members and or Honorary Life Members which includes the band choir color guard and other approved associated auxiliary groups; and whose purpose shall include: Assist with additional financial support for the music programs for items not provided by the school system. Priority shall be given to the purchase and maintenance of instruments uniforms robes and other related equipment. Provide moral support to the music programs and help to stimulate student and community interest in the appreciation and support of the THS music programs. Work in partnership with the music department directors staff THS Administration and the Tipp City Exempted Village School Board.

What it reported doing in 2025

Organized and operated fundraising events including concession stands and community fundraisers to generate funds supporting music program needs. Conducted approximately45 events during the year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 83% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 46.1%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 65.1%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29.2%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.75; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 177% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 46.1% of revenue deployed · 65.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $38K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.