Trusted Alliance Masterclass Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933055935
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music

Reported finances

Revenue
$21,985
Expenses
$14,768
Assets
$8,889

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Nyela Basney (Artistic Director)
  • Janelle Czubak (Publicist and website design)
  • Emily Volz Mills (8 weeks social media)

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

Educational

What it reported doing in 2024

Aria Preparation Companions; TA writes formats and distributes sells 445-50 page digital APCs which detail individual musical moments in an aria which require specific collaboration with a conductor;

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 69% 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

MIXED - 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: 14
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 11.8%; rating input score 12
  • Program expense ratio: 17.6%; rating input score 18

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32.8%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 39.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 62% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 51.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 136.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 11.8% of revenue deployed · 17.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 12/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.