U S a International Harp Competition Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
550676706
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Bloomington, IN, USA
Phone
8128565715
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$208,884
Expenses
$224,210
Assets
$266,854
Liabilities
$486

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Barbara W Lepke-Sims (Chair of the Board, President & CEO, Director)
  • Linda Wood Rollo (Associate Artistic Director Emeritus & Vice President Emeritus, Director)
  • Joyce Claflin (Vice President, Director)

People named in this filing

  • Barbara W Lepke-Sims (Chair of the Board, President & CEO, Director)
  • Elizabeth Hainen (Artistic Director, Director)
  • Emmanuel Ceysson (Associate Artistic Director, 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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Host a triennial international harp competition, a triennial composition contest, educational and outreach programs known as Harp Starts, and a concert series.

What it reported doing in 2025

Expenses relating to the 13th competition in 2025: $34,707 Final Stage; $24,588 Jury; $4,145 Opening Ceremony; $2,573 Performance Expenses; $33,500 Prize Payments; $11,880 Marketing; $27,359 General Competition Expenses. Revenues relating to the 13th competition in 2025: $6,706 Merchandise and Advertisement Sales; $5,137 Admission and Entry Fees; $16,200 Sponsorships, $69,576 Contributed revenue.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.6%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 72.9%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $29.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: -7.3%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 158.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.6% of revenue deployed · 72.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $163K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 23 people listed
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 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
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.