Women in Jazz Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 113681459
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- Austin, TX, USA
- Phone
- 5122586947
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $204,907
- Expenses
- $227,863
- Assets
- $37,990
- Liabilities
- $27,412
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Pamela C Hart (President)
- Kevin C Hart (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Pamela C Hart (President)
- Kevin C Hart (Vice President)
- Charelesa Russell (Secretary)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of Women in Jazz Association is to perpetuate the appreciation and performance of traditional jazz vocal and instrumental music. As vocal jazz is a declining art form, this purpose is charitable - the protection and preservation of a valuable art form called jazz; that is, vocal jazz. It is through concerts, educational workshops, and performance opportunities of singers that provide the means to the end - perpetuate vocal jazz music. Other program services: Youth Jazz Education Series on June 17, 2024 through June 21, 2024 at Huston-Tillotson University. Missouri City, Texas in support of Wings Track Club fundraiser in Octber 2024; Holiday Jazz Concert in Austin at Chez Zee Bistro in December 2024. Joyce Spencer & The Ladies of Jazz with guest Pamela Hart and The Yansa Samada Band on Saturday, July 27, 2024 at Sterling Stage Austin. Collaboration with the City of Austin Thrive Program.
What it reported doing in 2024
Uplift Jazz for Seniors Concert Series: (1.) Saturday, April 6, 2024 at the Bastrop Community Senior Center in collaboration with Heal Alliance & Central Texas and Health Wellbeing Network. Free concert for seniors. (2.) Monday, Apil 1, 2024 at UPLIFT Jazz for Querencia Senior Living at Barton Creek. (3.) Sunday, May 19, 2024 at Vizcaya Senior Community Center. (4.) Thursday, December 19, 2024 at Conley-Guerrero.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 73% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 12
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 22nd 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th 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: -11.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.72; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 66.5% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $228K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 41 of 42 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.