IT shall be the mission of Third Coast Percussion Nfp:to present concerts of contemporary and classical repertoire in both traditional concert halls and alternative venues, thereby enriching and entertaining the broader public and promoting new music and the arts to a wider audience;to maintain an active involvement in the development of new repertoire for Percussion, commissioning and collaborating with living composers to create new music specifically designed for the ensemble; andto be active in the field of arts education by presenting outreach and educational concerts to primary and secondary schools, exposing younger generations to music and the significance of the arts in modern culture and society, and to be active in presenting clinics and master-classes to students at music schools, conservatories and universities with the goal of educating future music professionals.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 25 volunteers and 7 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $81K a year · 7% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$165K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
11
named funders · $353K
Looks good: 11 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.6M
+43% vs prior year
Spent
$1.4M
To programs
72%
Net assets
$676K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$1.6M
FY2025▲ +43%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$803K
FY2022$951K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.6M
Expenses
$1.4M
FY2025▲ +28%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$679K
FY2022$846K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.4M
Net assets
$676K
FY2025▲ +26%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$394K
FY2022$499K
FY2023$555K
FY2024$538K
FY2025$676K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2009.

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Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $1.1M Management & general 15% · $214K Fundraising 13% · $185K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

18 people listed on the 990; $165K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$84,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director, Ensemble Member
$80,553Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

David Skidmore’s $84K as Executive Director is at the 20th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
David Skidmore$84,000$77,500$75,000$72,933$69,000
Robert Dillon$80,553$75,500$73,376$72,255$68,574

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Presents concerts, commissions new music, and provides arts education to schools.

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3 programs · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Commissioning New Works

Third coast percussion commissioned andpremiered 14 new musical works during their performance season. Theensemble completed its 11TH annual "currents creative partnership", aprogram that selects developing music creators from across the world tocollaborate with the ensemble in creating new works.

$533Kprogram expense
02

Performance. 69 concert performances were presented. Performancesoccurred in 14 U.S. States and the district of columbia as well as brazil, colombia, france, germany, and hong kong. The ensemble released 2 full-length albums, "aguas da amazonia and "standard stoppages and released 15 works for streaming video platforms.

$488Kprogram expense
03

Youth Education and Community Engagement Activites

Third coast percussion provided 36 educational performances, classes, and clinics to k-12 schools, community centers, and COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES throughout the U.S. As well as brazil, germany, and hong kong.

$29Kprogram expense

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From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$804K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$795K
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Money outPt IX
$1.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$214K
Fundraisingcol D$185K
Owns and owesPt X
$676K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$345K
Total assetsLn 16$676K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$795K
Government grantsLn 1e$118K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$107K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$804K
Investment incomeLn 3$20K
Total revenueLn 12$1.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$135K
SavingsLn 2$210K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$345K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$330K
Total assetsLn 16$676K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$676K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$238K$345K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$300K$330K
Total assetsLn 16$538K$676K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$538K$676K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$203K$137K$22K$45K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$408K$258K$87K$62K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$12K$7K$3K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$26K$17K$6K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$44K$29K$8K$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$12K$185$11K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$245K$220K$16K$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$125K$94K$15K$16K
Office expensesLn 13$100K$8K$13K$79K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$826$1K
OccupancyLn 16$39K$27K$8K$4K
TravelLn 17$174K$170K$3K$635
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$18K$18K
InsuranceLn 23$13K$8K$4K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$30K$75K$0−$45K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.4M$1.1M$214K$185K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.6M$1.4M$138K$676K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.1M$1.1M−$19K$538K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.1M$1.0M$57K$555K 990 PDF
FY2022 $951K$846K$104K$499K 990 PDF
FY2021 $803K$679K$124K$394K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,587,525 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $600,006$794,877
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $488,945$803,626
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $15,442$19,931
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $8,852−$30,909
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,113,245$1,587,525
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $651,650$692,802
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $480,907$757,131
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,132,557$1,449,933
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$19,312$137,592
Part VI · Governance 16 of 17 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,587,525 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$2,548 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$107,442
VIII-1e Government grants$118,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$569,435
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$794,877
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $803,626$803,626
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $19,931$19,931
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$28,361−$28,361
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $801,078 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$8,430$1,587,525
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,449,933 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $136,628 · Management $21,933 · Fundraising $44,624$203,185
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $258,447 · Management $87,464 · Fundraising $61,603$407,514
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $7,459 · Management $2,540 · Fundraising $1,770$11,769
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $17,092 · Management $5,612 · Fundraising $3,198$25,902
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $28,756 · Management $8,056 · Fundraising $7,620$44,432
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $185 · Management $11,331$11,516
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $219,729 · Management $16,264 · Fundraising $8,745$244,738
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $93,545 · Management $14,825 · Fundraising $16,409$124,779
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,468 · Management $12,748 · Fundraising $79,039$100,255
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $826 · Fundraising $1,475$2,301
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $26,780 · Management $8,045 · Fundraising $4,023$38,848
IX-17 TravelPrograms $170,268 · Management $2,657 · Fundraising $635$173,560
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $18,186$18,186
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,015 · Management $3,846 · Fundraising $1,366$13,227
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $74,732 · Management $0 · Fundraising −$45,011$29,721
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,050,104 · Management $214,333 · Fundraising $185,496$1,449,933
Part X · Balance sheet $675,667 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $97,681$135,322
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $140,132$210,174
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $300,401$330,171
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $538,214$675,667
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $471,964$627,167
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $66,250$48,500
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $538,214$675,667
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $538,214$675,667
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $675,667 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,587,525
XI-2 Total expenses$1,449,933
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$137,592
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$538,214
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$139
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$675,667

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