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Nonprofit · EIN 22-6080964

AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED

Tax-exempt · FAIRFAX, VA 22030

Financials

$1.6M$1.9M2022$1.8M$1.8M2023$1.9M$1.8M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$1,928,431$1,800,303$128,128$1,815,561$1,036,071$779,490
June 30, 2024990$1,751,133$1,778,731-$27,598$1,693,769$1,062,303$631,466
June 30, 2023990$1,614,695$1,886,162-$271,467$1,765,990$1,145,628$620,362
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$19,060
Program service revenue
$1,846,773
Investment income
$41,447
Royalties
$26,290
Net rental income
-$63,472
Net income from sales of inventory
$1,388
Other revenue
$21,151

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$665
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$217,361
Other salaries and wages
$319,814
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$608,867
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$10,334
Accounting fees
$94,503
Occupancy
$3,933
Travel
$384,423
Depreciation
$12,920
Program services (functional)
$1,254,740
Management and general (functional)
$545,563

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$1,693,769
Total assets, end of year
$1,815,561
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,036,071
Net assets, end of year
$779,490
Land, buildings and equipment
$699,228
Publicly traded securities
$855,892
Net assets without donor restrictions
$744,468
Net assets with donor restrictions
$35,022
Gross unrelated business income
-$54,970
Gross receipts
$2,019,724
Employees
6
Volunteers
308
Year formed
1955
State of legal domicile
IA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Lynn TuttleExecutive Director and CEO
Officer
40$167,908$26,329
Rebecca MacLeodPast President
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0$0
Karin HendricksPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0$0
Corie BentonPresident-Elect
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
Tiffany Ou-PonticelliSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Charles LauxMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Sundas Mohi-TruongMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Taniesha PooserMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jess FloridoMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
David MillerMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Emily Hanna CraneMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Daniella ValdezMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Daryl SilbermanMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Mira FrischMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Sam TsugawaMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
5 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Rachel DirksMember
Trustee or director
1$0
Adrian GordonMember
Trustee or director
1$0
Duane PadillaPublications/Content Chair
Trustee or director
3$0
Natalie MorrisonString Industry Council Representative
Trustee or director
1$0
William LeeString Industry Council Representative
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 16 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Lynn M TuttleExecutive Director and CEO
Officer
40$157,894$33,821
Rebecca MacLeodPresident/Past President
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0$0
Karin HendricksPresident-Elect/President
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0$0
Corie BentonPresident-Elect
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
Kristen PellegrinoPast-President
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
Tammy S YiSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Charles LauxMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Sundas Mohi-TruongMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Taniesha PooserMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jesus FloridoMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
David MillerMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Emily Hanna CraneMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Duane PadillaPublications/Content Chair
Trustee or director
3$0$0
Tiffany Ou-PonticelliSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Daniella ValdezMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
William LeeString Industry Council Representative
Trustee or director
1$0$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 16 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Lynn M TuttleExecutive Director and CEO
Officer
40$178,807$24,732
Rebecca MacLeodPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0$0
Kristen PellegrinoPast President/Treasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
Karin HendricksPresident-Elect
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
William LeeString Industry Council Representative
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Selim GirayMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Corie BentonMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
AnnMarie AbrahamMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Duane PadillaPublications/Content Chair
Trustee or director
4$0$0
Tammy YiSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Emily Hannah CraneMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Charles LauxMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Sundas Mohi-TruongMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jesus FloridoMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Taniesha PooserMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0
David MillerMember
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
4155 CHAIN BRIDGE RD, FAIRFAX, VA 22030-4102
Mailing address (990-N for 2017)
4745 East Waverly Street, Tucson AZ 85712
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Lynn Tuttle, 4155 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, VA 22030
Principal officer (990-N for 2017)
Toru Tagawa, 4745 East Waverly Street, Tucson AZ 85712
Signed the 990
Lynn Tuttle, Executive Director and CEO
Phone
(703) 279-2113
Website
astaaz.org
Return prepared by
Rogers & Company PLLC

Mission

ASTA creates and leads a community of diverse members to advance string teaching, performing, and scholarship. ASTA members are empowered to provide universal access to string teaching, playing, and learning.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • Conference / Competition/Webinars - In FY 2025, ASTA provided a conference in Atlanta, GA. More than 3,000 people participated this past March through in-person professional development sessions, keynote performances, jam session, and evening performances, and sight reading of new music serving all ASTA members - K-12 string educators, studio teachers, eclectic strings educators, and higher education faculty. The event included a live National Orchestra Festival featuring a record number 37 student ensembles from across the country. In addition, ASTA held its second annual Virtual String Teachers Summit, serving more than 200 members in July, 2024, and continued to offer webinars, averaging two webinars per month, accessed live or via recordings by 10% of ASTA's membership.
    Expenses $849,872 · revenue $1,211,618
  • Member Services - The Association provides professional development, career building & support, and a community of peers for all teachers of stringed instruments. ASTA communicates its message through various methods including social media and printed and electronic pamphlets and brochures intended to further the goals of increasing school programs, improving university programs, and enhancing string performance throughout the country.
    Expenses $146,517 · revenue $635,155
  • Publications - ASTA publishes two peer-reviewed journals -the American String Teacher Journal, published quarterly and the String Research Journal. The American String Teacher Journal is written for all members and features articles related to string teacher and performance, with an emphasis on educational approaches for string instruments. The String Research Journal (SRJ) represents the research community of ASTA. Its purpose is to encourage and improve scholarship and research within the string education profession and to disseminate the results of this work to the string and larger music teaching communities. It is produced annually. ASTA also partners with Alfred publishing to distribute books created in past years, including the recently updated ASTA String Curriculum, the only curriculum guide focused on string teaching.
    Expenses $51,156
  • Foundation - ASTA welcomes donors to support ASTA's programs. ASTA partners with the Foundation for the Advancement of String Education to fund scholarships for new teachers to attend the in-person ASTA conference. This year, those dollars allowed 1 educator to participate in the national conference, and helped subsidize an additional FASE Diversity Fellows to participate in the conference offerings.
    Expenses $26,177
  • New Canon Project - This year, ASTA partnered with Rising Tide Music Press, Hal Leonard Publications, and the American Choral Directors Association to premiere 7 new works of string music by Black and Latinx composers in the first decade of their composing careers. Premiered at the National Conference, these pieces are now available through SheetMusic.com and SheetMusicPlus.com for purchase and use by string educators around the world. Funded in part by the Sphinx Venture Fund this project fulfills ASTA's strategic plan directive to support new works by composers from historically excluded communities.
    Expenses $30,141
  • All other projects - Journals and State Chapters
    Expenses $150,877 · grants $665

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
22-6080964
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Group exemption
Exempt since
1987
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Group exemption
1880 (28 member organizations)
Assets (IRS master file)
$1,815,561
Income (IRS master file)
$2,019,724

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$1,928,431$1,800,303$1,815,561XML
990-TJune 2025–––IRS
990June 2024$1,751,133$1,778,731$1,693,769XML
990-TJune 2024–––IRS
990June 2023$1,614,695$1,886,162$1,765,990XML
990-TJune 2023–––IRS
990June 2022$1,512,044$1,670,127$1,824,284IRS
990-TJune 2022–––IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990-TJune 2021–––IRS
990June 2020–––IRS
990June 2019–––IRS
990-N for 2017
Officer: Toru Tagawa
June 30, 2018≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard
990June 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 22-6080964).

Questions about AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED

What is the EIN of AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED?
The employer identification number (EIN) of AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED is 22-6080964.
Is AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1987.
Are donations to AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Group exemption).
Which annual return does AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
Who is the principal officer of AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Lynn Tuttle.
Who are the officers and directors of AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 20 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $167,908 (Lynn Tuttle, Executive Director and CEO).
How much revenue does AMERICAN STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,928,431, expenses of $1,800,303 and total assets of $1,815,561 at year end.

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