Thousand Oaks High School Band Booster Club Inc

Overview

Mission

To promote musical excellence, performance, teamwork, respect, and dignity for thousand oaks high school band members.

What it reported doing in 2024

(1) paid for cost of instruction, instruments, drum line, winter guard, jazz programs, and field show for thousand oaks high school band program; (2) provided funds for transportation and food for thousand oaks high school band members while traveling; and (3) provided funds for the cost of uniforms, competitions and concerts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237077861
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Headquarters
Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

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The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.2%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -22%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 0.63; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $230K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 17 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2014 to 2024
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.