Alaska String Camps Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920153914
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Chugiak, AK, USA
Phone
9072448173
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,644
Expenses
$55,953
Assets
$35,014
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Colin Ossiander (Treasurer)
  • Michael Preskitt (Board Member, Camp Director)
  • Mari Jamieson (Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Run an orchestra camp for children

What it reported doing in 2024

We run an overnight camp for orchestra education. The camp takes place over multiple days and has different sessions that cater to specific age ranges. Campers can range from 9-18, but typically fall in the 10-13 age range. Camp offers large and small group rehearsal, individualized technique classes, and other musical education classes. There are also typical camp recreational and teambuilding activities. A typical year has 70-110 campers (spread through multiple sessions) and has a staff of 10-20, though those numbers can vary considerably year to year. We also rely on volunteers for chaperones and additional adult supervision. We typically have three to eight volunteers for camp. Each camp culminates in a concert put on for the families where campers can demonstrate their accomplishments.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 75% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.6%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $56K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.