Appalachian Chamber Music Co

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861580276
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Harpers Ferry, WV, USA
Phone
5712750043
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Reported finances

Revenue
$171,962
Expenses
$144,713
Assets
$48,318
Liabilities
$12,929

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROSALIND SOLTOW (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ROSALIND SOLTOW (PRESIDENT)
  • LEWIS FREEMAN (VICE PRESIDE)
  • THOMAS E WHEELESS JR (TREASURER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To meld world-class chamber music performances, collaboration and outreach, with the rich and inspiring history, nature and culture of harpers ferry, charles town, jefferson county and surrounding areas.

What it reported doing in 2025

The 2025 appalachian chamber music festival year was the organizations fifth festival, a milestone and achievement for everyone involved in acmf. The summer festival featured 13 performances at venues in West Virginia and Virginia including harpers ferry, charles town, shepherdstown (wv), berryville and purcellville (va). A new work was commissioned from american composers, karen walwyn and performed as part of the art and music concert celebrating the work of local artist, patty willis. Highlights of the summer festival were performances of coplands appalachian spring and schoenbergs verklaerte nacht, as well as a free performance at storer college in partnership with the national park service. Prior to the festival performances, acmf once again hosted a 5-day strings camp for kids and an adult chamber music weekend with the largest number of participants to date. 2025 concluded with the winter festival which saw performances in harpers ferry, charles town and shepherdstown.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.2%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87

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: 15.8%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.8%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 75.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.2% of revenue deployed · 86.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $126K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.