Birch Creek Music Performance Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363032002
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
Location
Egg Harbor, WI, USA
Phone
9208683763
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,241,007
Expenses
$1,424,396
Assets
$4,332,453
Liabilities
$453,221

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVE GOMOLL (PRESIDENT)
  • MIRIAM ERICKSON LEFT SEPTMEBER 2024 (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • SCOTT BRUNSWICK (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN BELMONT (PRESIDENT (ASSOCIATES))
  • MONA CHRISTENSEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MONA CHRISTENSEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $98,015 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide intensive, performance-based music instruction to promising young musicians by immersing them in a professional, mentoring environment.

What it reported doing in 2024

Birch creek schedules onsite, paid concerts as well as free outreach community concerts. 30 concerts were performed on campus for paying audiences, numbering 4,512 attendees during the academy, fall series and christmas concerts. With four free, sponsored family concerts of 285 attendees and 26 ambassador gigs throughout the county, we reached over 4,971 attendees attending free concerts. In addition, an adult band camp, a chamber music retreat and a piano retreat are offered in august for adult programming. Shoulder season concerts in the fall and at christmas extend the season through the performance season. Artists in schools in september visited 605 local door county students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.4%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 55.9%; rating input score 56
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.8%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.04; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.4% of revenue deployed · 55.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $797K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $98K · 23 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.