Blackstone Valley Music and Performing Arts Collab

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
991344280
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Uxbridge, MA, USA
Phone
5082787211
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$226,728
Expenses
$205,797
Assets
$42,570
Liabilities
$3,865

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARK J MANDEVILLE (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ELIJAH M GO (CLERK): $23,589 total reported compensation
  • MARK J MANDEVILLE (PRESIDENT): $17,348 total reported compensation
  • RAIANNE L RICHARDS (TREASURER): $5,885 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

It is the mission of Blackstone Valley Music & Performing Arts Collaborative (BVMPAC) to provide affordable, accessible, individualized music/performing arts education for all ages and live performance opportunities to futher develop the musicianship of the students.

What it reported doing in 2024

Rock band camp - this group program is geared towards children ages 10-18 with some proficiency on their instrument. Students select songs and two instructors help facilitate what is needed to learn the music and perform the songs as a group at the end of their camp in a formal concert for family, friends and the community. This program allows home school, private school and public school children a unique opportunity to collaborate together. Some of the groups do continue on their own to learn and perform music together at the community coffeehouse and other community open mikes and local events utilizing the skills they obtained during their time at rock band camp. The revenue allows for the instructors to be paid and for the remaining overhead costs of the use of blackstone valley music (rent, utilities, etc) to be covered.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 90% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 38
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.8%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 73.6%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 25%; rating input score 25; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.2%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.8%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.8% of revenue deployed · 73.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $152K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $24K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 25/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.