Boise Philharmonic Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 826006000
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Boise, ID, USA
- Phone
- 2083447849
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Symphony Orchestras
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,422,323
- Expenses
- $2,754,242
- Assets
- $1,411,645
- Liabilities
- $672,836
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ERIN PARADIS (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- BRANDON VANWAEYENBERGHE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- ANNE HAY (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
- RIDGLEY DENNING (VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- ERIC GARCIA (MUSIC DIRECTOR): $114,080 total reported compensation
- ERIN PARADIS (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $78,942 total reported compensation
- BRANDON VANWAEYENBERGHE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $77,415 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the boise philharmonic association, inc., is to perform orchestral music and educate community members regarding orchestral music.
What it reported doing in 2024
Operate the orchestra for the enrichment of the community; promote the development of young musicians through the operation of the youth orchestra; educate children and adults through lectures, performances and workshops in schools, and performance of educational concerts targeted to specific age groups.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 16
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.9%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 70.8%; rating input score 71
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.73 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th 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: -13.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.48; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 80.9% of revenue deployed · 70.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $114K · 26 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $151K reported
- Consistency: 46 of 46 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.