Clinton Symphony Orchestra Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
426066462
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Clinton, IA, USA
Phone
5633496088
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$94,366
Expenses
$98,488
Assets
$95,712
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Stuart Lind (President)
  • Lynn McGraw (Vice-President)
  • Robert Whipple (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Stuart Lind (President)
  • Lynn McGraw (Vice-President)
  • Karl Wolf (Secretary)

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

Five subscription concerts and on free "Pop" concert were presented in the area venues during the season with an average of approximately 260 attendees.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our annual student audition program was held, in which music students from our performance area perform compositions of their choice. From the six applicants, the winner and runner-up receive honorariums, and the winner presents their audition selection in concert with the orchestra.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.2%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 73.9%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.4%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.97; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29.2%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 30.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.2% of revenue deployed · 73.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $73K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.