Colorado Springs Symphonic Guild
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 841460506
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Colorado Springs, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7195759632
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Performing Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $80,080
- Expenses
- $121,114
- Assets
- $62,543
- Liabilities
- $27,285
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Natalie Gowen (President)
- Herman Tiemens (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Natalie Gowen (President)
- Herman Tiemens (Vice President)
- Carolyn Geiser (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
Support music by fund raising for Colorado Springs Philharmonic and the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Young Artists Scholarship Program
What it reported doing in 2024
Contributions to the Colorado Springs Philharmonic to Fund Free Tickets for Children, Defray Musicians Costs and General Operating Expenses
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - 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: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 79%; rating input score 79
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -51.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 79% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $96K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.