Delaware Valley Lyric Opera Guild
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 232129649
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2157254171
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $57,078
- Expenses
- $58,321
- Assets
- $27,484
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SANDRA S DAY (PRESIDENT)
- SUSAN MILLS MACDONALD (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SANDRA S DAY (PRESIDENT)
- SUSAN MILLS MACDONALD (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JOYCE C BROMMER (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
Delaware valley lyric opera guild's mission is to offer a stepping stone for singers in the greater philadelphia area, providing training and education through exposure to all facets of operatic production and performance opportunities in a variety of operas. Additionally, Delaware valley lyric opera guild is committed to making opera an affordable experience for all to enjoy. The primary focus of Delaware valley lyric opera guild is its summer festival: three operatic productions in june, july and august. Since its founding in 1979, the company has createdhundreds of performance opportunities and presented over 100 fully staged operas and countless concerts.
What it reported doing in 2024
To convey the love and language of opera to contemporary and new generations and to provide performance and production opportunities and experiences for artistic talents, be they amateur or professional.
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.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77.8%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 75%; rating input score 75
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.2%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 77.8% of revenue deployed · 75% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $44K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.