Florida Vocal Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 591985781
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Sarasota, FL, USA
- Phone
- 9413201548
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Singing, Choral
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $592,336
- Expenses
- $546,343
- Assets
- $257,730
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID PLETINCKS (PRESIDENT)
- DAVID VERDONI (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
- JEANNINE STEMMER (PAST PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL DYE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- MICHAEL DYE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $49,014 total reported compensation
- KYLE GOYENS (DISTRICT 7 CHAIR): $4,247 total reported compensation
- DAVID PLETINCKS (PRESIDENT): $3,615 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 Florida vocal association (fva) is a component organization of the Florida music education association. Its primary purpose is to promote and develop interest in choral and general music in Florida secondary schools.
What it reported doing in 2024
Fva sponsors festivals and activities to promote and develop inters in vocal and general music in Florida's secondary schools, encourage improvement and advancement in school choral groups, promote signing experiences for Florida student, and advance music education in Florida.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 91% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.1%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 76.4%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.8%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70.1% of revenue deployed · 76.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $417K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $49K · 23 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 12 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.