Friends of the Minnesota Sinfonia
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411649587
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Phone
- 6128711701
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $46,422
- Expenses
- $287,475
- Assets
- $155,532
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TINA ENBERG (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JAY FISHMAN (ARTISTIC/EXECUTIVE DIRECTO): $37,000 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 Minnesota sinfonia is to serve the musical and educational needs of the citizens of Minnesota, with primary emphasis given to families with young children, inner-city youth, seniors and those with limited incomes.
What it reported doing in 2024
See schedule o.winter and summer concert series the winter and summer concert series featuring works from the popular orchestra repertoire, new compositions by Minnesota-based composers, and showcasing international award-winning soloists. Holiday and summer family community concerts community concerts featuring lighter fare are performed throughout the twin cities metro area and are designed to introduce the public to quality live orchestra performances. Programs for talented young musicians includes a young artist competition, youth outreach week, and young composers' contest all to provide opportunities for our region's talented young musicians. Music in the schools music in the schools (mis) is a curriculum-based k- 8 education program designed specifically for at-risk, inner-city students. Created using state academic standards, mis uses great orchestral music as a catalyst to engage students in their ongoing studies of core academics. Touring - the sinfonia takes the full sinfonia orchestra to outstate Minnesota communities providing concerts, arts education, and outreach to communities that generally do not have access to quality live professional arts experiences.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% 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
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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 18
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 93.3%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $27.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -519.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.9%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $268K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $37K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 7/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.