Gamelan Sekar Jaya

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942933985
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Berkeley, CA, USA
Phone
5106551227
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$446,210
Expenses
$256,424
Assets
$2,088,540
Liabilities
$151,163

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Susanna Benningfield (President (ex offico board))
  • Junichi Shimaoka (Vice President (ex officio board))

Highest reported compensation

  • Gillian Eorwyn (General Manager): $45,328 total reported compensation
  • Charlie Boyd Brown (Interim Operations Manager): $10,800 total reported compensation
  • Samuel Wantman (Board Member): $5,265 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Gamelan Sekar Jaya is a 60-member nonprofit volunteer arts organization dedicated to the study and presentation of traditional and contemporary Balinese performing arts. This includes the study, creation, and performance of traditional and new music, dance, and theater works as well as frequent educational classes, workshops, and lecture/demonstrations in K-12 schools, colleges, universities, community centers, and for the general public.

What it reported doing in 2024

Study, creation, and performance of traditional and new music, dance, and theater works. Multiple music and dance ensembles perform frequently in both large and small venues. This work includes residencies for guest artists from Bali. The group also participates in cross-cultural collaborations and performances with other performing arts groups. The group tours new and traditional works in the United States and abroad.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.3%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 67.7%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: $14.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 42.5%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.14; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.9%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.3% of revenue deployed · 67.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 13 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $174K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $45K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.