Hershey Symphony Orchestra Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251804120
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Harrisburg, PA, USA
Phone
7176528829
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Symphony Orchestras

Reported finances

Revenue
$31,291
Expenses
$15,590
Assets
$361,334
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Matthew Heinz (Chair)
  • Karen Paris (Vice-Chair)
  • Laurence Kilpatrick (Treasurer)

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

Fund Raising to support the Hershey Symphony Orchestra Society, a related 501(c)(3) organization.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Foundation solicits contributions to establish a corpus of investment funds, the income therefrom supports the Hershey Symphony Orchestra Society which presents multiple concerts and events benefitting the greater Hershey PA area. The Foundation provided $14,000 in support to the Society in FYE 6/30/25

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 7
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 5.1%; rating input score 5
  • Program expense ratio: 10.2%; rating input score 10

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 50.2%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 23.18; rating input score 96; 96th 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: 41.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 5.1% of revenue deployed · 10.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 5/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.