Independence High School 76Th Cavalry Band Boosters Club
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 942852504
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Milpitas, CA, USA
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $63,544
- Expenses
- $74,204
- Assets
- $26,672
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dennis Morrow (President)
- Jayson Amador (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Jonalyn Obina (Treasurer)
- Ken Ponticelli (Marching Band Director)
- Dennis Morrow (President)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Organizations primary purpose is to promote an enthusiastic public interest in the marching band program to strive by regular and reasonable means to raise funds to support the Band to further and encourage a spirit of goodwill harmony sportsmanship and cooperation between the Band the members of the Club and other similar organizations to inspire and guide the members of the Band to become better citizens better musicians and marching band team members and be positive active and constructive members of society.
What it reported doing in 2025
This year the organization provided over 8,407 in additional equipment and music licensing for the marching band and color guard. The Band participated in five competitions and hosted two invitational competitions. The band placed 2nd at Regionals and 2nd at the Western Band Association WBA Class Championships.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 97% 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
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 64
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -16.8%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $74K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2009 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.