Jamestown Band and Chorus Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 831179624
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2022–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location: Jamestown, NY, USA
Phone: 7164833470
Rating: 57
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Music Groups, Bands, Ensembles

Reported finances

Revenue: $71,298
Expenses: $68,534
Assets: $67,898

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Meghan L Murray (President)

People named in this filing

Meghan L Murray (President)
Lauren Scharf (Secretary)
Marc Lentsch (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

Promote, maintain and support educational programs for Jamestown High School Music Department students.

What it reported doing in 2024

Educational programs for students to participate in Marching Band and/or Winter Guard including travel to competitions. Also program for participation in Chorus that performs for community events.

Operating model

Revenue model: Other-operating. 66% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 27
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 45
Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 26.7%; rating input score 27
Program expense ratio: 27.8%; rating input score 28

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: 3.9%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.99; rating input score 46; 46th 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: -47.9% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 26.7% of revenue deployed · 27.8% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $19K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 4 filed schedules
Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 27/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 28/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.