Marquette City Band Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 382694178
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Marquette, MI, USA
- Phone
- 5866015498
- Rating
- 60
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music Groups, Bands, Ensembles
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $447,480
- Expenses
- $52,003
- Assets
- $440,039
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GORDON ERICKSON (PRESIDENT 20)
- MICHAEL STUCKO (PRESIDENT 20)
Highest reported compensation
- STEVE GRUGIN (EX-OFFICIO): $11,390 total reported compensation
- CHRISTIE DELORIA (SECRETARY 24): $690 total reported compensation
- ELIZABETH WILSON (TREASURER/BO): $580 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 marquette city band (mcb) exists to perform artistically engaging concert music for the marquette community, to carry on the proud tradition of a community band that has existed in marquette for more than a century, to provide an opportunity for young musicians to experience playing in an advanced music ensemble, and to provide an opportunitity for adults to continue performing high level traditional and contemporary band repetoire beyond their high school and college years. Part iii - 4a - program service accomplishments - concert series the mcb provides free concerts for the marquette community to enjoy, performing a series approximately six concerts for the public each summer, with additional goodwill concerts for specific community populations, such as a veterans homes and summer camps for children with special needs. These typically see approximately 300-500 attendees each performance. In addition, we perform two concerts during the winter season, also free for the public, wit
What it reported doing in 2024
Concert series- outdoor experience, audience, etc. Compensation for band members, conductor, administrative personnel, advertising, and av production costs. See schedule o for additional detail.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 92% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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: 37
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 68
- Sustainability: 83
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 7.5%; rating input score 8
- Program expense ratio: 64.7%; rating input score 65
- Fundraising efficiency: $710.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 97; 97th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: 88.4%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.46; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 27.4%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 7.5% of revenue deployed · 64.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $34K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $11K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 12 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 8/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.