Metropolitan Orchestra of Saint Louis
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 460891503
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- St Louis, MO, USA
- Phone
- 5054400989
- Rating
- 48
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $117,340
- Expenses
- $90,439
- Assets
- $61,903
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
51 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Art McDonnell (President)
- Richard C Walters (Vice President)
- Ann Hammann (Executive Director)
- Art McDonnell (President)
- Richard C Walters (Vice President)
- Ann Hammann (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Art McDonnell (President)
- Richard C Walters (Vice President)
- Ann Dolar (Board Member)
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
The mission of MOSL is to provide a high quality orchestral ensemble for St. Louis area musicians, where professionals can hone their skills while mentoring student intrumentalists, vocational players and music teachers, and sharing the joys of playing great music. MOSL is composed of working St. Louis area professional musicians, music teachers, and student musicians, who are seeking a venue to perform standard symphonic repertoire at a very high level. The diverse personnel of the orchestra allows seasoned professional musicians to continue sharpening their skills, while providing unique educational experiences for younger student musicians. Together, the unified ensemble fosters a cooperative learning environment in an artistic atmosphere that brings the joys of music making to the community through accessible and affordable public concepts.
What it reported doing in 2024
Concerts - July 2024 - June 2025 Public concerts, approx 750-1,000 benefitted
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
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: 22.9%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.5%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 51 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 16 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 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.