Napa Valley Music Associates

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943146517
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Napa, CA, USA
Phone
7072528671
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,438
Expenses
$27,405
Assets
$127,726

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARCIA BATTAT (President)

People named in this filing

  • MARCIA BATTAT (President)
  • PAUL BATTAT (Treasurer)
  • MELODIE ROCHE (Secretary)

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

Napa Valley Music Associates was founded in 1990 and incorporated as a California non-profit 501(c)(3) tax exempt corporation in 1991. Since then, we have enriched the Napa community and the greater San Francisco Bay Area with unique educational programming and year-round quality music instruction. In addition, we have created an outstanding Classic Concert Series introducing audiences to a distinct musical experience in a special setting unlike that of a concert hall atmosphere.

What it reported doing in 2024

Exempt activities: the goal of napa valley music associates is to focus on developing the fullest artistic potential of each music student. History has proven that the majority of great performers of the world were prodigies as youngsters, or children who were fortunate enough to receive musical training on a high-quality level. In most cases, all music students have equal potential. What makes one superior to another is the right exposure, as well as professional training. Napa valley music associates strives to provide children, teens and adults with a wide variety of musical experiences. To that end, the organization offers several musical performances throughout the year as well as a midsummer musicamp, and also performs concerts at local k-12 schools. Our programs reach a wide audience throughout the napa valley area in northern California.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 89.5%; rating input score 89

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -34.1%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.66; rating input score 83; 83rd 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: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.