New Philharmonia Orchestra of Massachusetts Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043283336
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Newton Lower Falls, MA, USA
Phone
7819853291
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$152,374
Expenses
$171,789
Assets
$13,884
Liabilities
$13,979

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN TARRH RETIRED 63025 (FORMER PRESIDENT)
  • SLATER CRAM (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • PATRICK ALVES (CO-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN TARRH RETIRED 63025 (FORMER PRESIDENT)
  • SLATER CRAM (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • PATRICK ALVES (CO-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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide amateurs and other musicians with an orchestra in which to play and to provide music in all its forms for the benefit of the community and others.

What it reported doing in 2024

To provide amateurs and other musicians with an orchestrain which to play and to provide music in all its forms forthe benefit of the community and others.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue 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: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.2%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 52.5%; rating input score 53

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: -12.7%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.01; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.2% of revenue deployed · 52.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $90K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.