Ol Front Porch Music Festival

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474931628
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Oriental, NC, USA
Phone
9196245430
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$53,698
Expenses
$54,099
Assets
$29,948
Liabilities
$1,317

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Marjorie D Dufek (President/Chair)

People named in this filing

  • Marjorie D Dufek (President/Chair)
  • Charles Gordan (Vice Chair)
  • Pat Sordill (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the Ol Front Porch Music Festival, Inc. is to foster community spirit through an annual outdoor Music Festival featuring free, live music by a wide variety of performers, and providing an opportunity to discover and appreciate an assortment of musical genres and styles. The Festival is committed to encouraging local musicians and supporting musical literacy and economic vitality in Oriental and Pamlico County, located in eastern North Carolina.

What it reported doing in 2025

The two day Festival featuring a wide variety of music from over 25 bands was held October 3 and 4, 2025, and continued to be free of charge to all, thanks to fundraising events, generous sponsors and grants. In 2025, in addition to music, the Festival had a food park and village market available both days. The Ol Front Porch Music Festival (OFPMF ) awarded the Dottie Osmun Memorial Scholarship to a graduating senior at the local high school.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.3%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 62.8%; rating input score 63

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.3% of revenue deployed · 62.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $34K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.