Partners for Strings Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
660957969
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
St Thomas, VI, USA
Phone
3403446449
Rating
35
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Symphony Orchestras

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$37,932
Expenses
$37,322
Assets
$7,228
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GLORIA J GUMBS (CHAIRPERSON/PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES H GUMBS JR (VICE CHAIR/VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GLORIA J GUMBS (CHAIRPERSON/PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES H GUMBS JR (VICE CHAIR/VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PRISCILLA LYNN (DIRECTOR/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

Form 990-ez, part iii, primary exempt purpose partners for strings, inc is a 501(c)(3) organization that operates the partners for strings virgin islands youth orchestra on the islands of st thomas and st. Croix. The mission is to reach the at-risk and underserved youth ages 6-17 in the communities we serve

What it reported doing in 2025

Form 990-ez, part 3, line 29, program service accomplishments: the key goal of the organization is to create participation opportunities so that underpriviledged, distressed, disavantaged and disenfranchised youth can receive a music experience through the orchestra, as well as be inspired by its music. Benefits provided to member's musical experience include, increasing their knowledge of music, bettering their critical thinking skills, enhancing memory, improving focus, increasing their confidence, making new friends, and of course having loads of fun. Members are also encouraged through short weekly talks on how to be positive contributors to thier community

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 0

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; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.6%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -76.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -34.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.5% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.