Roaring Fork Music Society Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465333149
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Carbondale, CO, USA
Phone
9703061235
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Reported finances

Revenue
$125,031
Expenses
$121,229
Assets
$59,568
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GORDON MACALPINE (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • SARAH GRAF (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/TEACHER)

People named in this filing

  • BRITTNI BROWN (CO-MUSIC DIRECTOR/TEACHER)
  • GORDON MACALPINE (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • SARAH GRAF (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/TEACHER)

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 roaring fork music society is dedicated to promoting classical music education and performance in the greater roaring fork valley of Colorado

What it reported doing in 2024

Roaring fork youth orchestras (rfyo) is dedicated to promoting classical music education. We continue to provide students, aged 6 to 18, individual music lessons and mentored orchestra rehersal opportunities. For the last two years, we have extended our commitment to cactus valley elementary school. Valley wide enrollment has grown to between 90 and 100 students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% 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

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.9%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 89.6%; rating input score 90

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: 3%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 84.8%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.9% of revenue deployed · 89.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $109K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.