Salem Band

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471233930
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Winston Salem, NC, USA
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ballet

Reported finances

Revenue
$69,158
Expenses
$49,766
Assets
$127,210

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Russell Gieselman (Board of Directors Chairman)
  • Malinda Massey (Board of Directors Secretary)
  • Danny Roberson (Board of Directors Treasurer)

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

To provide perform free concert band concerts to the communities we serve. The organization has been in existence since 1771 and has performed summer concerts outdoors in Salem Square Old Salem NC since the late 1800s. Salem Band has added 4 free indoor concerts Winter Fall and two Holiday concerts over the years. The top three program service accomplishments comprise the Salem Bands three concert series and the concerts are funded by individual and corporate donations season sponsorships can be purchased for 500. The Salem Swing Band program service revenue Schedule O is generated when the Salem Swing Band plays for swing dances that follow swing dance lessons and these concerts are typically funded by grants. The salaries of the three Salem Band employees are allocated across the program services given that 100% of what they do is focused on the Salem Band mission.

What it reported doing in 2025

Salem Swing Band other swing dances: The Salem Swing Band also receives grants from the Piedmont Swing Dance Society to play at dances following lessons. Additionally the swing band plays a holiday concert each December and this concert not typically a dance is funded by passing the hat no admission charge. The dances and concerts were funded in 2025 using a combination of 1,100 in grants 800 - one dance at the Clemmons Gym; 300 - concert at Sherwood Forest United Methodist Church and 756 in concert pass the hat donations Holiday Concert at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Winston-Salem.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.1%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 86.7%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.56; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 54.9%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.1% of revenue deployed · 86.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.