Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954056741
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Santa Clarita, CA, USA
Phone
6615058338
Rating
44
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$115,570
Expenses
$131,940
Assets
$126,246
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

  • RUTHY HORAK (PRESIDENT)
  • JARED MEEKER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RUTHY HORAK (PRESIDENT)
  • JARED MEEKER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BESS KNIGHT (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the santa clarita valley youth orchestra is to promote and grow it as a highly valued community asset for performing arts that is recognized as a model organization. Further, scvyo's goal is for the musicians who make up the orchestra to experience personal growth from the performing arts field, for the patrons of orchestral music to view the orchestra as valued enjoyment, and finally, for scvyo to continue to meet the educational and cultural needs of the santa clarita valley, a community of over 225,000 people.

What it reported doing in 2024

Youth orchestra program in santa clarita, ca that provides an instrumental education for students eight years and older and performs for community residents in the santa clarita valley. Expenditures include those for fall, spring and summer programs, community outreach, and enrichment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - 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: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 40

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; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.2%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.