Serrano Instrumental Music Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272993898
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Phelan, CA, USA
Rating
36
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,881
Expenses
$34,357
Assets
$32,594

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DARREN REINERT (PRESIDENT)
  • Robert Davis (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • Lauren Blake (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DARREN REINERT (PRESIDENT)
  • Robert Davis (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • Lauren Blake (VICE PRESIDENT)

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

As a booster organization for serrano high school music department our purpose is to raise money and financially support the music department. We offset the needed expenses the school can not provide to the students in the music department.

What it reported doing in 2025

We do yearly fundraising to be used for student expenses related to the music department. We accept donations for student expenses related to the music department. We have membership dues for the students that get used for expenses related to the music department. Our expenses include competitions fees concert attire instruction fees uniforms equipment and equipment repair

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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -29% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • Review — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization could not be resolved against the register, so the check is unfinished.