Shaniko Music Sanctuary

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
884054277
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Shaniko, OR, USA
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,949
Expenses
$13,832
Assets
$88,743

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mark Haskett (President)
  • Pamela Brown (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Mark Haskett (President)
  • Pamela Brown (Executive Director)
  • Greg Greenway (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

Shaniko Music Sanctuary Inc. Shaniko Music Sanctuary raises money to support music education and cultural preservation in rural Wasco County Oregon. The main fundraising initiative is an annual bluegrass festival in addition to connecting with companies to donate to the cause.

What it reported doing in 2025

Shaniko Music Sanctuary donated funds to the South Wasco County School District which were used to help the school start a brass & strings program for the 2024 2025 school year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 63% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 5
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 8.1%; rating input score 8
  • 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: 55.3%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.42; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -67.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 34.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 8.1% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 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
  • 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 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.