Solano Symphony Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680161386
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Fairfield, CA, USA
Phone
7074261659
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$137,630
Expenses
$143,096
Assets
$35,168

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Clifford Gordon (President)
  • Theodore Kolda (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Semyon Lohss (Conductor)
  • Clifford Gordon (President)
  • Theodore Kolda (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide a skilled and committed symphony for the adults and children of Solano County, and to give everyone an opportunity to experience beautiful, symphonic music.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Solano Symphony Orchestra performed 4 concerts between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025 that were viewed by the local communities. Held Young Artists Competition for local youth, with 4 soloist winners performing alongside the orchestra in the Salute to Youth concert in March 2025; additionally youth ensembles from two area high schools performed.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

SUPPORTED - 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: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 39%; rating input score 39
  • Program expense ratio: 37.5%; rating input score 38

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: -4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 39% of revenue deployed · 37.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $54K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.