South Whidbey Schools Performing Arts Boosters
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911531914
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Langley, WA, USA
- Phone
- 9514400034
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $40,249
- Expenses
- $21,378
- Assets
- $89,058
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kristy Macarro (President)
People named in this filing
- Robert Mellish (Treasurer)
- Kristy Macarro (President)
- Patty Stewart (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The South Whidbey Schools Performing Arts Boosters provides support to the local high school and middle school for the advancement and enhancement of the performing arts. The entity acts as a financial conduit for travel expenses, purchases of musical instruments, music supplies, guest instructors and event registration fees above the local school district's budget. The organization coordinates fund raising events, solicits community volunteers and assists in the communication and marketing in support of public performances and events. The organization also provides several scholarships on a competitive basis for students who are either interested in continuing their involvement in the performing arts or have strongly been engaged in the performing arts during their secondary education.
What it reported doing in 2024
The 2024/2025 school year was a year of transitioning toward the retirement of the long-time band and jazz band instructor. The high school jazz band participated on a more limited competitive basis, performing at the Clark College Jazz Festival where they once again took first place in their division, and they also performed at the non-competitive Pacific Lutheran Jazz Festival where they attended a master class from a professional musician. As usual, the Performing Arts Boosters covered entry fees and necessary travel expenses at 1/2 cost. The High School Jazz Band performed twice for the local community at the Whidbey Center for the Arts where both events were well received and attended. The second performance was a "send-off" for the retiring instructor. The Middle School concert band performed at Music in the Parks, a competitive event held at the Wild Waves Entertainment Park and returned home with a first-place trophy after bowling and eating pizza at Bowlero. The high school jazz band and concert band played an end of year concert for the Leavenworth business and tourist community. The final event of the year was a surprise retirement event open to the public where the jazz band played as well as a "mass band" of all students grade 5 through 12. Because of the limited travel schedule, fund balances have grown and the organization is well positioned to support music education where the school budget continues to be reduced. More than 100 students are directly impacted by the efforts of the South Whidbey Schools Performing Arts Boosters and the South Whidbey Island community greatly benefits through the musical performances from the talented youth. Two $500 scholarships were awarded for the 2024/2025 school year with an expectation for increasing individual award amounts in the future. With the passing of a school bond issue to renovate the schools facility, there is a hope that a renewed energy and focus can be brought to the choir and drama programs to enable the Performing Arts Boosters to expand its support to those programs while hoping to maintain and build upon the legacy of the band program.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 74% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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 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: 48
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 81
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 36.5%; rating input score 36
- Program expense ratio: 68.7%; rating input score 69
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 46.9%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.17; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 36.5% of revenue deployed · 68.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 36/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.