The Kingwood Pops Orchestra

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760575694
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Kingwood, TX, USA
Phone
2813197677
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Symphony Orchestras

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$69,610
Expenses
$63,276
Assets
$79,124

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DENNY WILLEN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DENNY WILLEN (PRESIDENT)
  • LINDA FORYS (TREASURER)
  • KARON WALLACE (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

Our mission is to enrich the cultural opportunities in the community through the performance of the best symphonic pops orchestral collections. We are proud to provide quality and affordable family-oriented musical entertainment to residents of and visitors to the greater houston area.

What it reported doing in 2024

The kingwood pops provides 4 themed concerts during our season (july 1-june 30) with diverse programming, guest vocalists and quality performances. We are supported by over 60 professionally diverse and dedicated volunteer orchestra members who are passionate about their music. For the 2024-2025 concert season, kpo successfully performed 4 themed concerts (8 performances) with an estimated total of 3000 patrons in attendance.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 77% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.3%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.1%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.25; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 72.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $64K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2018 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.