The Spizzwinks of Yale University Inc

Overview

Mission

The Spizzwinks of Yale University, Inc. is organized exclusively for educational and charitable purposes that qualify as exempt purposes under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code and shall include the following activities: a) to promote public appreciation of group harmony singing and to educate students at Yale University of New Haven, Connecticut ("Yale"); b) to train and instruct students at Yale with a demonstrated vocal ability in the art of a cappella group harmony singing; c) to provide students at Yale with an opportunity to compose and/or arrange their own musical performances; d) to provide members of the general public and students at Yale, other colleges, public high schools, preparatory schools, and other educational institutions with an opportunity to hear the performance, and gain an appreciation, of group harmony singing; e) to cooperate with other music-oriented non-profit organizations.

Operating model

Revenue model

Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 33
• Transparency & Controls: 82
• Sustainability: 69
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 30.3% of revenue deployed · 36.7% of spending went to programs
• Governance: Filed governance answers
• Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
• Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
• Schedules: 2 filed schedules
• Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
• 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 30/100.
• Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 37/100.