Valley Center Band Boosters Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330808681
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Valley Center, CA, USA
Phone
7608080312
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$-11,190
Expenses
$8,746
Assets
$16,245

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROSA PERAL-VEGA (Vice President)
  • SARA BENDER (President)
  • CRYSTAL HASINSKY (Vice President)
  • ROBIN HELFERICH (Vice President)
  • KIM JOHNSON (Vice President)
  • BECKY GUITHUES (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • ROSA PERAL-VEGA (Vice President)
  • SARA BENDER (President)
  • ROBIN HELFERICH (Treasurer)

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

Support the music programs for the benefit of the children of valley's centers elementary school, middle school and high school

What it reported doing in 2024

Repaired school instruments, purchased music supplies, provided support for drumline, purchased instruments and uniforms provided clinicians, paid for ocmpetition fees

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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 30
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81

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: -178.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.86; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.