Wasatch & District Pipe Band
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 810653955
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Ogden, UT, USA
- Phone
- 8013893347
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music Groups, Bands, Ensembles
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $80,956
- Expenses
- $98,770
- Assets
- $45,154
- Liabilities
- $1,276
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
People named in this filing
- Michael Page (Board Member)
- Stephanie Ivie (Board Member)
- Dennis Knoles (Board Member)
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 Wasatch & District Pipe Band (WDPB) is a nonprofit, competitive organization based in Bountiful, Utah devoted to: 1) educating its members in Scottish bagpipes, drums, music, and dance, 2) providing a significant contribution to the arts in Utah, and 3) promoting a positive Scottish heritage and culture throughout our community and the Western United States. Our events include concerts, special performances, memorials, parades and pipe band competitions.
What it reported doing in 2024
Performance: 1) Our second major program is performance. Performance provides those we instruct with an opportunity to practice what they are learning while providing a service to their community. Through performance we are able to expand our instruction beyond those who are learning to play instruments to also instruct community members on the history and culture of Scotland. Performance allows us to connect with our community, give back to those who serve our community (law enforcement, fire fighters, and other public officers), and bring joy in times of sorrow. 2) Our audience for our performances is pretty unlimited. Some of our performances allow us to perform for those who would not otherwise seek out bagpipe music, like when we perform with The Piano Guys. Other times we perform for those who are seeking out all types of world music, like at the Salt Lake Living Traditions Festival. When we march in parades, our audience is an entire community, and when we host our own concert, our audience is those who seek out bagpipe music.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 62% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 88.6%; rating input score 89
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -22%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $88K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 23 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2009 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.