Wasatch Music Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861834613
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
American Fork, UT, USA
Phone
8013720643
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$76,737
Expenses
$63,436
Assets
$76,737
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • John Miller (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Allison Dean (Chairman of the Board)
  • John Miller (Executive Director)
  • Susan Savage (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

To foster and promote the concept of the adult music performance community by providing adults an opportunity to expand their musical skill within the context of a large ensemble, to provide a continuing opportunity for young people to continue their involvement in music, to prepare and perform pieces from the full spectrum of Concert Band and Jazz Band literature, and to provide entertainment and education to the community by means of public performance.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Wasatch Music Alliance Bands provide entertainment and education to the community, providing opportunities for band members to prepare and perform.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 55.9%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 67.6%; rating input score 68

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.3%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 39.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 55.9% of revenue deployed · 67.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.