Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association
Legal name: Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 541471491
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, United States
- Phone
- 703-799-8229
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $209,237
- Expenses
- $231,530
- Assets
- $64,367
- Liabilities
- $34,739
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HELENMARIE CORCORAN (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- CAROLINE MOUSSET (EXECUTIVE DI): $42,501 total reported compensation
- ANNA BINNEWEG (WMP MUSIC DI): $20,000 total reported compensation
- ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ (WMYO MUSIC D): $9,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
WMPA’s purpose is to unite and uplift our community through the transformative power of music. Our mission is to provide programs to: Educate and engage students through our Youth Orchestras; Perform and promote orchestral music through the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic; Connect and communicate chamber music through our summer Lyceum Series; Expand and enlighten newcomers to classical music through our Community Concerts.
What it reported doing in 2024
The youth and concert orchestras served the community by providing a range of orchestral performance experiences for elementary through high school age students and instilling lifelong appreciation of orchestral music to these young musicians.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 62% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 17
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.2%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 70.5%; rating input score 71
- Fundraising efficiency: $15.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.7%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.54; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 34.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 78.2% of revenue deployed · 70.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $163K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $43K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.