Wayne Henderson Music Festival Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311653428
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Galax, VA, USA
- Phone
- 2762382955
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $28,338
- Expenses
- $55,391
- Assets
- $208,358
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BECKY WARD (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BECKY WARD (PRESIDENT)
- GRACE DAVIS (TREASURER)
- LISA BENISH (DIRECTOR)
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 promote traditional appalachian music, to introduce appalachian audiences to traditional music from other cultures, and to provide scholarships for lical youth to attend traditional music camps and workshops
What it reported doing in 2024
Many students and communities benefited directly or indirectly from the scholarships provided to further the talents and introduction of traditional appalachian music, the availability of jam music camps and various community events that would not have been possible without the input and funding from the whmf organization.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 68% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -95.5%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.76; rating input score 79; 79th 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: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $53K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 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 8/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.