West Ottawa Music Boosters
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237154430
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Holland, MI, USA
- Phone
- 6167385700
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $93,807
- Expenses
- $89,412
- Assets
- $57,554
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELIZABETH ELWOOD (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ELIZABETH ELWOOD (PRESIDENT)
- LESLIE KOLE (VICE PRESIDE)
- MICHELLE TINGEY (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 in the west ottawa public schools district.
What it reported doing in 2024
Extracurricular music programs: support of youth music programs offered in the schools by providing supplies, uniforms, accompanist, instruction, travel fees, scholarships, and other associated costs. Approximately 1,400 youths served.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 94
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.7%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 35; 35th 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: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90% of revenue deployed · 94.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $84K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.