West Valley Youth Orchestra

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860889910
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Litchfield Park, AZ, USA
Phone
4802459283
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Symphony Orchestras

Reported finances

Revenue
$45,969
Expenses
$48,550
Assets
$45,005
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mary Wilkening (President)

People named in this filing

  • Mary Wilkening (President)
  • Bozena Field (Treasurer)
  • Sara Jenkins (Secretary)

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

Our main purpose of the organization is to further classical music by offering beginning and advanced music training through two ensembles to young talented musicians. This allows them an opportunity to join their peers for intensive orchestra training and performances in order to increase their music playing ability. Our organization is funded by grants, donations and the fees changed to each participating student.

What it reported doing in 2024

We were able to provide training to 62 students during 37 rehearsals to improve their technical skills. They performed at 5 concerts throughout the west valley of Phoenix. The group were invited to perform for the City of Avondale at their Memorial Day celebration. There were also 1 opportunities for quartets to perform. The WVYO presented a week-long summer camp for stringed instruments, 33 students attended.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.6%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -107.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.