Women's Symphony Association of Lancaster County
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 236290613
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Lancaster, PA, US
- Phone
- 7174687654
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Symphony Orchestras
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $87,309
- Expenses
- $84,388
- Assets
- $444,155
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- POLLY PEARCE (CO-PRESIDENT)
- ROSALYN EVANS (CO-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- GLORIA BERTZ (ASSISTANT TR)
- POLLY PEARCE (CO-PRESIDENT)
- BEVERLY MICHALAK (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
Bringing Youth in Tune with Classical Music
What it reported doing in 2024
Promote classical music among area youth through concert music competitions, awarding prizes and encouraging young children to perform.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.8%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.3%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.26; rating input score 85; 85th 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: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 40th 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: 79.8% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.