York Youth Symphony Orchestra

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232236458
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2020
Location
York, PA, USA
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$113,849
Expenses
$74,579
Assets
$154,149
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gretchen Kowalik (President)

People named in this filing

  • Gretchen Kowalik (President)
  • Missy Kiefer (Secretary)
  • Roth Preap (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The YYSO creates a unique opportunity for elite youth musicians to learn challenging repertoire with peers perform in a variety of venues and expand their perspectives of what it means to be a musician.

What it reported doing in 2023

Providing members various opportunities in music performance and other great benefits such as college and summer music camp scholarships.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.5%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.5%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.07; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $75K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2017 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.