Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 931000906
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- Medford, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5418588859
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $144,466
- Expenses
- $159,827
- Assets
- $1,042,316
- Liabilities
- $20,513
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SALLY SNYDER (PRESIDENT)
- REBECCA DYSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- CAROLINA LIVI (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SALLY SNYDER (PRESIDENT)
- REBECCA DYSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- CAROLINA LIVI (VICE PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The youth symphony of southern Oregon (ysso) provides exceptional performance experiences and training under the leadership of a professional conductor and professional musicians and fosters lifelong appreciation of music and the arts. The ysso provides access to high-level training and performance opportunities; develops technical, interpretive, and ensemble-playing skills; promotes workforce skills such as teamwork, discipline, empathy, and focus; collaborates with professional musicians, educators, and cultural networks; supplements school music programs; builds audiences and delivers affordable cultural enrichment.the ysso organization marked its 37th season in 2024-2025.the youth symphony of southern Oregon, a 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 1988. The ysso provides young people with opportunities to expand their knowledge of music by learning and performing challenging repertoire, new and commissioned music, concerti, opera and film literature, and chamber music.
What it reported doing in 2024
The youth symphony of southern Oregon (ysso) delivers training under the guidance of a professional conductor and professional musicians, presents performances for the community, and fosters lifelong appreciation of classical music and the arts. The ysso offers access to high-level music education and performances; develops technical, interpretive, and ensemble-playing skills; cultivates teamwork, discipline, empathy, and social cohesion; works with professional musicians, music educators, and cultural networks; supplements school music programs; develops audiences; and enhances the quality of life in communities.
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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 19
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 22%; rating input score 22
- Program expense ratio: 19.9%; rating input score 20
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.6%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.52; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 22% of revenue deployed · 19.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 22/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 20/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.