Napa Valley Youth Symphony

Analysis

Napa Valley Youth Symphony is a registered charity in United States, based in Napa, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Napa Valley Youth Symphony reported income of $221k and spending of $213k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $172k to $221k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Napa Valley Youth Symphony sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Film Fatales NYC ($221k), Tek Collaborative Inc ($221k) and Cloverdale Playhouse Inc ($221k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 7.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $125k (59% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $297k against liabilities of $10k, net assets of $287k.