Shenandoah Valley Music Festival

Analysis

Shenandoah Valley Music Festival is a registered charity in United States, based in Woodstock, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1969, 57 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, Shenandoah Valley Music Festival reported income of $600k and spending of $607k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $856k to $600k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 246%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Shenandoah Valley Music Festival sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bishop Hill Heritage Association ($600k), Branford Electric Railway Assoc Inc ($600k) and Institute for Economics and Peace ($600k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 21% and program service revenue 72% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $60k (9.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $57k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $163k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 3 employees.