Charity profile · Historical source record

Strings Music Festival

EIN 84-1101995Arts, Culture, Humanities Colorado Small

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Presenting innovative programs of distinctive classical and popular contemporary music

Since its inception in 1988, Strings Music Festival has presented the highest quality chamber music and other classical programming to both local and tourist audiences. During its history, the festival has added jazz, blues, country, world, and various other art forms to its programming in response to community requests. A nationally recognized, award-winning music festival, Strings presents over 85 performances of chamber music, jazz, rock, country, bluegrass, world rhythms, and many other genres every summer. Artists include Grammy winners and nominees, major competition winners and principal players from the most renowned orchestras and international soloists.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.13Overall score
out of 100

89.27Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,994,948

Total expenses · USD$2,051,356

Program expenses

$1,487,233.10 recorded amount

72.5%

Fundraising expenses

$186,673.40 recorded amount

9.1%

Administrative expenses

$373,346.79 recorded amount

18.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.19 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Elissa Greene
Recorded compensation: $110,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.36%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Strings Music Festival
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Since its inception in 1988, Strings Music Festival has presented the highest quality chamber music and other classical programming to both local and tourist audiences. During its history, the festival has added jazz, blues, country, world, and various other art forms to its programming in response to community requests. A nationally recognized, award-winning music festival, Strings presents over 85 performances of chamber music, jazz, rock, country, bluegrass, world rhythms, and many other genres every summer. Artists include Grammy winners and nominees, major competition winners and principal players from the most renowned orchestras and international soloists.
`ein` EIN	84-1101995
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2051356.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.182
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.19
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.091
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.725
`fscore` Financial score	89.27
`leader` Recorded leader	Elissa Greene
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	110000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0536
`motto` Tagline	Presenting innovative programs of distinctive classical and popular contemporary music
`name` Charity name	Strings Music Festival
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1994948.0
`score` Overall score	89.13
`state` State code	CO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1487233.0999999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	186673.396
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	373346.792

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 84-1101995
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: Colorado (CO)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

Explore alongside

Related source records

Linked by source subcategory, prioritizing the same recorded state. Not a recommendation or ranking.

A useful next step

Keep the context.

Check current organizational information separately before making a giving decision. This record does not include an official website, donation URL, or current eligibility field.

Giving research guide ↗

Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.