Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program INC

Tax-deductible

Albuquerque, NM501(c)(3)Youth DevelopmentEIN 85-0421180Revenue $683K in FY2025

On file with the IRSaysmusic.org4407 Menaul Blvd Ne, 87110-2976 · Albuquerque, NMTax-exempt since Mar 1995Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Providing high quality music education and performance opportunities to elementary, middle, and high school students.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 700 volunteers and 18 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $28K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$72K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 65% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $73K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$188K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$683K
+6% vs prior year
Spent
$698K
To programs
74%
Net assets
$1.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$683K
FY2025▲ +6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$567K
FY2021$595K
FY2022$735K
FY2023$626K
FY2024$647K
FY2025$683K
Expenses
$698K
FY2025▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$551K
FY2021$530K
FY2022$606K
FY2023$675K
FY2024$622K
FY2025$698K
Net assets
$1.8M
FY2025▲ +0.8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$1.8M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1995.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $516K Management & general 18% · $126K Fundraising 8% · $56K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

14 people listed on the 990; $72K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Di
$72,500Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Norlynn Price’s $72K as Executive Di is at the 65th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1993 $100K–1M youth development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Norlynn Price$72,500$70,000$68,385$73,083——
Norlynn Blocker Price————$68,083$68,352

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers music education and performance chances to students in elementary, middle, and high school.

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1 program · $516K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Provided high quality music education to approximately 450 elementary, middle, and high school students in ten ensembles.

$516Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$683K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$295K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$258K
Other incomeLn 4–11$114K
Money outPt IX
$698K
Ln 25
Programscol B$516K
Managementcol C$126K
Fundraisingcol D$56K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$497K
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$188K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$258K
Government grantsLn 1e$46K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$8K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$295K
Investment incomeLn 3$16K
Other incomeLn 4–11$114K
Total revenueLn 12$683K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$65K
SavingsLn 2$433K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$497K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.1M
Other assetsLn 15$401K
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$188K
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 518
VolunteersI 6700
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$472K$497K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.1M$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$195K$188K
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M$1.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$79K$69K$6K$5K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$189K$176K$8K$5K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$14K$13K$938$421
Payroll taxesLn 10$15K$14K$722$415
Legal feesLn 11b$923$923
Accounting feesLn 11c$46K$46K
Investment management feesLn 11f$4K$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$33K$29K$2K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K$102$515
Office expensesLn 13$87K$31K$19K$37K
Information technologyLn 14$5K$4K$870$135
OccupancyLn 16$71K$52K$16K$3K
InterestLn 20$4K$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$54K$46K$7K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$38K$32K$4K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$51K$45K$6K$132
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$2K$269$900
Total functional expensesLn 25$698K$516K$126K$56K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $683K$698K−$15K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $647K$622K$24K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $626K$675K−$49K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $735K$606K$129K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $595K$530K$66K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $567K$551K$16K$1.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $683,091 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $272,477$257,588
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $277,519$295,166
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $18,116$16,073
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $78,718$114,264
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $646,830$683,091
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $303,829$297,917
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $318,665$399,750
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $622,494$697,667
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $24,336−$14,576
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $683,091 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$45,908
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$211,680
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$8,220
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$257,588
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $295,166$295,166
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $16,073$16,073
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $114,264$114,264
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $295,166 · Excluded from tax $130,337$683,091
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $697,667 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $68,855 · Management $5,719 · Fundraising $4,531$79,105
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $176,126 · Management $7,981 · Fundraising $5,078$189,185
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $12,950 · Management $938 · Fundraising $421$14,309
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,181 · Management $722 · Fundraising $415$15,318
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $923$923
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $46,059$46,059
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $3,692$3,692
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $29,192 · Management $2,242 · Fundraising $1,566$33,000
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,700 · Management $102 · Fundraising $515$2,317
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $31,392 · Management $19,382 · Fundraising $36,603$87,377
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,737 · Management $870 · Fundraising $135$4,742
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $52,445 · Management $15,616 · Fundraising $3,107$71,168
IX-20 InterestManagement $4,125$4,125
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $46,118 · Management $7,064 · Fundraising $1,244$54,426
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $32,278 · Management $4,485 · Fundraising $1,115$37,878
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $45,005 · Management $5,530 · Fundraising $132$50,667
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,207 · Management $269 · Fundraising $900$3,376
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $516,186 · Management $125,719 · Fundraising $55,762$697,667
Part X · Balance sheet $2,022,258 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $71,839$64,517
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $399,853$432,786
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $20,261$14,636
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $11,756$8,290
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,119,149$1,101,275
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $384,188$400,754
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,015,098$2,022,258
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $47,492$44,450
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $195,059$188,450
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,458,178$1,466,359
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $361,861$367,449
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,820,039$1,833,808
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,015,098$2,022,258
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,833,808 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$683,091
XI-2 Total expenses$697,667
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$14,576
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,820,039
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$28,345
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,833,808

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