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Society for Strings Inc

Westport, New York · EIN 13-1686434 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · tax-exempt since 1952

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 61.9 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Graded against 44,780 arts, culture & humanities nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.46.1 months26
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.65% of practices65
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.71
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.24% from one source83
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.98.4%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.1.4%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.00not scored

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Year by year

201620172018202020212021202220232024grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Dec 2024Form 990$1.95M$1.86M$83K$7.16M46.182C
Dec 2023Form 990$1.95M$2.00M−$46K$6.98M42.053C
Dec 2022Form 990$1.93M$2.29M−$362K$6.77M35.470C
Dec 2021Form 990$181K$223K−$43K$7.70M414.219D
Oct 2021Form 990$1.14M$978K$164K$7.83M96.18D
Oct 2020Form 990$427K$593K−$166K$7.35M148.760D
Oct 2018Form 990$1.56M$1.24M$322K$7.36M71.154C
Oct 2017Form 990$1.21M$1.18M$23K$7.26M73.654C
Oct 2016Form 990$1.12M$1.13M−$8,552$6.97M73.756D

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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