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← THE GIFFORD FLORDIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE GIFFORD FLORDIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 6 November 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$850,316 changed to $881,864
Total expenses
$672,902 changed to $694,617
Contributions and grants received
$746,289 changed to $352,194
Investment income
$63,948 changed to $63,268
Other revenue
$31,870 changed to $458,193
Total assets, end of year
$1,528,033 changed to $1,532,648
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,075,726 changed to $1,070,508
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$452,307 changed to $462,140
Program services expenses
$500,266 changed to $504,661
Management and general expenses
$103,011 changed to $115,528
Fundraising expenses
$69,625 changed to $74,428
Program service expenses (Part III)
$500,266 changed to $504,661

Totals

Total revenue
$881,864
Total expenses
$694,617
Contributions and grants received
$352,194
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$8,209
Investment income
$63,268
Other revenue
$458,193
Total assets, end of year
$1,532,648
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,070,508
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$462,140
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$504,661
Management and general expenses
$115,528
Fundraising expenses
$74,428
Program service expenses (Part III)
$504,661

Program services were 72.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $352,194

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME - LESSONS

    total $8,209 · related or exempt $8,209

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $63,268 · excluded $63,268

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $481,448

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $28,644

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $452,804 · excluded $452,804

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $5,389 · related or exempt $5,389

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,389

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $72,025 · program services $50,418 · management and general $12,244 · fundraising $9,363

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,753 · program services $6,917 · management and general $6,918 · fundraising $6,918

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $250,843 · program services $178,813 · management and general $43,131 · fundraising $28,899

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,310 · program services $6,310

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,017 · program services $4,943 · management and general $1,429 · fundraising $1,645

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,336 · program services $2,168 · management and general $1,084 · fundraising $1,084

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $19,953 · program services $7,001 · management and general $6,476 · fundraising $6,476

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $547 · program services $183 · management and general $182 · fundraising $182

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,648 · program services $1,882 · management and general $1,883 · fundraising $1,883

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,594 · program services $5,547 · management and general $1,047

  • 24a · Other expenses: CAPITAL CAMPAIGN EXPENSE

    total $262,042 · program services $209,634 · management and general $39,306 · fundraising $13,102

  • 24b · Other expenses: MUSIC & EDUCATIONAL SERVI

    total $15,497 · program services $15,497

  • 24c · Other expenses: ANNUAL CONCERT

    total $8,586 · program services $7,173 · fundraising $1,413

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE & INTERNET

    total $3,998 · program services $1,332 · management and general $1,333 · fundraising $1,333

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,468 · program services $6,843 · management and general $495 · fundraising $2,130

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $660,856 · end of year $1,284,458

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,550 · end of year $38,087

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,673 · end of year $3,092

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $205,147

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $43,801

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $108,894 · end of year $161,346

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $502,103

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $59,780 · end of year $45,665

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,030 · end of year $20,242

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,000,250 · end of year $1,000,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $63,683 · end of year $50,266

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $274,893 · end of year $462,140

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE IDEA OF BREAKING THE CYCLES OF POVERTY, OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND TRAINING IN VARIOUS CULTURAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, INCLUDING MUSIC, DRAMA, DANCE, AND THE VOCAL ARTS FOR THE YOUTH OF GIFFORD, FLORIDA AND NEIGHBORING INDIAN RIVER COUNTY COMMUNITIES, WITH A CORE FOCUS ON MASTERING STRINGED INSTRUMENTS.

  • THE GIFFORD YOUTH ORCHESTRA IS A YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAM OFFERING MUSIC EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE SKILLS TO "AT RISK" CHILDREN. IN ITS TWENTY-ONE YEAR HISTORY, IT HAS PROVIDED INSTRUMENTS AND CLASSES TO OVER 400 STUDENTS AGES 3-18, INCLUDING A SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCE, STRING WEEKEND CLINICS, RECITALS AND PERFORMANCES. GYO STUDENTS PERFORMED 19 PUBLIC CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN 2023 THROUGHOUT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FLORIDA. THERE WERE 120 STUDENTS SERVED THROUGH GYO PROGRAM IN 2023 VIA LESSONS AND SUMMER CAMP ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $504,661 · Revenue $8,209

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rev Dr Crystal Bujol

    FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Laica Gerwien-Moreta

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Roger Sobkowiak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Elaine Armor Word

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jane Burton

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Linda Morgan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Larry Staley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Anthony Furino

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • Tammy Brown

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • Marcus Rogers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terri Hurley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Trapp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Dr Paul Minotty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles R Lunceford II

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $72,025
    From this org
    $72,025
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 June 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202641549349301214

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