Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$134,976

Total expenses

$114,471

Contributions and grants received

$51,770

Grants paid

— not reported

Program service revenue

$65,980

Membership dues (line 3)

— not reported

Investment income (line 4)

$13,285

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

$3,941

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

— not reported

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

— not reported

Other revenue (line 8)

— not reported

Total assets, end of year

$349,495

Total liabilities, end of year

$670

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$348,825

Program service expenses (Part III)

$114,471

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

• FMAYS PROVIDES A RIGOROUS ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE THROUGH AUDITIONS, REHEARSALS, SECTIONALS WITH PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS, CONCERTS, AND A CONCERTO COMPETITION. IN THE SPRING AND FALL WE HOLD AUDITIONS FOR EACH ENSEMBLE. OUR MUSIC DIRECTORS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS JUDGE THE AUDITIONS AND PROVIDE WRITTEN COMMENTS TO HELP STUDENTS IMPROVE THEIR MUSICAL SKILLS IN THE FUTURE. STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN WEEKLY REHEARSALS FROM MID-SEPTEMBER TO MID-APRIL. IN ADDITION TO FULL ENSEMBLE REHEARSALS, LOCAL PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS COME IN TO LEAD SECTIONALS. SECTIONALS BREAK DOWN THE ENSEMBLE INTO SMALLER GROUPS BY INSTRUMENT AND ALLOW A SPECIALIST TO HELP WITH INSTRUMENT-SPECIFIC CHALLENGES. DEPENDING ON THE ENSEMBLE, STUDENTS PERFORM IN THREE TO FIVE CONCERTS DURING THE SEASON. FMAYS CONSISTS OF THREE ORCHESTRAS: THE CONCERT STRINGS, THE ATTACCA STRINGS, AND THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. THE CONCERT STRINGS ARE A STRING ORCHESTRA FOR SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS. THE ATTACCA STRINGS IS AN ALL-STRING ORCHESTRA FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE. ATTACCA STRINGS BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN STRING PLAYERS WHO ARE NOT QUITE READY FOR THE REPERTOIRE OF THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, YET STILL DESIRE A CHALLENGING STRINGS-ONLY OPTION. IN THIS CAPACITY, STUDENTS ARE GIVEN A MORE EXPOSED ROLE WHERE EVERY PERFORMER'S MUSICAL VOICE CAN BE HEARD. THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONSISTS OF WINDS, BRASS, PERCUSSION, AND STRINGS. THE STRING PLAYERS ARE IN GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE, AND THE WIND, BRASS, AND PERCUSSION STUDENTS ARE IN GRADES EIGHT THROUGH TWELVE. THIS IS OUR TOP ENSEMBLE THAT MOST CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE. WE ALSO HAVE A CHAMBER MUSIC PROGRAM CALLED ENCORE CHAMBER, WHICH CONSISTS OF STUDENTS FROM THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. GROUPS OF TWO TO FIVE STUDENTS PERFORM IN THESE CHAMBER ENSEMBLES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ARE COACHED BY LOCAL PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS. FMAYS PERFORMS OUTREACH CONCERTS IN VALLEY CITY, WHERE THERE IS NO YOUTH ORCHESTRA, AND AT LOCAL NURSING HOMES. THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PARTICIPATES IN AN ANNUAL SIDE-BY-SIDE REHEARSAL WITH THE FARGO-MOORHEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, CULMINATING IN A PERFORMANCE AS A PART OF FMSO'S MASTERWORKS SERIES. OFTEN CITED AS STUDENTS' MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE IN FMAYS, THE SIDE-BY-SIDE GIVES STUDENTS A CLOSER LOOK INTO THE PROFESSIONAL MUSIC WORLD, AS THEY GET TO LEARN FROM AND PLAY ALONGSIDE PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS. FMAYS HAS AN ANNUAL FOUNDERS' CONCERTO COMPETITION. A CONCERTO IS AN INSTRUMENTAL SOLO THAT HAS ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT AND IS GENERALLY VERY DIFFICULT TO PERFORM. THE WINNER OF THE COMPETITION GETS TO PERFORM AS A SOLOIST WITH THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. THIS ALLOWS THE WINNER TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT AND SKILLS ON CHALLENGING MUSIC WRITTEN AS A SOLO FOR THEIR INSTRUMENT.

  Expenses $114,471

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

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2024

Filed

7 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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