Nonprofit · EIN 46-5612306
GOLDEN ISLES YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC
Tax-exempt · BRUNSWICK, GA 31521
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $360,653 | $397,272 | -$36,619 | $132,724 | $1,620 | $131,104 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $357,894 | $376,600 | -$18,706 | $171,555 | $3,832 | $167,723 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $349,517 | $340,393 | $9,124 | $187,795 | $1,366 | $186,429 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $330,319
- Program service revenue
- $30,334
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $33,000
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $35,528
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $3,900
- Travel
- $13,400
- Depreciation
- $14,836
- Program services (functional)
- $339,844
- Management and general (functional)
- $49,366
- Fundraising (functional)
- $8,062
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $171,555
- Total assets, end of year
- $132,724
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,620
- Net assets, end of year
- $131,104
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $32,843
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $131,104
- Gross receipts
- $360,653
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 26
- Year formed
- 2014
- State of legal domicile
- GA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Link | Assistant Treas Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Judy Benjamin | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Lynda Bisher | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Ulrich Keller | VP -Mus Dev Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Scott Argo | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Cruser | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Odet Douglass | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Barbara Bleakly | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ken Bleakly | VP-Develop. Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Jackie Bryant | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Douglas J Marshall | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Laura Brown | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jane Day | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Laura Edenfield | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Paige Girardot | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
8 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michele Hutchins | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Susan Shipman | President Trustee or director, Officer | 15 | $0 |
| Michele Jamieson | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Mark Lochstampfor | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Mary Wray | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Elise Winans | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Drew Wright | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Nancy Butler | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 23 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Link | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Judy Benjamin | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Lynda Bisher | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ulrich Keller | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Scott Argo | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ruth Barker | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Deborah McIlrath | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Barbara Bleakly | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ken Bleakly | Asst Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Jackie Bryant | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| David Bravo | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Laura Brown | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jane Day | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Edenfield | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Paige Girardot | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Michele Hutchins | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Shipman | President Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Michele Jamieson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Lochstampfor | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Terry Friddle | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Elise Winans | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Drew Wright | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy Butler | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 23 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Link | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Judy Benjamin | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Lynda Bisher | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ulrich Keller | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Scott Argo | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ruth Barker | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Deborah McIlrath | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| Barbara Bleakly | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ken Bleakly | Asst Tr & Secy Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Jackie Bryant | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| David Bravo | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Laura Brown | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jane Day | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Laura Edenfield | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Paige Girardot | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Michele Hutchins | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Shipman | President Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Michele Jamieson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Lochstampfor | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Terry Friddle | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Elise Winans | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Drew Wright | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy Butler | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 603, BRUNSWICK, GA 31521-0603
- In care of
- % THEODORE DAVIS
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Susan Shipman, POST OFFICE BOX 603, BRUNSWICK, GA 315210603
- Signed the 990
- Susan Shipman, President
- Phone
- (912) 996-5462
- Return prepared by
- BARRS COINER & LUMPKIN LLC
Mission
To help young people to set goals, surpass them, and achieve excellence through the practice of classical music.
Program accomplishments
- To promote understanding of and appreciation for classical music in Glynn and surrounding counties to high school and middles school students. To provide regular practices (group and private) for youth musicians. To provide quality presentations of orchestral music with regularly scheduled concerts and other performance opportunities.Expenses $339,844 · revenue $30,334
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 46-5612306
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2014
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A68)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $132,724
- Income (IRS master file)
- $360,653
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $360,653 | $397,272 | $132,724 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $357,894 | $376,600 | $171,555 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $349,517 | $340,393 | $187,795 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $306,001 | $376,508 | $180,463 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 46-5612306).
Questions about GOLDEN ISLES YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC
- What is the EIN of GOLDEN ISLES YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of GOLDEN ISLES YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC is 46-5612306.
- Is GOLDEN ISLES YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2014.
- Are donations to GOLDEN ISLES YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does GOLDEN ISLES YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of GOLDEN ISLES YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did GOLDEN ISLES YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of GOLDEN ISLES YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Susan Shipman.
- Who are the officers and directors of GOLDEN ISLES YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 23 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does GOLDEN ISLES YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $360,653, expenses of $397,272 and total assets of $132,724 at year end.
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