Ambler Choral Society Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232745761
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Ambler, PA, USA
Phone
2679929011
Rating
33
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Singing, Choral

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$29,201
Expenses
$28,502
Assets
$21,017
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Meegan Niemira (President)

People named in this filing

  • William Davis (Board Member)
  • Deborah Cozen (Board Member)
  • Karin Davis (Board Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Since 1991, the Ambler Choral Society provides quality classical choral music to the greater Ambler community. We have performed at least two concerts each year except during the covid pandemic. The Choral Society has participated in many choral festivals over the years most recently in 2024 in Salzburg Austria.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Ambler Choral Society provides quality classical choral music to the greater Ambler community since 1991. We have performed at least two concerts annually except during the covid pandemic. The Chorus has participated in many choral festivals over the years, most recently in 2024 in Salzburg Austria.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.4%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -149.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.