Bay Choral Guild
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 942684268
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Los Altos, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6502180363
- Rating
- 94
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Singing, Choral
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $130,682
- Expenses
- $143,106
- Assets
- $176,661
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sandra Wilson (President)
People named in this filing
- Sandra Wilson (President)
- Karen Hohner (Secretary)
- Bill van Melle (Director)
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
Choral music education and performance
What it reported doing in 2024
Provide choral music performances for the education, enjoyment and inspiration of our adult amateur singers and our audiences. In our 2024-2025 (46th) concert season, we offered a total of six live performances. The concerts occurred in December 2024, March 2025, and June 2025; all three programs were presented at venues in Campbell and Palo Alto. There were a total of 192 attendees for our December concerts, 211 for our March concerts, and 115 for our June concerts (a season total audience of 518). In addition, 43 choristers participated in our weekly rehearsals and some or all of our six concerts.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.6%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 88.8%; rating input score 89
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.5%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.6% of revenue deployed · 88.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $127K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.