Cantantes in Cordibus a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
455211508
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Hillsborough, NJ, USA
Phone
9173484304
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Singing, Choral
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,360
Expenses
$84,874
Assets
$29,159
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Simone Ferraresi (Artistic Director)
  • Joseph Orchard (Chair)
  • Elizabeth Reynoso (Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The corporation has been organized to operate exclusively for charitable purposes, including but not limited to: The cultivation of sacred music, early music, particularly choral music. The Cantantes In Cordibus Choir mixed choir of men and women is the principal activity of this corporation. CIC regularly sings to accompany masses and services at the Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Jersey City. CIC sees its mission as artistic, cultural, and educational. The corporation seeks to raise funds to bring sacred music to a wider appreciation both in the Catholic church and in wider society.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, the Cantantes in Cordibus choir provided high-quality sacred music for over 60 Masses held in Jersey City, New Jersey. The SATB choir, composed of 16 trained singers under the direction of Music Director Simone Ferraresi, performed polyphonic works by composers such as Palestrina, Victoria, and Byrd, along with Gregorian chant. These liturgies were attended by an estimated 5,500 people throughout the year. The choir also organized and performed two public concerts of sacred music, attracting approximately 400 attendees combined. In addition to performance, the organization produced and distributed weekly Mass booklets to enhance participation. These activities advanced the nonprofit's mission of preserving and promoting the Church's rich tradition of sacred music in its liturgical context.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.4%; rating input score 95

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 38.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15.1% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -19.8% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $81K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.