Chamber Music City Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
991589634
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Nashville, TN, USA
Phone
4104997954
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$133,264
Expenses
$126,692
Assets
$59,853
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERIC CHA-BEACH (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ERIC CHA-BEACH (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTOPHER SERKIN (SECRETARY)
  • KARA KROEGER (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

To foster collaboration, connectivity, and community through classical music of the highest caliber. Centered around diverse programming of music old and new performed by globally renowned artists, we strive to make great art accessible to all.

What it reported doing in 2025

Chamber music city seeks to foster collaboration, connectivity, and community through classical music of the highest caliber. Centered around diverse programming of music old and new performed by globally renowned artists, we strive to make great art accessible to all.collaboration: by bringing a diverse array of artists from around the nation together in nashville, our programming facilitates unique collaborations designed especially for music city.connectivity: our concerts aren't simply about listening to music, but experiencing it on a personal level. Through intimate venues and pre-concert artists talks, we seek to bridge the gap between performer and audience.community: we're grateful to be a part of one of the nation's most creative communities, and are committed to giving back to our city through public school outreach concerts, discounts, and more.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 30.5%; rating input score 30
  • Program expense ratio: 32%; rating input score 32

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: 4.9%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -41.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 30.5% of revenue deployed · 32% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $41K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.