Chamber Voices for Change Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883653370
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Wake Forest, NC, USA
Phone
9195646026
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Singing, Choral

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$96,546
Expenses
$93,799
Assets
$12,944
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Christopher Short (Executive Director; Board Member; Secretary)
  • Katherine Cheatham (Board Member; President and Treasurer)

People named in this filing

  • Christopher Short (Executive Director; Board Member; Secretary)
  • Katherine Cheatham (Board Member; President and Treasurer)
  • Andrew Whitlow (Artistic Director; 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Performing arts organization

What it reported doing in 2025

Third full year of activity - 3 residencies, an album recording project, and assisted another nonprofit with recording. First residency in April in Raleigh, NC: 6-voice ensemble, concert, educational outreach, and service projects for Note in the Pocket. Second residency in April in Pinehurst, NC: 12-voice ensemble, 1 concert, educational/community outreach, and a collaboration with the Moore County Choral Society. Third residency in Virginia: 6-voice ensemble, concert, educational/community outreach, and service project with Marion Homes. Recorded a 12-voice ensemble album project after a successful fundraiser. Assisted the North Carolina Choral Artists with a recording project of 2 pieces.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 80

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.8%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 55% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 37th 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 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • 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.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.