Charlotte Childrens Choir

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
561675977
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Charlotte, NC, USA
Phone
7048870290
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Singing, Choral

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$94,510
Expenses
$91,804
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Nancina Pope (Executive Direc)
  • Dr Amy Hawn-Nelson (Secretary)
  • Melissa Abernathy (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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Charlotte Children's Choir serves the community by providing quality music education with the goal of attaining the highest level of artistic excellence in choral music performance. The Choir serves children generally between the ages of 8-18 and enriches the lives of children from all religious, ethnic, cultural and economic backgrounds.

What it reported doing in 2014

The CCC provides choral arts instruction to 75 children in the greater Charlotte community. The choir has 4 ensembles that meet weekly for a 10 month period. In addition to choral arts instruction choristers host 3 ticketed events and perform with various local and regional artist. Outreach initiatives include a week long camp for interested singers, School tours and workshops for boys. Vocal instruction is an important aspect of the program and students annually attend workshops specifically for the male and female voice and work with nationally recognized clinicians.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

SUPPORTED - 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: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.2%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 57.9%; rating input score 58

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.9%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 50.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -26.5% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16.8% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -33.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.2% of revenue deployed · 57.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $53K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2009 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.