Childrens Voice Chorus Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 453116753
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Palmetto Bay, FL, USA
- Phone
- 7862167003
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $667,348
- Expenses
- $684,917
- Assets
- $54,604
- Liabilities
- $12,460
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Jamie Perez Sutta (Officer): $76,667 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Vocal Youth Miami empowers young people through vocal music. Activities include early childhood music classes, choral performance programs, and emerging artist songwriting programs.
What it reported doing in 2024
Year-Round Choral Program - From intergenerational singing opportunities to an unforgettable Super Bowl LIV performance, Vocal Youth unites students from across Miami-Dade County through the universal language of music, teaching them not just to sing, but also to express and appreciate the difference and value in our individual voices. Dedicated to making choral programs accessible to youth of all backgrounds and abilities, Vocal Youth will reach 600 students ages 5-18 in 2025-26 through: 1) an exceptional year-round community chorus program, 2) a 6-week summer camp, 3) early childhood music classes, 4) after-school choruses in 3 Title I public schools (Mandarin Lakes K-8 Academy, Redland Elementary School, and R.R. Moton Elementary), and 5) a songwriting accelerator for emerging artists. Students learn age-appropriate vocal technique, music theory, and ear-training, developing artistic skills and musicianship in ensemble settings that also emphasize life skills. They collaborate to achieve shared goals, grow as a team, and engage in community service activities that develop creativity, leadership, self-confidence, and responsibility.
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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.5%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 76.4%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: $8.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.6%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.2%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 24.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 22.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 27.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.5% of revenue deployed · 76.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $523K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $77K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.