Fresno Community Chorus Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 270976194
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Fresno, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5592696133
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $194,285
- Expenses
- $173,431
- Assets
- $127,113
- Liabilities
- $931
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- David Boyd (President)
- Celest DeMonte (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- David Boyd (President)
- Marion Karian (Secretary)
- Celest DeMonte (Vice President)
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 Fresno Community Chorus, Inc, is composed of the total group of singers in the chorus. The organization has been incorporated as a non-profit corporation with a governing Board of Diretors currently composed of 13 members and 2 members at large. In accordance with the by-laws of the corporation, the 13 members of the Board are selected as follows: 4 members are "Section Leaders". each leading 1 of the 4 sections of the chorus. These members are appointed by the Music Director of the chorus who is an ex-oficio, non-voting member of the Board; 8 members are elected by the singers for a 2 year term. Therms are staggered. One member, the Treasurer, is appointed by the remaining Board members since the position requires skills that may not be found within the chorus singers. All 13 of the current Board of Directors are active members in the chorus. The singers in al five ensembles of the Fresno Community Chorus performed this season.
What it reported doing in 2025
"Israel in Egypt", April 19, 2026, 2:30pm. Performed at Clovis Performing Arts Center (Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall), Fresno, CA 93730. Master Chorale (162 singers) presented a single performance of "Israel in Egypt" by GF Handel. A visual presentation of the text of the music was displayed. A full orchestra plus keyboard accompanied the ensemble. Tickets were $25. Tickets for $5 were available to student groups. Complementary tickets were provided to those with financial hardship.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 55% for direct work, and 45% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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: 45
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 42.5%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 47.6%; rating input score 48
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.7%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 42.5% of revenue deployed · 47.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 8 filed program accomplishments · $83K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.