GOTHAM PERFORMING ARTS INC DBA Empire City Men's Chorus
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133728568
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9293769342
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Singing, Choral
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $183,357
- Expenses
- $163,711
- Assets
- $38,973
- Liabilities
- $45,715
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- William Powell (President)
- Jeremy Ritz (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- William Powell (President)
- Jeremy Ritz (Vice President)
- Craig Goodwin-Ortiz de Leon (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Empire City Men's Chorus is a forward-thinking, urban men's concert chorus dedicated to refreshing men's choral music and the people who experience us.
What it reported doing in 2024
Empire City Men's Chorus conducted two member retreats during the fiscal year to support musical education, artistic development, and community engagement among participants. The organization held a multi-day fall retreat at an off-site conference and retreat center, which provided focused rehearsal time, vocal training, and collaborative workshops designed to strengthen musicianship, ensemble cohesion, and leadership development. The chorus also conducted a one-day local spring retreat that provided additional rehearsal, skill-building activities, and community-building opportunities in preparation for upcoming performances. These retreats benefited approximately 60 participating chorus members by enhancing musical skills, supporting artistic excellence, and fostering a supportive and inclusive community environment consistent with the organization's exempt purpose.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 69% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.3%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 79.9%; rating input score 80
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: 10.7%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.17; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.3% of revenue deployed · 79.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $131K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.