Lux Choral Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844433583
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Draper, UT, USA
Phone
8017917215
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Singing, Choral

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,336
Expenses
$89,890
Assets
$6,685
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Leland Spindler (Creative and Music Director): $20,200 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Lux Choral Society is an elite inter-faith religious choral organization We seek to share light from each faith's musical tradition with the world. Each member is dedicated both to the choral arts and to his or her own religious faith and congregation. Harmony Perfected is the motto by which the Lux Singers Organization operates, seeking to share the majesty and versatility of the human voice.

What it reported doing in 2024

The primary way that we accomplish our purpose is by performing throughout Salt Lake and Utah Counties. Our choirs performed at the following venues during the 24-25 season: Ogden Interfaith Concert, Covey Center for the Arts (Provo), St. Ambrose Church (Salt Lake City), First Presbyterian Church (Salt Lake City), Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center (Taylorsville), BYU Marriott Center (Provo), and St. Mary's Catholic Church (Park City). We had combined audience of over 10,000 people across the season. Our Easter concert at the BYU Marriott Center was free to the public. We invited other community choirs to participate in the Easter concert, creating further connections and fostering interfaith respect and benevolence. Leaders of various churches across Utah County were encouraged to invite their congregations to the event. A small selection of those leaders spoke to the audience sharing messages of light, hope, and kindness.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 57
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • 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: -5.3%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.5%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -83.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -85% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -51% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $90K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $20K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.