Montgomery County Chorale and Orchestra

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452604691
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Ambler, PA, USA
Phone
6105053286
Rating
97
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music Groups, Bands, Ensembles

Reported finances

Revenue
$94,187
Expenses
$92,073
Assets
$53,943
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Guy Calcerano (MCCO President, Director)

People named in this filing

  • Guy Calcerano (MCCO President, Director)
  • Joanne Jenkins (MCCO Recording Secretary, Director)
  • Mark Blume (MCCO Treasurer, 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the Montgomery County Chorale and Orchestra is to inspire, enrich, and advocate for musical diversity, artistic excellence, and creative collaboration within our community.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Montgomery County Chorale and Orchestra (MCCO) performed four public choral/orchestral concerts during the period. All of the organization's disbursements for the 2024/2025 season were in support of carrying out these performances. Our organization continued efforts on its New Music Fundraising project to enable the ongoing commissioning of new works of music in the future. MCCO has also continued the Music Scholar Education Program for high school students in the Montgomery County / Greater Philadelphia area. This program fosters the student's music education, giving them an opportunity to grow as young musicians, explore repertoire and performing opportunities they would not normally be exposed to, serve as leaders within the orchestra, and allow for collaboration with the artistic staff and current members of MCCO.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.8%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 2.2%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $92K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.