Mountain Chamber Music Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 202354835
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3039462419
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $16,179
- Expenses
- $21,448
- Assets
- $46,824
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Laura Schulkind (Executive Director)
- Janice Rice (President)
People named in this filing
- Laura Schulkind (Executive Director)
- Janice Rice (President)
- Sebnem Duzgun PhD (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
Our mission is to promote the appreciation and educational power of chamber music. Our goals are to present concerts that engage and educate the community and connect teachers and children to the power of music.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Chamber Music Society of Greater Denver (CMSGD) advances public access to high-quality chamber music by presenting engaging performances that foster appreciation of the art form across Metro Denver. The organization emphasizes diverse and inclusive programming, featuring repertoire for small ensembles by both traditional and contemporary composers, and is committed to reaching audiences in accessible community-based venues. In the 2024-25 season, CMSGD transitioned to a fixed ensemble of five musicians, strengthening artistic cohesion while significantly expanding its programming capacity and performance reach. Through residencies at Wildcat Mountain Auditorium in Highlands Ranch, Westminster Presbyterian Church in Westminster, and Bethany Lutheran Church in Cherry Hills Village, CMSGD delivered two- to three-concert matinee and evening series that served broad and intergenerational audiences. The season introduced three new thematic programs-Classical Christmas, A Celebration of Celtic Culture, and The Forgotten Women of Classical Music-designed to deepen audience engagement, highlight underrepresented voices, and connect classical music to diverse cultural traditions.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.9%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 72.3%; rating input score 72
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: -32.6%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.18; rating input score 67; 67th 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: 25.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 23.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 95.9% of revenue deployed · 72.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $16K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.