Musica Sacra Limited

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042656831
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Cambridge, MA, USA
Phone
6173493400
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$105,439
Expenses
$108,334
Assets
$61,260
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID HALSTEAD (PRESIDENT)
  • KYRA SALTMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • DAVID HALSTEAD (PRESIDENT)
  • CHASE MACPHERSON (CLERK)
  • KATHERINE VON KOHORN (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

Performance of choral music

What it reported doing in 2024

Performed 4 concerts to total of 417 live audience and 181 virtual audience

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.3%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 65.5%; rating input score 65

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: -2.7%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 55.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.3% of revenue deployed · 65.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.