Musica Vitale
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273998604
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Coronado, CA, USA
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $63,736
- Expenses
- $60,313
- Assets
- $21,359
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sam Buse (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Elena Vizuet (Executive Dir.)
- Lisa Parente (Director)
- Sam Buse (Vice President)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Musica Vitale is a professional ensemble presenting a cappella chamber works of Western European and Slavic origin from the last 300 years. The ensembles mission is to revive and rediscover neglected repertoire of the Classical, Romantic, and post-Romantic eras, maintaining the highest artistic standards, preserving the heritage of vocal chamber music, and bringing enrichment to the community through public performances.Vitale--or vital, of life--translates into the choices of the ensembles repertoire, emphasizing the works of Romantic and Contemporary periods of Music History, emotionally open and charged with expression. An ensemble of some of San Diego's finest singers offers an audible feast of choral colors and timbres, equally successful in singing with delicacy and finesse as in Robert Schumanns Romanzen und Balladen, and with the richness and warmth of Sergey Rachmaninovs Vespers.Musica Vitale has been bringing music to life since 2005, when a group of professional singers from
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025 Musica Vitale and Crown City Chorale performed thirteen public performances and three school programs.March 11, 2025, San Diego Public Library: Celebrating Women in the Arts Works of women composers, from Hildegard Von Bingen to contemporary Lori Laitman were performed by soloists and the ensemble: four Musica Vitale singers, violinist, and pianist. A lecturer introduced each piece and provided background information. This performance was free to public and was attended by 50 people.April 23, 2025, Resurrection Lutheran Church, Coronado: For the Beauty of the EarthCrown City Chorale's Spring concert focused on nature and environment-centered songs written by American and Canadian composers. A Dark Sky Society representative provided a short lecture about light pollution and provided materials about their organization. 80 people attended this performance.April 28, 2025, Spreckels Park, Coronado: Annual Flower ShowCrown City Chorale sang popular songs for an afternoon program at this annual community event. May 9, 2025, St. Paul's Cathedral, San Diego: Music of the AmericasMiramar College Choir, Crown City Chorale, and Ghukasyan Orchestra collaborated to perform compositions by Canadian, Brazilian, Mexican, American and Cuban composers as well as the west coast premiere of the Mass by composer Keith Bailey, who was in attendance. More than 400 people attended this performance.Coronado School Programs: Inspired by Nature June 3 - Christ Church SchoolJune 4 - Sacred Heart Catholic Church SchoolJune 6 - Coronado Middle SchoolNature-themed choral and solo compositions were performed by an ensemble of eight Musica Vitale singers, pianist, and lecturer in two private and one public school in Coronado. Each free school program included a music presentation, Q&A with students and performers, and a sing along. These programs have had great success in local schools for ten years.June 12, 2025, Nazareth House of Assisted LivingCrown City Chorale performed a free concert of popular songs and a sing along. 40 residents attended this program.July 5, 2025, Coronado Public Library: Summer Sing AlongAn annual Coronado free community summer sing along with Crown City Chorale. 50 people participated. Music on FifthMusic on Fifth is a newly established chamber concert series presenting individual singers and small ensembles from Musica Vitale and various collaborators.In 2025 the following programs were performed: October 26, Resurrection Lutheran Church, Coronado: Trills and FrillsPopular and elaborate arias by Rossini, Verdi, Dvorjak and others were performed. November 16, Resurrection Lutheran Church, CoronadoSGO, Soloists of Ghukasyan String Orchestra, performed an eclectic and entertaining program of classical and contemporary music by a string quartet and pianist.November, Coronado Middle School: Bring a Veteran to SchoolCrown City Chorale and Musica Vitale sang patriotic songs at this event.November 11, 2025, Coronado Middle School, Granzer Hall: Veterans Day Tribute Patriotic songs and songs for peace were performed in this annual collaborative event with Crown City Chorale, Musica Vitale, and the Coronado Community Band. Veterans shared their stories. 250 people attended this free event.Winter GalaDecember 12, Christ Church, CoronadoDecember 13, St. Paul's Cathedral, San DiegoIn acknowledgement of Musica Vitale's 20th season, the program represented an overview of composers' repertoire performed over the course of 20 years: a cappella and accompanied by organ, works by Lili Boulanger, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Sergey Rachmaninov, Georgiy Sviridov, and Rodion Shchedrin. On stage were 25 singers, organist, timpani player, and conductor. Events included pre-concert lecture and reception. 400 people attended these concerts.December 14, 2025, Spreckels Center, Coronado: Musicals and CarolsCrown City Chorale's Holiday program included excerpts from various musicals, a community carols sing along, and reception. 80 people attended thi
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 66.6%; rating input score 67
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 20.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -12.4% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63% of revenue deployed · 66.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $40K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.