Nashville Bel Canto Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 873835523
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Nashville, TN, USA
- Phone
- 9178646236
- Rating
- 42
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Opera
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $111,656
- Expenses
- $108,066
- Assets
- $10,512
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Stefano Baldasseroni (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Stefano Baldasseroni (Executive 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organizations primary exempt purpose is to provide high-level education training and performance opportunities for emerging opera singers and young vocal artists The organization supports the artistic and professional development of singers through intensive courses workshops coaching in vocal technique diction and interpretation and public performances Programs are designed to bridge the gap between academic study and professional careers in opera and classical music while increasing public access to high-quality vocal performances through concerts and educational outreach
What it reported doing in 2025
During the year the organization provided intensive training and performance opportunities for emerging opera singers through educational programs coaching and public concerts Activities included an opera training course focused on vocal technique diction and interpretation as well as the presentation of public performances designed to increase access to high-quality classical vocal music Programs supported the artistic development of young singers while engaging the community through live performances
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
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: 3.2%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.