New Jersey Choral Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222747186
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA
- Phone
- 201-273-9027
- Rating
- 52
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $148,288
- Expenses
- $105,882
- Assets
- $181,569
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Todd Bakal (Past President)
- Gayle Graizzaro (Co-President)
- Eileen Karp (Co-President)
People named in this filing
- Todd Bakal (Past President)
- Gayle Graizzaro (Co-President)
- Virginia Lincoln (Chorus Manager)
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
Music is an essential part of every community and brings joy, hope and spirituality to all who encounter it. And so, with Passion, Imagination and Excellence, the mission of NJCS is to enrich the lives of those with whom we come into contact through our performances, be it celebrating the joys of the holidays, pop culture or classic masterpieces through both traditional and imaginative programming; engaging the members of our community to expose them to the wonders and opportunities that music can bring to their lives; and encouraging and providing our members with opportunities to grow their individual and collective artistic talents.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provides for the artistic needs of the communities it serves through three concertseries (Holiday, Pops and Masterworks)and a small ensemble communityoutreach group which performs at senior centers, libraries, etc.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 12
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 10.3%; rating input score 10
- Program expense ratio: 14.8%; rating input score 15
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: 28.6%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -27.3% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 10.3% of revenue deployed · 14.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 10/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.