Oregon Children's Choir and Youth Chorale

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
931324053
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2014
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Tigard, OR, USA
Phone
5035340226
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Singing, Choral

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$39,898
Expenses
$50,181
Assets
$50,117
Liabilities
$7,439

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • SANDRA MILLER (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, BOARD M)
  • NILLA PERSSON (BOARD MEMBER)
  • MARGE KOLL (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary purpose of the Oregon children's choir and youth chorale is to promote development of musical skills and understanding for children and youth, to provide quality choral music instruction, and to provide opportunities for musical performance. To form the foundation of a life-long appreciation of music and to expand knowledge of the value of performing arts.

What it reported doing in 2014

The Oregon children's choir and youth chorale (occyc) sustains three choirs (the Oregon preparatory choir for grades one through three, the Oregon children's choir for grades four through eight, and the Oregon youth chorale for grades nine through twelve), with a total membership of 89 singers.occyc performed three local concerts, two special christmas appearances, a veterans day concert, and held two weekend retreats during the fiscal year ending 08.31.15.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - 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: 82
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 0

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; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -25.8%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -32.8% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings

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 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2014
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.