Palouse Choral Society Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
912046954
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Pullman, WA, USA
Rating
96
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Singing, Choral

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$75,372
Expenses
$72,857
Assets
$78,540

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Anneliese Zook (President)
  • Gillian Sharma (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Anneliese Zook (President)
  • Gillian Sharma (Vice President)
  • Deborah Collins (Secretary)

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

The mission of the Palouse Choral Society is to celebrate choral music through masterful performaces educational outreach and cultural enrichment. Members of the society meet regularly to learn and perform choral music at the highest possible level for the education enrichment and enjoyment of both members and the general public in the Palouse and Lewis-Clark Valley regions of North Idaho and Southeaster Washington. As part of the educational outreach a childrens choir was formed in 2015 and continues to prosper performing with the Palouse Choral Society in addition to performing in their own concerts.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Palouse Choral Society organized four major concerts this year with occasional smaller performances. This involves rehearsals purchase of music and concert supplies advertising for concerts and many other miscellaneous costs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.7%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 3.3%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.08; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 57.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 41.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $73K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.