Panoramic Voices
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 161676744
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- Austin, TX, USA
- Phone
- 5124965985
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $196,050
- Expenses
- $180,082
- Assets
- $80,193
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- Stephanie Shirley (Chair)
- Richard Yu (Vice Chair)
- Jennifer Hymel (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Panoramic Voices enriches the lives of Central Texas music lovers with inclusive and innovative musical experiences that encourage collaboration, showcase regional talent, and create opportunities for diverse participants and audiences.
What it reported doing in 2024
"Crash Chorus" on 7/7/24 at First Street Studio. An opportunity to explore singing and movement through the power of singing in a choir."That's So Nineties" with Density512 on 10/4/24 at ACC Highland and on 10/5/24 at Regal Rooms. A quirky-cool trip down memory lane featuring a broad array of popular songs from the 1990-1999 period benefitting the ACC Highland's Music Department"Light It Up" on 12/1/24 at the Central Machine Works Brewery. Second annual "Light it Up" festival featuring Christmas Caroling for voices and instrument. "Ceremony of Carols" on 12/14/24 at the Austin Public Library featuring dynamic flute and harp duo, Chaski! Britten's Ceremony of Carols, which was the centerpiece of the concert along with other exceptional holiday songs."Messiah: Part 1" with the Central Texas Philharmonic on 12/22/24 at the Klett Center for the Performing Arts. The choir accompanied CTP in their performance of Messiah: Part 1."Lore" with Goliath Was Bigfoot on 2/13/25 at Central Machine Works and on 2/15/25 at the Texas Science & Natural History Museum. A collaboration featuring local music collective Goliath Was Bigfoot, whose purpose is to engage in conceptual explorations of folk tales, urban legends, ghost stories, conspiracy theories, myths, and the possible origin of Sasquatch in the Book of Samuel."Ravel & Debussy" with the Central Texas Philharmonic on 5/4/25 at the Klett Center for the Performing Arts. CTP hosted Panoramic Voices for a spring concert featuring Ravel's Daphnis & Chloe (Suite No 2) and Debussy's Nocturnes. Both pieces featuring wordless-choir."To the Strongest" with Maru Haru on 5/31/25 at the Austin Public Library and on 6/1/25 at Vuka Austin. Panoramic Voices partnered with Maru Haru, an Austin based indie rock bank, whose songs portray Asian American and queer experiences, making peace with family and society, and moving along with empathy.
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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77.9%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 82.9%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $15.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.1%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 24.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 77.9% of revenue deployed · 82.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $149K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.