Portland Interfaith Gospel Choir

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464262461
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5037241144
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Singing, Choral
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$26,866
Expenses
$20,809
Assets
$20,485
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LaRhonda Steele (President)

People named in this filing

  • LaRhonda Steele (President)
  • Tee McDonald (Treasurer)
  • Charlotte Shupert (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

Our purpose is to exemplify through interfaith, multiracial, and multicultural membership, the principles of equality, justice, peace, unity, and cooperation, and to have a model for what is possible.

What it reported doing in 2024

Rehearsals - Every week, the choir, director and pianist gather for a 2-3 hour rehearsal. In cooperation, the 40 plus members come together to learn about historical context of black gospel music, to learn new songs, and to practice the distinct rhythmic and vocal artistry of the music. As a result of this coming together, choir members are given the opportunity to live our mission. We join together in one inclusive community to elevate and celebrate the core values of cooperation, unity, peace and equality.

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.7%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.5%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.7% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.