Poway High School Choral Group

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330488037
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Poway, CA, USA
Phone
8582048199
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Singing, Choral

Reported finances

Revenue
$28,546
Expenses
$27,723
Assets
$81,236
Liabilities
$80,413

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DENISE GONDA (President)

People named in this filing

  • DENISE GONDA (President)
  • MARISSA CHRISTENSEN (Secretary)
  • HEIDI H BATHOLOMEUSZ (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to sustain and enrich the Poway High School Music Programencompassing the Orchestra, Marching Band, Guard, Wind Symphony, Concert Bands, Jazz Bands, and Pep Bandby providing comprehensive financial and community backing.To ensure our students achieve their highest musical and performance potential, your support directly funds: Instruction & Development: Professional training, targeted music clinics, and specialized coaching.Performances & Travel: Safe transportation and logistical support for tournaments, competitions, and events.Production & Presentation: High-quality sheet music, specialized scores, and uniform maintenance and acquisition.Equipment & Infrastructure: Essential instrument purchases, routine maintenance, and professional repairs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.1%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 96.9%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.9%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.93; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.99; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.1% of revenue deployed · 96.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $27K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.