Rainbow Chorale of Delaware Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510393191
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Wilmington, DE, USA
Phone
3028034440
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,083
Expenses
$64,273
Assets
$92,074
Liabilities
$479

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Melanie Dawn Smith (President)
  • Julie Hilfiker (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Melanie Dawn Smith (President)
  • Julie Hilfiker (Vice-President)
  • Mary Reppy (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Rainbow Chorale of Delaware is a non-audition adult community chorus open to SATB singers (18 and older) at all levels of experience and provides LGBtQ+ individuals and their friends and allies the opportunity to perform high-quality choral music in an affirming environment. The Chorale provides music education to its members through rehearsals and educational materials and performs in the community through concerts and at community events to support other organizations.

What it reported doing in 2024

Performances in Community, 5 major performances including two at the GALA Festival 2024, and 14 performances at community events. 5,440 audience members. Concert production expenses and publicity, artistic staff and guest artist fees.

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 99% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.8%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 69.9%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 34.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.8% of revenue deployed · 69.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $45K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.