Sherman Chamber Ensemble Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 061386604
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Sherman, CT, USA
- Phone
- 8603555930
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $107,453
- Expenses
- $116,339
- Assets
- $34,746
- Liabilities
- $8,683
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DOUGLAS FELTMAN (PRESIDENT)
- ARLENE STANG (VICE PRESIDENT)
- LIBA FURHMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- DOUGLAS FELTMAN (PRESIDENT)
- ARLENE STANG (VICE PRESIDENT)
- TERRI HAHN (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
To bring world class musicians to our communities to perform a diverse range of music with an approach that is intimate and inclusive, we offer baroque programs, jazz-inspired concerts, classical, children's and family concerts.
What it reported doing in 2024
Community outreach: performances at various area venues showcasing a wide variety of musical genres and engaging numerous local musicians alongside s.c.e.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.2%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 58.3%; rating input score 58
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: -8.3%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.2% of revenue deployed · 58.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $68K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.