Sing Stark Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237017393
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Canton, OH, USA
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Opera

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$89,207
Expenses
$108,251
Assets
$95,923
Liabilities
$4,125

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CAROL OLSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • VICTOR VALLI (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • KRISTINA LOCKWOOD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PJ CHAVEZ (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CAROL OLSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $49,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To celebrate choral arts through performasnce, using the power of many voices as a catalyst within the community to educate, inspire, and unite

What it reported doing in 2023

Sing stark inc puts on three major performances during the year (a fall, winter, and spring performance). In addition, they perform a series of concerts for the holiday season, have several special engagement performances for small audiences throughout the year and hold singstark! (a no-commitment, no audition chorus) that meets monthly throughout the year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.3%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 49.3%; rating input score 49
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -21.3%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 45.7%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.3% of revenue deployed · 49.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $53K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $50K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 52/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.