Southern California Vocal Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 956136227
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Brea, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7148158877
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Singing, Choral
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $132,416
- Expenses
- $130,662
- Assets
- $110,537
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL USHINO (PRESIDENT)
- BETHANY ENCINA (PRESIDENT EL)
People named in this filing
- TAMMI ALDERMAN (PAST PRESIDE)
- MICHAEL USHINO (PRESIDENT)
- BETHANY ENCINA (PRESIDENT EL)
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
Support vocal education in schools throughout so. California
What it reported doing in 2024
Festivals - scva provides an opportunity for schools in so. Cal to perform and receive feedback on their performances from professionals. We hosted 68 traditional festivals, 1 jazz festival & 1 show choir festival. 450 choirs participated in the festivals and 100 students participated in our vocal/solo fesitval/competition.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 84% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89% of revenue deployed · 89.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $117K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 21 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 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.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.