Southern Delaware Chorale Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510315924
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Rehoboth Bch, DE, USA
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,046
Expenses
$68,018
Assets
$32,445
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Denise Adkins (President)
  • Toni Barrett (Vice President)
  • Denise Adkins (President)

People named in this filing

  • Denise Adkins (President)
  • Toni Barrett (Vice President)
  • Blake Blair (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 Chorale sees its role as being defined by our core guiding principles: To provide a vehicle through which local singers can come together to sharpen their musical skills and share a love of choral music. To provide an opportunity for high school and college singers to perform challenging music beyond what they are offered in their academic settings. To bring well-performed choral music to various venues in Southern Delaware. To expand the number and type of music offerings available to local audiences. To embrace and practice diversity and inclusion as a group committed to sharing its musical artistry within all communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Spring concert presented on May 10 2025 titled: In Her Own Words: Celebrating Women and the Arts. Music over the centuries by composers from Clara Schumann to Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon. Presented at Epworth Methodist Church with 160 paid attendees generating $3,520 in ticket sales

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. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.4%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 51.5%; rating input score 51

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: -19.2%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.4% of revenue deployed · 51.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $35K 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: 9 filing years from 2010 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.