St Charles Singers
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 363609607
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- St Charles, IL, USA
- Phone
- 6305135272
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $342,030
- Expenses
- $331,294
- Assets
- $79,073
- Liabilities
- $3,037
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEBBY CONTERATO (Vice President)
- SUSAN MCDOWELL (President)
Highest reported compensation
- JEFFREY HUNT (Music Director): $31,052 total reported compensation
- DEB STEVENSON (Executive Dir.): $20,000 total reported compensation
- KAY KENDALL (Outgoing Ex Dir): $14,145 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To perform, promote, and preserve the finest choral music to inspire diverse audiences regionally, nationally and internationally.
What it reported doing in 2024
The st. Charles singers perform three to four concert cycles per year. Concerts are performed at the choir's home venue in st. Charles, il and throughout the chicago metropolitan area. Occasionally the organization performs internatational tours. The choir collaborates with the metropolis chamber orchestra, the elgin symphony orchestra, anima - glen ellyn children's chorus, independent vocal soloists, guest instrumentalists, and guest conductors. Venues of performance include baker memorial united methodist church (st. Charles), st. Michael church (wheaton), fourth presbyterian church (chicago), st. Vincent depaul (chicago), holy family church (chicago), st. Mary catholic church (elgin), and grace lutheran church (river forest).the choir has produced two cds on the proteus entertainment label and two cds on the msr label.the educational outreach program "sing" is an annual workshop for area students that explores the art of ensemble singing.scholarships are periodically granted to graduating high school students in the fox valley and wheaton areas.the choir occasionally embarks on international tours, most recently they performed in spain and potugal in 2023.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.8%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 81%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.1%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 19.7%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.8% of revenue deployed · 81% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $268K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $31K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.