Stamford Chorale Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 421566430
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Stamford, CT, USA
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Singing, Choral
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $49,431
- Expenses
- $38,102
- Assets
- $30,046
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Carol Bakinowski (President)
- Lauren Pine (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Carol Bakinowski (President)
- Lauren Pine (Vice President)
- William Pine (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 Stamford Chorale provides singers of varying skills & experience the opportunity to learn and sing under professional leadership and to perform diverse choral music for the public.
What it reported doing in 2024
Production of "It Takes a Village" concert in May 2025 approx. 280 people benefited including singers and audience members.
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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.4%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
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: 22.9%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 51.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.4% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $33K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.