The Arlington Childrens Chorus

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010951381
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Arlington, VA, USA
Phone
7036362275
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Singing, Choral

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$72,760
Expenses
$73,535
Assets
$65,086
Liabilities
$5,764

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Marianne Anderson (Board Chair and President)

People named in this filing

  • Marianne Anderson (Board Chair and President)
  • Rachel Mathieu (Vice-Chair and Director)
  • Caleb McClay (Treasurer and Director)

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 Organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide musical education and choral performance opportunities for children 7-18 in Arlington, Virginia and surrounding communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization offers one program that consists of musical education culminating in public performances. Musical education includes vocal training, note and rhythm learning, sight-reading and musical theory by a professional choral staff of teachers and accompanists. The program consisted of 34 rehearsals with around 80 choristers participating weekly. Choristers performed at two formal concerts and several community events throughout the year

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.5%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 95

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.5% of revenue deployed · 94.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $69K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.