The Bach Chorale Singers Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237339360
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Lafayette, IN, USA
- Phone
- 7654295151
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Singing, Choral
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $165,698
- Expenses
- $172,392
- Assets
- $183,222
- Liabilities
- $6,080
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HILARY COOKE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ELAINE GRIFFIN (VICE PRES-AR)
- ROGER BENNETT (PAST PRESIDE)
- JOHN POLLES (VICE PRES-FI)
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
To promote, support and sustain interest in choral music by providing opportunities for singers of all ages to learn and perform under the direction of professional musicians; to inspire the citizens of the area with programs featuring great choral repertoire performed at the highest artistic level; to educate future generations by providing music education opportunities for youth in the community; to enrich the lives of singers and audiences by linking them to diverse musical heritages; to lead the arts community by creating opportunities to incorporate various art forms in our performances and to collaborate with other arts groups.
What it reported doing in 2024
Concerts and workshops presented by the bach chorale singers for the cultural enrichment of the community
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68.7%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 65.5%; rating input score 65
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: -4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15.5%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 68.7% of revenue deployed · 65.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $113K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.