The Frederick Chorale Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521224694
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Frederick, MD, USA
Phone
3038981459
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,795
Expenses
$56,841
Assets
$202,007
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sarah Nainan-Newhard (President)
  • Michael Hensen (Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Sarah Nainan-Newhard (President)
  • Michael Hensen (Vice-President)
  • Rebecca Rupp (Secretary)

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

Provide the residents of Frederick County Maryland and surrounding communities with high quality choral music and entertainment.

What it reported doing in 2024

3/22/25 attendance 480. 3/23/25 attendance 489. Dona Nobis Pacem Frederick in Harmony. Collaborative concert with Frederick Symphony Orchestra. No grants allocated to this program. Did receive 50 proceeds of ticket sales $8843. Expenses $2869.98

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 26
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 27.7%; rating input score 28
  • Program expense ratio: 23.5%; rating input score 24

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.8%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.55; rating input score 78; 78th 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: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 27.7% of revenue deployed · 23.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 7 filed program accomplishments · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.