The Harlem Chamber Players Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452160781
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2128661492
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $901,418
- Expenses
- $620,086
- Assets
- $724,930
- Liabilities
- $43,707
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sandra Billingslea (Board President)
- Nancy Hager (Board Vice President)
- Liz Player (Board Member/Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Liz Player (Board Member/Executive Director): $95,390 total reported compensation
- Kelly Chumo McAleer (Secretary): $32,201 total reported compensation
- Sandra Billingslea (Board President): $5,560 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization is an ethnically diverse collective of professional musicians dedicated to bringing high caliber, affordable and accessible live classical music to people in the Harlem community and beyond.
What it reported doing in 2024
Cultural Music Performance The Harlem Chamber Players Inc., is an ethnically diverse collective of professional classical musicians dedicated to bringing high-caliber, affordable, accessible live music to people in the Harlem community and beyond. The Harlem Chamber Players also promote arts inclusion and equal access to the arts. THCP seeks to help build an audience for live classical music in general, through community and educational outreach, as well as through collaborations with Harlems other arts organizations, schools and cultural institutions. The Harlem Chamber Players bring live music to underserved audiences, promote shared community cultural engagement, and provide opportunities for classically trained musicians of color. The Harlem Chamber Players 2024-2025 season included the following concerts, educational programs, and other appearances: August 24, 2024: Final Fantasy at Town Hall August 30 & 31, 2024: ETHEL & Friends Series at The Met September 27, 2024: Iconic Classics | Season Opening Concert at Broadway Presbyterian Church October 24, 2024: Music by Tania Len, Frederick Tillis, and Trevor Weston at Harlem School of the Arts November 18, 2024: Composers Now | Cheswatyr Commissions Concert at The Forum November 22, 2024: Annual Bach Concert at Miller Theatre at Columbia University December 18, 2024: Wind Quintet Education Program at Brooklyn New School February 1, 2025: Music by Tillis and Montgomery at Newark School of the Arts February 9, 2025 Black History Month Concert at Brooklyn Public Library February 11, 2025 Black History Month Concert at the New York Institute for Special Education February 13, 2025 17th Annual Black History Month Celebration at the Schomburg Center March 21, 2025: Wind Quintet Education Program at PS 036 Margaret Douglas March 24, 2025: 4th Annual Women of the Movements Concert at The Lee C. Bollinger Forum at Columbia University March 27, 2025: Educational Concert with the students at St. Benedicts Preparatory School in Newark, NJ April 1, 2025: Educational Concert at Arts High School in Newark, NJ April 4, 2025: Amherst College Presents The Harlem Chamber Players with David Krakauer April 18 & 19, 2025: ETHEL & Friends Series at The Met Museum May 3, 2025: The 2nd Annual Uptown Downbeat Youth Showcase at St. Paul & St. Andrew May 7, 2025: An Evening with Tania Len - Fundraiser May 15, 2025: World Premieres of Latin Composers at Aaron Davis Hall at City College May 20, 2025: The Peggy Rockefeller Concert Series Presents The Harlem Chamber Players at July 20, 2025: Pre-Show At The Classical Theatre of Harlems Memnon All these programs were curated by the Artistic and Associate Directors, along with our Artistic Advisors and musicians.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 67% 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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 52
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46.1%; rating input score 46
- Program expense ratio: 66%; rating input score 66
- Fundraising efficiency: $10 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 31.2%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 21.5%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 46.1% of revenue deployed · 66% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $409K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $95K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.