The Manhattan Choral Ensemble Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 020643034
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6465148885
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Singing, Choral
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $41,472
- Expenses
- $41,737
- Assets
- $25,718
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID ERBACH (VICE PRESIDENT AND GM OF CHOIR)
- ADAM GUZIK (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- EVELYN CHU (TREASURER)
- THOMAS CUNNINGHAM (DIRECOTR OF CHOIR)
- DAVID ERBACH (VICE PRESIDENT AND GM OF CHOIR)
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 mce is a 40-50 voice choir committed to the highest level of artistry and to the accessible and passionate performance of an internationally and historically varied repertoire. Dedicated to the constructive public endeavor of
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization performs various mixed a cappella choir and choir with orchestra, including works commissioned by and given their world premieres by the mce. Performances are held throughout manhattan and beyond.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.4%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 87.8%; rating input score 88
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.6%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.8%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.4% of revenue deployed · 87.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.