Thomas Circle Singers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521253710
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2022323353
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$157,560
Expenses
$147,378
Assets
$77,707
Liabilities
$5,137

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael Raney (Singers' President (ex-officio))
  • Erin Feng (Executive Director (ex-officio))
  • Elissa Miller-Kay (Executive Director (ex-officio))

People named in this filing

  • Rachel Phillips (Board Co-Chair)
  • Holly Chatham (Board Co-Chair)
  • Monica Rao (Treasurer)

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 enrich the Washington, DC region through impactful musical performances and partnerships with local social services organizations

What it reported doing in 2024

For over 45 years, Thomas Circle Singers has performed live concerts in Washington, D.C. while engaging, collaborating with, and financially supporting D.C. social service organizations. Our concerts are professionally recorded and accessible for free through digital channels including YouTube. Our dual mission, centered on being voices that make a difference, merges the D.C. arts and the social justice communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.5%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 89.2%; rating input score 89

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: 6.5%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.5% of revenue deployed · 89.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $132K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.