Virginia Childrens Chorus

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
541652996
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Norfolk, VA, USA
Phone
7574409100
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$168,486
Expenses
$168,486
Assets
$116,725
Liabilities
$60,548

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Anthony Sparagno (President Board of Directors)
  • Grace Parkinson (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Anthony Sparagno (President Board of Directors)
  • Ajee Church (Director)
  • Emily Dale (Director)

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

Choral instruction and performance programs for children.

What it reported doing in 2024

VCC served 77 students during the 2024-25 season, which was our 33rd season. We had a full season of performances including concerts with the I. Sherman Greene Chorale, Virginia Symphony, the Governor's School for the Arts, Portsmouth Public Schools, the Virginia Choral Society, and the Birmingham Boys Choir during their tour of the east coast. We also performed at Colonial Williamsburg's Grand Illumination. Our own productions included Harvest of Song and Celebration of Song. In early summer, we had a tour choir of 22 students go to Great Britain, where we performed at the Bath Abbey, visited London and performed with the Southend Boys and Girls Choirs. We provided scholarships to 15 of our students or 19% of the enrollment. The scholarships totaled $6,830 and ranged from 20% to 75% of the full tuition.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.7%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 78.5%; rating input score 79

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: 0%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.7% of revenue deployed · 78.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $132K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.