Vivace Childrens Chorus Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 994143775
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Silver Spring, MD, USA
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Singing, Choral
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $18,351
- Expenses
- $15,715
- Assets
- $2,636
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- John Stevenson (Board Chair)
- Eric Stone (Treasurer)
- Jeffrey Mund (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
The purpose of Vivace Childrens Chorus is to provide a vibrant music education program where children will have the opportunity to develop their vocal talents acquire crucial musicianship skills perform and establish meaningful connections with other young musicians.
What it reported doing in 2024
Vivace participated in three concerts their first season. The first concert was titled Abound on November 16 2024 and it was in collaboration with the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra and the Arlington Chorale. The 17 children of Vivace performed in Carmina Burana by Carl Orff for an audience of almost 1,000 people. The second concert was titled Winter Concert on December 15 2024 and featured seasonal songs in Latin Swahili and English. The third concert was titled Voices in Bloom on May 9 2025 and featured a guest artist VaShawn McIlwain-Lightfoot who performed Ol Man River as a solo and sang two songs with the children: This Little Light of Mine and Love Is Love Is Love by Abbie Betinis. The children also performed several short songs on their own. Both the concerts in December and May had an audience of approximately 100 people with 18 performers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 72% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.6%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.4%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.