Washington Master Chorale Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271102811
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2025968934
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Singing, Choral
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $192,750
- Expenses
- $251,598
- Assets
- $48,173
- Liabilities
- $1,079
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
People named in this filing
- Wendy Fibison (Chair)
- Martha Ellison (Vice Chair)
- David Stetson (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
In FY 2025, Washington Master Chorale presented three mainstage concerts of high quality choral music, including the premiere of a new work by Florence Price Commission Competition winner, Shavon Lloyd. In celebration of its 15th anniversary, WMC presented a well received and widely praised performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff's monumental All-Night Vigil Op. 37. Alongside these mainstage concerts, the Chorale presented a chamber concert in partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center. In December 2024, WMC was featured on WETA's Songs of the Season choral showcase.
What it reported doing in 2024
In FY2024, Washington Master Chorale presented three mainstage concerts of high quality choral music, including the premiere of a new work by inaugural Florence Price Commission Competition winner, Mason Bynes. Alongside these mainstage concerts, the Chorale presented numerous chamber concerts, partnering with organizations such as Dupont Underground and Boulanger Initiative. A live concert recording of WMC's March 2023 concert was presented on WETA's Choral Showcase program in Febraury of 2024.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 78% 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
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: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 83.7%; rating input score 84
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: -30.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 83.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $211K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.