Washington Womens Chorus Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 521994731
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2011–2012
Forms available: Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2012
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Phone: 2022447367
Rating: 33
Verdict: REVIEW
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Singing, Choral

Reported finances

Revenue: $5,950
Expenses: $11,570
Assets: $2,816

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the Washington Women's Chorus is to give voice to the great variety of music written for women's voices by performing works ranging from the 12th century chants of Abbess Hildegard von Bingen, to compositions by Vivaldi and Brahms, to new works by American and international composers.

What it reported doing in 2012

Our 2012-2013 season opened in October with a visit to a nursing home to sing to the residents. We then had began preparing for a holiday concert but our membership had dwindled to an untenable size and we canceled the concert. We went on hiatus until June 2013 when the Board elected to shut the Chorus down. We had paid for our concert space and the fee was nonrefundable so we donated the space to our accompanist to hold a recital.

Operating model

Revenue model: Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 0
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 9
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -94.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

Program expense growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -43.9% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -45.8% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 2 filing years from 2011 to 2012
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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.