West Shore Chorale

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237001453
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Lakewood, OH, USA
Phone
4402410914
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$42,717
Expenses
$52,915
Assets
$45,540
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Meghan Ghrist (President)
  • Gloria Homolak (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Michael Lisi (Artistic Director)
  • Debra DeCarlo (Treasurer)
  • Meghan Ghrist (President)

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

Arts Organization

What it reported doing in 2024

Community concerts and musical education opportunities for members, including a holiday concert and a spring major works concert. Additional Summer and Winter Community Sings offer community members the free opportunity to join West Shore Chorale members in singing music provided to the group. Rehearsals take place from September through May and provide the membership the benefit of a community of musicians with whom to sing and socialize. WSC occasionally provides opportunities for the group and friend to socialize outside of the rehearsal environment.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: -23.9%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 34.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $53K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.