Whatcom Chorale

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 911386685
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2022–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024
Location: Bellingham, WA, USA
Phone: 2063999462
Rating: 45
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Singing, Choral

Reported finances

Revenue: $57,871
Expenses: $56,492
Assets: $75,005

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

ERIC MORGAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

ERIC MORGAN (PRESIDENT)
KRISTI CHAMPAGNE (VICE PRESIDE)
JAMES CHEATLE (TREASURER)

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

Perform concerts for the public; music education

What it reported doing in 2024

Whatcom chorale celebrates the joyful wonder of christmas, including benjamin britten's ceremony of carols and conrad susa's carols and lullabies. The concert was attened by 325 people at st paul's episcopal church in bellingham.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 71% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 14
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 40
Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 14.3%; rating input score 14
Program expense ratio: 14.7%; rating input score 15

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: 2.4%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.33; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 43.9%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -66% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 14.3% of revenue deployed · 14.7% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $8K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 14/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.