Form 990 for tax year 2022

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 15 May 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue

$619,219 →changed to $636,252

Total expenses

$626,359 →changed to $631,537

Contributions and grants received

$418,979 →changed to $435,440

Program service revenue

$171,457 →changed to $167,750

Investment income

$12,359 →changed to $12,514

Other revenue

$16,424 →changed to $20,548

Total assets, end of year

$239,135 →changed to $245,990

Total liabilities, end of year

$132,000 →changed to $127,000

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$107,135 →changed to $118,990

Program services expenses

$570,262 →changed to $570,055

Management and general expenses

$56,097 →changed to $61,484

Program service expenses (Part III)

$570,262 →changed to $631,538

Totals

Total revenue

$619,219

Total expenses

$626,359

Contributions and grants received

$418,979

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$171,457

Investment income

$12,359

Other revenue

$16,424

Total assets, end of year

$239,135

Total liabilities, end of year

$132,000

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$107,135

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$570,262

Management and general expenses

$56,097

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$570,262

Program services were 91.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• CONCERTS- CANTERBURY VOICES IS A 125-MEMBER VOLUNTEER ADULT CHORUS, PERFORMING IN THE CIVIC CENTER MUSIC HALL. OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY THE OKLAHOMA CITY PHILHARMONIC, CANTERBURY'S GOAL IS TO PRESENT INNOVATIVE, ARTISTIC AND DIVERSE CHORAL MUSIC TO A BROAD AUDIENCE WHILE BUILDING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. EVERY OTHER YEAR, THE ADULT CHORUS TRAVELS INTERNATIONALLY AND HAS PERFORMED IN CHINA, FRANCE, AND MOST RECENTLY IRELAND. CANTERBURY HAS A SMALL ENSEMBLE OF 16 ADULT SINGERS, CANTERBURY TO GO, THAT PERFORMS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR PRIVATE EVENTS, CORPORATE EVENTS,PARTIES, ETC.

  Expenses $546,025 · Revenue $164,170

• EDUCATION - CANTERBURY VOICES ALSO OFFERS CHILDREN IN GRADES 2-12 A CHORAL MUSIC EDUCATION THROUGH THE CANTERBURY YOUTH VOICES PROGRAM. CANTERBURY YOUTH VOICES (CYV) IS CURRICULAR AND PERFORMANCE BASED,PERFORMING AT VARIOUS VENUES LIKE OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY, CHESAPEAKE ARENA SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR THUNDER GAMES, AND ALONGSIDE CANTERBURY'S ADULT CHORUS AT CIVIC CENTER MUSIC HALL. CYV IS TUITION BASED AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE AND OFFERS NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS. MORE THAN 100 CYV SINGERS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO TRAVEL TO NORMANDY, FRANCE IN 2020 TO COMMERMORATE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY.

• MEMBER SERVICES - EACH YEAR, CANTERBURY PROVIDES SERVICES TO ITS MEMBERS. WHEN ADULT SINGERS TAKE A TRIP, CANTERBURY IS MANY TIMES REQUIRED TO PAY THE TRAVEL AGENT DIRECTLY, SO THE CHOIR MEMBERS PAY CANTERBURY TO REIMBURSE THE EXPENSE. WHEN CANTERBURY YOUTH VOICES SINGS AT AN OKC THUNDER BASKETBALL GAME, THE THUNDER REQUIRES THAT THE ORGANIZATION BUY A SET NUMBER OF TICKETS AT A GROUP DISCOUNT. MEMBER FAMILIES CAN PURCHASE THESE TICKETS FROM CANTERBURY TO SUPPORT THE GROUP. ADULT AND YOUTH MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THEIR UNIFORMS. CANTERBURY ORDERS THE UNIFORMS FOR A GROUP DISCOUNT, AND MEMBERS REIMBURSE THIS EXPENSE. CANTERBURY ORDERS PONSETTIAS AS DCOR FOR THE CHRISTMAS CONCERT. CHOIR MEMBERS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THESE POINSETTIAS TO OFFSET ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSE.

  Expenses $24,237 · Revenue $7,287

• FOR 50 YEARS, CANTERBURY VOICES' MISSION HAS BEEN TO TRANSFORM LIVES, EDUCATE THE FUTURE, AND INSPIRE COMMUNITIES THROUGH GREAT CHORAL MUSIC. CANTERBURY WAS ESTABLISHED IN MAY OF 1969 BY MYLES CRISS AND 60 VOLUNTEER SINGERS. CRISS' GOAL WAS TO ESTABLISH A PREMIER CLASSICAL CHORUS IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY. TODAY, CANTERBURY HAS 165 VOLUNTEER ADULT CHORUS MEMBERS AND IS THE PREMIER CHORUS IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA-PERFORMING FOR THE GOVERNOR'S INAUGURATION, OKLAHOMA'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, AND HAS TOURED TO FRANCE, CHINA, IRELAND, AND AUSTRIA. CANTERBURY ALSO OFFERS CHILDREN IN GRADES 2-12 A DIVERSE CHORAL MUSIC EDUCATION WITH THE CANTERBURY YOUTH VOICES EDUCATION PROGRAM AND ANNUAL SUMMER CAMP, CAMP CANTERBURY. CANTERBURY'S ADULT CHORAL PROGRAMMING INCLUDES THREE MASTERWORKS CONCERTS PER FISCAL YEAR AT THE CIVIC CENTER IN DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CITY. CANTERBURY PARTNERS WITH OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA INCLUDING THE OKLAHOMA CITY PHILHARMONIC, OKLAHOMA CITY BALLET, LYRIC THEATRE OF OKLAHOMA, AND THE OKLAHOMA CITY JAZZ ORCHESTRA. IN 2018, CANTERBURY COMMEMORATED A SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY ON NOVEMBER 11. MARKING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMISTICE DAY, CANTERBURY PRESENTED A RARELY-PERFORMED WORK, BENJAMIN BRITTEN'S WAR REQUIEM. THE WORK IS VERY COMPLEX, AND INCLUDED MORE THAN 300 MUSICIANS ON THE STAGE, INCLUDING A LARGE ORCHESTRA, NEARLY 200 CHORISTERS INCLUDING SOME FROM OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY, OUR CANTERBURY YOUTH VOICES CHILDREN'S CHOIR, AND THREE SOLOISTS. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WERE ORIGINAL ANIMATED VISUAL ELEMENTS CREATED BY LOCAL ARTISTS THAT WERE PROJECTED DURING THE CONCERT. THE TRADITIONAL CANTERBURY CHRISTMAS CONCERT IN DECEMBER FEATURED THE FAVORITES OF HOLIDAY MUSIC, A TRADITIONAL CAROL SING-A-LONG WITH THE AUDIENCE AND THE CHARMING SOUNDS OF CANTERBURY YOUTH VOICES. PATRONS WERE INVITED FOR A HOLIDAY RECEPTION AFTER THE CONCERT. THE FINAL SPRING CONCERT ON APRIL 13, 2019, ESPECIALLY COMMEMORATED CANTERBURY'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH AN AUDIENCE FAVORITE, CARMINA BURANA, WITH A LARGE ORCHESTRA. EACH CONCERT BROUGHT IN MORE THAN 1,000 PATRONS AT THE CIVIC CENTER MUSIC HALL IN DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CITY. THIS WAS AN AMBITIOUS SEASON LINE-UP TO COMMEMORATE IMPORTANT ANNIVERSARIES. THE CANTERBURY YOUTH VOICES (CYV) IS A PREMIER CHILDREN'S CHORUS IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY METROPOLITAN AREA, PROVIDING CHILDREN IN GRADES 2-12 AN ADVANCED CHORAL MUSIC EDUCATION FOR 23 YEARS. CYV IS THE MOST AFFORDABLE YOUTH CHORUS IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, WITH AN ANNUAL TUITION PRICE OF 225, WHICH DOESN'T FULLY COVER PROGRAM COSTS. THE BOARD IS PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY NEED THAT THIS PROGRAM MEETS, AND HAS CHALLENGED ITSELF AND THE STAFF TO SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE. CANTERBURY SERVES 204 CHILDREN OF ALL ETHNICITIES AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS WHO LOVE TO SING AND PROVIDES 24 NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS FUNDED BY GENEROUS DONORS. IN 2020, 101 CYV STUDENTS WILL TRAVEL TO NORMANDY, FRANCE TO SING AT THE 76TH ANNUAL D-DAY COMMEMORATION CEREMONIES AS THE "OFFICIAL VOCAL MUSIC UNIT". THIS IS A TREMENDOUS HONOR, AND SPECIAL FUNDRAISING EFFORTS AND FAMILY PAYMENTS WERE INITIATED IN 2018 TO PREPARE FOR THIS TRIP, WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO 2020.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

8 May 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202421359349309977

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