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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by UNITING VOICES.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,242,493
Total expenses
$5,850,949
Contributions and grants received
$5,544,181
Grants paid
$52,528
Program service revenue
$1,546,365
Investment income
$57,513
Other revenue
$94,434
Total assets, end of year
$7,199,048
Total liabilities, end of year
$444,131
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,754,917
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,068,633
Management and general expenses
$798,041
Fundraising expenses
$984,275
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,068,633

Program services were 69.5% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,578,743

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $107,150

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,858,288

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,699,464

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION & OTHER FEES

    total $942,635 · related or exempt $942,635

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TOUR FEES

    total $370,764 · related or exempt $370,764

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CONCERT & PROGRAM FEES

    total $232,966 · related or exempt $232,966

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $109,637 · excluded $109,637

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,088,566

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $5,140,690

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$52,124

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$52,124 · excluded -$52,124

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $641,143

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,578,743

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $559,270

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $81,873 · excluded $81,873

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $12,561 · excluded $12,561

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $12,561

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $52,528 · program services $52,528

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $906,247 · program services $428,268 · management and general $254,561 · fundraising $223,418

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,845,924 · program services $1,458,308 · management and general $66,123 · fundraising $321,493

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $31,970 · program services $27,360 · management and general $99 · fundraising $4,511

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $99,058 · program services $68,395 · management and general $8,015 · fundraising $22,648

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $199,708 · program services $137,527 · management and general $22,630 · fundraising $39,551

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,046 · management and general $4,046

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,200 · management and general $27,200

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $11,655 · management and general $11,655

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $516,108 · program services $217,537 · management and general $206,120 · fundraising $92,451

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $82,328 · management and general $82,328

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $257,891 · program services $150,052 · management and general $32,906 · fundraising $74,933

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $95,034 · program services $53,695 · management and general $11,807 · fundraising $29,532

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $71,515 · program services $62,785 · management and general $4,034 · fundraising $4,696

  • 17 · Travel

    total $30,496 · program services $22,510 · management and general $1,401 · fundraising $6,585

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $109,660 · program services $4,476 · management and general $33,583 · fundraising $71,601

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,712 · program services $1,865 · management and general $310 · fundraising $537

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $55,836 · program services $38,403 · management and general $6,375 · fundraising $11,058

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $28,893 · program services $18,143 · management and general $5,990 · fundraising $4,760

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTIONS & EVENTS

    total $631,862 · program services $631,862

  • 24b · Other expenses: TOUR EXPENSE

    total $400,045 · program services $400,045

  • 24c · Other expenses: UNIFORMS & CHORAL SUPPL

    total $288,232 · program services $288,232

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER FUNDRAISING EXP

    total $70,563 · fundraising $70,563

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $31,438 · program services $6,642 · management and general $18,858 · fundraising $5,938

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $353,869 · end of year $283,737

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $603,691 · end of year $179,077

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,410,952 · end of year $2,508,271

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $50,203 · end of year $83,923

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $70,472 · end of year $150,959

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $465,715

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $236,327

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $258,037 · end of year $229,388

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,850,296 · end of year $3,650,639

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $47,188 · end of year $50,443

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $62,611

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $118,181 · end of year $107,165

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $392,310 · end of year $272,689

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $64,277

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,822,647 · end of year $2,786,630

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,311,570 · end of year $3,968,287

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO INSPIRE AND CHANGE LIVES THROUGH MUSIC.

Activities or mission (Part I)

UNITING VOICES' MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AND CHANGE LIVES THROUGH MUSIC.

  • THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIR PROGRAM PROVIDES AFTER-SCHOOL, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE MUSIC EDUCATION TO STUDENTS AGES 6-18 IN 12 COMMUNITIES. THESE SINGERS MEANINGFULLY CONNECT WITH PEERS ACROSS THE CITY AND BEYOND, LEARN MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FROM MANY GENRES AND CULTURES, ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE ABOUT THE HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT OF MUSIC AND PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL-LEVEL PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $1,848,820 · Grants $37,003 · Revenue $839,767

  • THE SCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDES CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE MUSIC EDUCATION TO STUDENTS AGES 8-14 WITHIN THEIR OWN SCHOOL. THESE SINGERS LEARN VOCAL MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FROM MANY GENRES AND CULTURES, BASIC MUSICIANSHIP AND PERFORMANCE SKILLS AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN CITY-WIDE, PROFESSIONAL-LEVEL PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $1,225,954 · Revenue $366,458

  • VOICE OF CHICAGO IS UNITING VOICES' PREMIER ENSEMBLE, COMPRISED OF SINGERS AGES 14-18 WHO REFLECT THE CITY'S RICH CULTURAL DIVERSITY. VOICE OF CHICAGO SINGERS RECEIVE 5-12 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION WEEKLY, AND HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH PEERS THEY MAY NOT OTHERWISE MEET, COLLABORATE WITH WORLD-CLASS ARTISTS, PARTICIPATE IN HIGH PROFILE PERFORMANCES, TOUR NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AND BUILD LEADERSHIP SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE.

    Expenses $993,859 · Grants $15,525 · Revenue $340,140

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Koo

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Patrick Boehmer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ellen-Blair Chube

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Himal Agarwal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Ashworth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracey Benford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heiji Black

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Monica Carney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Caroline Dettman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Egwele

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suzanne El-Moursi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Theo Epstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Fealy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jude Fernandes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ebba Gebisa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jacqueline Griesdorn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christina Hatherly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Hawwa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Haxer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellee Pai Hong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yusef Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rob Katz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Kibler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erin Lane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deneese Walia Levin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Marie Lipinski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donielle McCutcheon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Meyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kala Moynihan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Nemeroff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Parr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Pearse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Roan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Renee Salomon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Shanahan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kanwar Singh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Steele

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Stern

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Teplitsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eduardo Valdes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Vandenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ron Weiss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven Won

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josephine Lee

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $300,213
    From this org
    $287,513
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,700
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $287,513
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,700
    Filer's total
    $300,213
  • Rachel Lefevre-Snee

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $151,310
    From this org
    $142,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,541
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,769
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,041
    Filer's total
    $151,310
  • Amy Tinucci

    VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $122,633
    From this org
    $119,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,633
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jocelyn Smith

    HEAD OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $102,363
    From this org
    $94,609
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,754
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kelly Fekety

    VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $110,845
    From this org
    $106,425
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,420
    Hours/week
    40
  • Judy Hanson

    SENIOR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $111,675
    From this org
    $104,041
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,634
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
7 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202440409349301904

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