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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GALA CHORUSES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,489,701
Total expenses
$2,315,103
Contributions and grants received
$566,081
Grants paid
$209,291
Program service revenue
$2,073,539
Investment income
$52,626
Other revenue
$797,455
Total assets, end of year
$1,228,567
Total liabilities, end of year
$74,696
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,153,871
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,058,033
Management and general expenses
$211,941
Fundraising expenses
$45,129
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,058,033

Program services were 88.9% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $73,873

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $492,208

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $25,398

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Registration fees

    total $2,073,539 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $52,626 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $33,250

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

    $106,479

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $58,940

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$25,690 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $318,969

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $118,598

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $200,371 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Corporate sponsorship

    total $159,831 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue: Ticket sales

    total $136,739 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11c · Other revenue: Integra Planner licensing

    total $12,083 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $314,121 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $622,774

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $35,246 · program services $35,246

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $174,045 · program services $174,045

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,500 · program services $2,500 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $18,981 · program services $0 · management and general $18,981 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,548 · program services $0 · management and general $3,548 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $438,016 · program services $322,816 · management and general $76,800 · fundraising $38,400

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,267 · program services $0 · management and general $11,267 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,855 · program services $2,523 · management and general $1,332 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,692 · program services $19,494 · management and general $2,198 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $438 · program services $0 · management and general $438 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,863 · program services $0 · management and general $3,863 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $97,911 · program services $87,416 · management and general $10,495 · fundraising $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,415,490 · program services $1,371,976 · management and general $43,514 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,502 · program services $0 · management and general $16,502 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,584 · program services $8,161 · management and general $1,423 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank Service Charges

    total $22,175 · program services $16,098 · management and general $6,077 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Subscriptions and Memberships

    total $18,878 · program services $381 · management and general $11,768 · fundraising $6,729

  • 24c · Other expenses: License Fees

    total $13,620 · program services $13,128 · management and general $492 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,492 · program services $4,249 · management and general $3,243 · fundraising $0

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $165,882 · end of year $151,483

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,417,220 · end of year $907,972

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $48,632 · end of year $67,300

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $89,019 · end of year $59,381

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

    $100,508

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

    $58,077

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $58,003 · end of year $42,431

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $352,024 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,376 · end of year $21,276

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,096,290 · end of year $53,420

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $32,184 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $10,657 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$35,904 · end of year $1,153,871

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,177 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

GALA Choruses is a vibrant and collaborative community organization that supports guides and inspires LGBTQ+ identified choruses and their allies to leverage the liberating power of singing together to create a more harmonious and equitable society for all.

Activities or mission (Part I)

GALA Choruses leads the North American gay choral movement. We assist emerging choruses and facilitate networking and training for established groups. Our signature event is our quadrennial festival which brings together over 150 choruses and 7000 singers for the worlds largest LGBTQ choral event.

  • GALA produces a quadrennial music festival for its member choruses which attracts over 150 performing arts groups with nearly 7000 singers. The most recent festival was held in Minneapolis in July 2024.

    Expenses $1,938,152 · Grants $209,291 · Revenue $3,368,044

  • GALA produces a Leadership Symposium annually except in the year of festival.

    Expenses $429

  • GALA provides a free consulting service for its member choruses referred to as the GALA 411 program. The advisors available under the program are highly experienced individuals in the areas of artistic excellence board and other administrative matters and equity access and belonging programs. The consultants are available for phone or virtual consultations or in-person meetings or retreats. GALA pays for the adivsors time; if travel is required the member chorus pays for the travel and lodging expenses. During 2023 eleven of our member choruses utilized the 411 program.

    Expenses $36,637

  • Other programs includes an extensive online resource center a new member chorus support program and a youth services program.

    Expenses $82,815

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Maria Elena Grant

    President

    Total calculated
    $2,500
    From this org
    $2,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Justin Fyala

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael McDonald

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jeff Smith

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jeff Chapdelaine

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Karen Lane

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joseph Nadeau

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Oscar Urtusastegui

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Steve Milloy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Dean

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kristen Stinnett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carol Paskulin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Abdullah Hall

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brayton Bollenbacher

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Miriam Davidson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tim Blanchard-Modisette

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eric Dickerson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

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Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
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