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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHATTANOOGA BOYS CHOIR.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 13 December 2024. 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.

Program services expenses
$252,068 changed to $235,580
Management and general expenses
$44,183 changed to $60,671
Program service expenses (Part III)
$252,068 changed to $235,580

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Dawn Oakes

Listed only on the later return

  • Vincent Oakes

Listed under a different title

  • Jennifer Funk: TREASURER then DIRECTOR
  • Joel Denton: DIRECTOR then TREASURER

Totals

Total revenue
$317,424
Total expenses
$296,251
Contributions and grants received
$117,896
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$171,325
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$28,203
Total assets, end of year
$136,511
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,141
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$130,370
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$252,068
Management and general expenses
$44,183
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$252,068

Program services were 85.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $101,030

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $16,866

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TOUR AND TRAINING CAMP

    total $108,680 · related or exempt $108,680

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TUITION - REGULAR

    total $55,090 · related or exempt $55,090

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CONCERTS AND PERFORMAN

    total $7,555 · related or exempt $7,555

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $28,149

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $28,149 · excluded $28,149

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $54 · related or exempt $54

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $54

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $14,573 · management and general $14,573

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $117,164 · program services $117,164

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,744 · program services $1,744

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,022 · program services $7,022

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,161 · management and general $5,161

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,921 · program services $2,650 · management and general $271

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $262 · management and general $262

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,695 · program services $2,607 · management and general $10,088

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,390 · program services $467 · management and general $1,923

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,275 · program services $11,275

  • 17 · Travel

    total $97,991 · program services $97,946 · management and general $45

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,602 · program services $1,182 · management and general $420

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,389 · management and general $5,389

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,990 · management and general $5,990

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM CURRICULUM & SU

    total $9,492 · program services $9,431 · management and general $61

  • 24b · Other expenses: RECRUITING

    total $580 · program services $580

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $108,819 · end of year $130,642

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $390 · end of year $800

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

    $35,333

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

    $30,364

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,358 · end of year $4,969

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,978 · end of year $100

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,370 · end of year $3,572

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $13,978 · end of year $2,569

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $109,197 · end of year $130,370

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO POSTIVELY INFLUENCE AND DEVELOP THE LIVES OF BOYS BY PROVIDING A MUSIC PROGRAM OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY WHICH INCLUDES EDUCATION, APPRECIATION, AND PERFORMANCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO POSITIVELY INFLUENCE AND DEVELOP THE LIVES OF BOYS BY PROVIDING A MUSIC PROGRAM OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY WHICH INCLUDES EDUCATION, APPRECIATION, AND PERFORMANCE.

  • MUSIC EDUCATION - THE CHOIR'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM PREPARES ITS CHORISTERS FOR LIFELONG PARTICIPATION IN MUSIC MAKING AND THE CHORAL ARTS, IN ADDITION TO INSTRUCTION DURING WEEKLY REHEARSALS, STUDENTS UTILIZE THE CHOIR'S COMPUTER MUSIC THEORY LAB AND CUSTOM TAILORED MUSICIANSHIP CURRICULUM TO LEARN BOTH BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS AND ADVANCED MUSICAL CONCEPTS. AS PART OF ITS EDUCATIONAL AIMS, THE CHOIR HOSTS IN SERVICE CLINICS FOR LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MUSIC TEACHERS AND SERVES AS A TRAINING GROUND FOR COLLEGIATE INTERNS IN BOTH MUSIC EDUCATION AND NON PROFIT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS. THE CHOIR ALSO REGULARLY PRESENTS WORKSHOPS AND CLINICS FOR UNIVERSITY MUSIC METHODS COURSES, CHORAL MUSIC AND MUSIC EDUCATION CONFERENCE, AND CHURCH MUSIC TRAINING EVENTS.

    Expenses $154,122 · Revenue $55,090

  • TOURING AND SUMMER MUSIC CAMP - THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS A WEEK-LONG SUMMER CAMP IN JULY ON THE CAMPUS OF THE BAYLOR SCHOOL. PARTICIPANTS IN GRADES 3-12 TAKE PART IN CLASSES IN MUSIC THEORY, MUSICIANSHIP, COMPOSITION, GUITAR, UKULELE, VISUAL ART, RECREATION, TEAM BUILDING AND SWIMMING IN ADDITION TO DAILY CHORAL REHEARSALS. ALSO IN THE SUMMER, CHORISTERS IN GRADES 5-12 PARTICIPATE IN A PERFORMANCE TOUR OF VARYING LOCATIONS AND DURATIONS. MOST RECENTLY, THE CHOIR TOURED JOINTLY WITH THE CHATTANOOGA CHORAL SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SONG TO FOUR CITIES IN THE SOUTH, WITH PERFORMANCES CENTERED AROUND MUSIC OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. RECENT TOURS INCLUDE COSTA RICA, THE PICCOLO SPOLETO FESTIVAL IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND CARNEGIE HALL IN NEW YORK CITY.

    Expenses $97,946 · Revenue $108,680

  • PERFORMANCE - IN A TYPICAL YEAR, THE CHATTANOOGA BOYS CHOIR MAKES OVER30 APPEARANCES LOCALLY AND AS PART OF ITS SUMMER TOUR. ANNUAL PERFORMANCES INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY SING FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE, HAMILTON SINGS, THE CHOIR'S OWN TENOR-BASS CHORAL FESTIVAL, A WINTER CONCERT, THE SIMMONS O'NEAL MEMORIAL CONCERT, SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS HOME OPENER, A TRAINING CHOIR'S RECITAL, PERFORMANCES AT HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND THE FINALE! SPRING CONCERT. IN ADDITION TO THESE ANNUAL APPEARANCES, EACH YEAR INCLUDE COLLABORATIVE CONCERTS WITH COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER THEMED CONCERTS (MUSIC OF THE BRITISH INVASION, MUSIC OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, SONGS OF FLIGHT AS EXAMPLES)

    Revenue $7,555

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Hugh Prevost

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Angel Ulmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chris Foster

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lee Ann Adams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joel Denton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Funk

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alishea Hixson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Valarie McGee

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rhea Ann Weaver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jordan Hicks

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bill Kennedy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dawn Oakes

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $14,573
    From this org
    $14,573
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
1 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403209349316235

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