Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,841,623

Total expenses

$2,624,576

Contributions and grants received

$1,422,314

Grants paid

$509,500

Program service revenue

$264,522

Investment income

$42,453

Other revenue

$112,334

Total assets, end of year

$2,916,904

Total liabilities, end of year

$48,455

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,868,449

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,967,543

Management and general expenses

$375,621

Fundraising expenses

$281,412

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,967,543

Program services were 75.0% 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 · 2024

• MEMBERSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS - CHORUS AMERICA SUPPORTS AND SERVES CHORUSES AND CHORAL LEADERS WITH TRAINING, PEER NETWORKING, AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES SO THAT CHORUSES ARE BETTER ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. CHORUS AMERICA'S APPROXIMATELY 6,000 MEMBERS INCLUDE CHORAL ORGANIZATIONS, CONDUCTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND SINGERS, PRIMARILY LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. CHORUS AMERICA PUBLISHES ARTICLES AND RESOURCES FOR THE CHORAL FIELD THROUGH ITS WEBSITE, E-NEWSLETTERS, AND THE MEMBER MAGAZINE THE VOICE, AS WELL AS RESEARCH INCLUDING THE CHORUS OPERATIONS SURVEY AND THE CHORUS IMPACT STUDY REPORT. MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES ACCESS TO A SECURE ONLINE COMMUNITY WHOSE ALMOST 5,000 MEMBERS CAN CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH EACH OTHER TO SHARE EXPERTISE AND COLLABORATE.

  Expenses $518,567

• PROJECTS - CHORUS AMERICA'S PROJECTS PROVIDE HANDS-ON, COLLABORATIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR MEMBERS IN BOTH MANAGEMENT AND ARTISTIC ROLES. IN JUNE 2025, CHORUS AMERICA HELD AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ST. LOUIS, MO, GATHERING 300 ATTENDEES FOR 3 DAYS OF NETWORKING, LEARNING FROM OVER 25 SPEAKERS, AND WATCHING LOCAL CHOIRS PERFORM. AT THAT CONFERENCE AND CONTINUING VIRTUALLY UNTIL AUGUST 13TH, CHORUS AMERICA LAUNCHED THE CHORAL EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. 5 EXPERT FACULTY WORKED WITH A COHORT OF 9 LEADERS TO AMPLIFY THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP SKILLS. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAM.CHORUS AMERICA OFFERED THE CHORAL-ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING ACADEMY JULY 7-13 IN FULLERTON, CA, FOR CHORAL CONDUCTORS LOOKING TO EXPAND THEIR SKILLS CONDUCTING ORCHESTRA. 24 PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPATED IN WEBINARS, CONDUCTING WORKSHOPS, PRIVATE LESSONS, AND NETWORKING LED BY A 5-MEMBER FACULTY. CHORUS AMERICA ALSO GATHERED AN AFFINITY GROUP OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF THEIR LARGEST BUDGET CHORUSES, WHICH DOUBLED IN SIZE FROM 30 TO 60 PARTICIPANTS, FOR VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN JANUARY 2025 AND IN-PERSON AT CONFERENCE IN JUNE 2025.

  Expenses $939,476

• MUSIC EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP GRANT PROGRAM - CHORUS AMERICA'S MUSIC EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP GRANTS ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO CHORAL SINGING AND SCHOOLS SERVING EARLY CHILDHOOD-12TH GRADE. 23 PARTNERS LOCATED ACROSS THE PROGRAM'S FOUR REGIONS BRITISH COLUMBIA/NORTHWEST U.S., CENTRAL APPALACHIA, SOUTHWEST U.S., AND UPPER MIDWEST WERE SUPPORTED WITH GRANTS RANGING FROM $20,000-25,000 DURING THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR. GRANT PARTNERS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN ONLINE PEER LEARNING AND ATTENDED CHORUS AMERICA'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE.RELATED TO THIS PROGRAM, THE REPORTED DEFICIT REFLECTS TIMING DIFFERENCES FROM A MULTI-YEAR GRANT RECOGNIZED PRIOR TO THE CURRENT REPORTING YEAR, WITH EXPENSES CONTINUING THROUGH AUGUST 2026.

  Expenses $509,500 · Grants $509,500

As filed on the 2024 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. 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

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

• AUGUST HERITAGE CENTER INC

  $25,000

  MUSIC GRANT

• B-NATIONAL ARTS INSTITUTE

  $25,000

  MUSIC GRANT

• COMMUSICATION

  $25,000

  MUSIC GRANT

• ABQ CORO LUX

  $22,500

  MUSIC GRANT

• LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY

  $22,500

  MUSIC GRANT

• BORDER CROSSING

  $22,500

  MUSIC GRANT

• COMPAS INC

  $22,500

  MUSIC GRANT

• MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

  $22,500

  MUSIC GRANT

• SNS CHOIRS

  $22,500

  MUSIC GRANT

• REFUGEE CHOIR PROJECT

  $22,500

  MUSIC GRANT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

10 February 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202630489349301808

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