VOCALESSENCE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A680

Classification

1200

Street

1900 NICOLLET AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• GROVELAND EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF INC

  EIN 41-1933266

• IFCM-US

  EIN 46-1198486

• STEVENS SQUARE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION INC

  EIN 41-1253108

Mission and programs · 2024

• ARTISTIC SERIES - THE ARTISTIC SERIES FEATURED 8 CONCERTS INVOLVING OUR 32-MEMBER PROFESSIONAL ENSEMBLE SINGERS, OUR 120-VOICE VOLUNTEER CHORUS, OUR 45-MEMBER TEENAGE CHOIR (SOTA), OUR 60-MEMBER VINTAGE VOICES OLDER ADULT CHOIR, GUEST ARTISTS OF CULTURALLY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, AND PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAL MUSICIANS, ALL LED BY THE VOCALESSENCE ARTISTIC STAFF. THE CONCERTS WERE PERFORMED AT NOTABLE VENUES AROUND THE TWIN CITIES INCLUDING ORDWAY CONCERT HALL, NORTHROP AUDITORIUM, CATHEDRAL OF SAINT PAUL, AND THE AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTE. VOCALESSENCE ALSO COMMISSIONED AND PREMIERED THE WORK OF THREE COMPOSERS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON AND FEATURED SCOTTISH COMPOSER SIR JAMES MACMILLAN IN WEEK-LONG FESTIVAL IN APRIL 2025. EACH CONCERT IS VIDEO RECORDED FOR LATER RELEASE TO SERVE THE DIFFERING PREFERENCES OF OUR AUDIENCE. CONCERT VIDEOS WERE PROFESSIONALLY RECORDED AND EDITED AND HOSTED ON THE VOCALESSENCE WEBSITE FOR FREE VIEWING. 7,560 PEOPLE ATTENDED IN-PERSON CONCERTS; CONCERT VIDEOS RECEIVED 2,700 VIEWS; 48,700 PEOPLE INTERACTED WITH VOCALESSENCE VIA ELECTRONIC AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, AND RADIO BROADCASTS REACHED 1,690,000.

  Expenses $1,085,537 · Revenue $229,324

• LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS - OUR LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS ARE FOCUSED IN SEVERAL AREAS. WITNESS CELEBRATES AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE AND MUSIC, REACHING 3,370 STUDENTS IN 42 SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND ENGAGING THE VOCALESSENCE SINGERS AND 8 WITNESS TEACHING ARTISTS TRAINED IN MUSIC, DANCE, AND THEATER. THE CANTARE PROGRAM CONNECTS MEXICAN COMPOSERS WITH TWIN CITIES METRO AREA SCHOOLS WHERE PARTICIPANTS LEARN ABOUT MEXICAN CULTURE AND MUSIC THROUGH REHEARSING AND PERFORMING NEW CHORAL WORKS. TEACHING RESOURCES AND VIDEOS ARE ALSO MADE AVAILABLE ON A TEACHERS' PORTAL ON THE VOCALESSENCE WEBSITE. OUR VINTAGE VOICES CHOIRS ARE IN THREE LOCATIONS AND ENGAGED 110 OLDER ADULTS THROUGH SIX 13-WEEK SESSIONS OF CREATING, REHEARSING, AND PERFORMING A PROGRAM OF MUSIC, POETRY, AND PERSONAL REFLECTIONS PRESENTED TO AUDIENCES TOTALLING 680 PEOPLE. THE VOCALESSENCE SINGERS OF THIS AGE (SOTA) BRINGS TOGETHER 45 TEENAGE STUDENTS OF DIVERSE CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS FROM 15 HIGH SCHOOLS IN MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL, ST. LOUIS PARK, ROBBINSDALE, AND MAPLEWOOD. 40 WEEKLY REHEARSALS INVOLVE INSTRUCTION IN MUSICIANSHIP, MOVEMENT, CHOREOGRAPHY, DRAMA, LYRICS, AND AN INTRODUCTION TO MULTIPLE MUSICAL STYLES THROUGH GUEST PRESENTERS. SOTA PERFORMED ON ALL VOCALESSENCE ARTISTIC SERIES CONCERTS AS WELL 10 ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES IN THE TWIN CITIES.

  Expenses $284,142

• SPECIAL PROGRAMS -INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN CHORAL PERFORMANCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT, VOCALESSENCE IS ENGAGED IN OTHER SPECIAL PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IN 2024-25, VOCALESSENCE ENGAGED IN 19 ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES, REACHING AN AUDIENCE OF 13,300, AND 3 ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS, REACHING AN AUDIENCE OF 110. ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES INCLUDE MUSIC FESTIVALS, CORPORATE APPEARANCES, FUNDRAISING EVENTS, SENIOR RESIDENCES, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS' PERFORMING SEASONS. VOCALESSENCE ALSO HOSTED MEXICAN CULTURAL AMBASSADORS, VOZ EN PUNTO, FOR A WEEKLONG RESIDENCY IN SEPTEMBER 2024, AND UNDERTOOK A RECORDING SESSION WITH SINGER, COMPOSER, ENTERTAINER, MELANIE DEMORE, CREATING 14 NEW RECORDED TRACKS OF HER MUSIC.

  Expenses $338,742

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,038,892

  Expenses

  $2,194,897

  Contributions

  $1,338,763

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,819,284

  Expenses

  $2,189,915

  Contributions

  $1,432,221

  Grants paid

  $13,500

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,258,659

  Expenses

  $2,094,920

  Contributions

  $2,083,183

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,557,414

  Expenses

  $2,021,361

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,433,658

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,477,310

  Expenses

  $1,778,649

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,226,999

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,927,561

  Expenses

  $1,949,561

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,084,116

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,124,150

  Expenses

  $2,251,932

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,655,642

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,660,220

  Expenses

  $1,940,641

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,670,478

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,271,232

  Expenses

  $1,695,840

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,055,075

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,660,070

  Expenses

  $1,884,123

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,191,916

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,161,333

  Expenses

  $2,013,496

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,566,886

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,045,485

  Expenses

  $1,560,014

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,765,002

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,531,987

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,920,522

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• COMMUNITYGIVING

  $77,000

  2022 · GEN/OPER SUPPORT

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $67,000

  2023 · DONOR-ADVISED, ARTS- CULTURE- HUMANITIES

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $58,221

  2023 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS, OR OTHER PURPOSES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $58,000

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $55,750

  2024 · DONOR ADVISED, ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $34,050

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $31,550

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $30,000

  2023 · TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $28,300

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• COMMUNITYGIVING

  $28,000

  2023 · GEN/OPER SUPPORT

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

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