Voices Boston INC

Tax-deductible

Brookline, MA501(c)(3)Since 1989EducationEIN 04-3304489Revenue $220K in FY2025

On file with the IRSvoicesboston.org40 Webster Pl, 02445-7937 · Brookline, MATax-exempt since Aug 1996Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Empowering the youth of the Boston area with a performing arts education that develops confidence, discipline, leadership & a lifetime love of music

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 20 volunteers and 5 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $7K a year · 3% of revenue · last 3 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $13K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$31K
37% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 37% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$220K
+29% vs prior year
Spent
$202K
To programs
96%
Net assets
$53K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$220K
FY2025▲ +29%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$211K
FY2021$111K
FY2022$252K
FY2023$202K
FY2024$170K
FY2025$220K
Expenses
$202K
FY2025▼ -13%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$219K
FY2021Not on file
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$233K
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$202K
Net assets
$53K
FY2025▲ +50%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$51K
FY2021$34K
FY2022$34K
FY2023$51K
FY2024$36K
FY2025$53K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1996.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $193K Management & general 4% · $9K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kathryn L Dimaria’s $64K as Executive Dir. is at the 56th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kathryn L Dimaria$64,179$55,341$50,000—
Kathryn Dimaria———$46,349

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides performing arts education to Boston youth, building confidence and leadership through music.

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1 program · $193K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Voices Boston is a leading Children's choir organization that exists to enrich the lives of young people in The Boston area

$193Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$13K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$220K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$156K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$63K
Investment incomeLn 3$794
Money outPt IX
$202K
Ln 25
Programscol B$193K
Managementcol C$9K
Owns and owesPt X
$53K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$54K
Total assetsLn 16$85K
LiabilitiesLn 26$31K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$63K
Government grantsLn 1e$27K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$156K
Investment incomeLn 3$794
Other incomeLn 4–11$321
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$220K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$27K
SavingsLn 2$27K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$54K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$489
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$85K
LiabilitiesLn 26$31K
Net assetsLn 32$53K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$62K$54K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$799$489
Total assetsLn 16$84K$85K
LiabilitiesLn 26$48K$31K
Net assetsLn 32$36K$53K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$112K$112K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$9K$9K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$17K$17K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$143$143
Office expensesLn 13$2K$1K$483
Information technologyLn 14$6K$2K$4K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$26K$26K
TravelLn 17$18K$18K$82
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$310$310
InsuranceLn 23$2K$1K$715
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$7K$6K$754
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$202K$193K$9K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $220K$202K$18K$53K 990 PDF
FY2024 $170K$36K 990 PDF
FY2023 $202K$233K−$31K$51K 990 PDF
FY2022 $252K$34K 990 PDF
FY2021 $111K$34K 990 PDF
FY2020 $211K$219K−$9K$51K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $219,822 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $26,895$62,954
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $143,460$155,753
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $709$794
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$617$321
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $170,447$219,822
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $112,738$121,528
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $73,401$80,543
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $186,139$202,071
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$15,692$17,751
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $219,822 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $321 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$27,200
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$35,754
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$62,954
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $155,753$155,753
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $794$794
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $156,074 · Excluded from tax $794$219,822
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $202,071 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $112,449$112,449
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,079$9,079
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $3,200$3,200
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $16,967$16,967
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $143$143
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,046 · Management $483$1,529
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,243 · Management $3,505$5,748
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $25,686$25,686
IX-17 TravelPrograms $18,199 · Management $82$18,281
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $310$310
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,072 · Management $715$1,787
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $6,138 · Management $754$6,892
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $193,332 · Management $8,739 · Fundraising $0$202,071
Part X · Balance sheet $84,539 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $35,942$26,799
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $26,353$27,148
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$12,500
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $19,739$15,683
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,000$1,000
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$920
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $799$489
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $83,833$84,539
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $9,331$9,836
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $38,795$21,245
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $48,126$31,081
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $35,707$53,458
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $35,707$53,458
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $83,833$84,539
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $53,458 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$219,822
XI-2 Total expenses$202,071
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$17,751
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$35,707
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$53,458

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