Northwest Choirs: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 23-7409990)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$797K
FY2021	$921K
FY2022	$986K
FY2023	$996K
FY2024	$1.1M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$726K
FY2021	$830K
FY2022	$1.0M
FY2023	$1.1M
FY2024	$1.2M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$986K
FY2021	$1.1M
FY2022	$1.0M
FY2023	$935K
FY2024	$766K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 1974.

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

Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

69%

30%

Program services 69% · $501K Management & general 30% · $215K Fundraising 1% · $11K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $241K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Maria Johnson

Executive Director

$129,469Pt VII · Sec A

Joseph Crnko

Music Director

$112,020Pt VII · Sec A

Susie Frazier

Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

George Birchfield

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Peter Constable

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Marcia Murray

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mark Gargett

President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Almodine Thompson

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jacob Winkler’s $88K as Music Director is at the 23rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Maria Johnson	$74,025	$132,260	$127,740	$140,029	$129,469
Joseph Crnko	—	—	$93,169	$123,228	$112,020
Jacob Winkler	$87,550	$85,000	$52,678	—	—

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Provides musical education, training, and performance opportunities for young people.

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1 program · $501K · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

Northwest choirs committed to slowing the spread of COVID-19 by indefinitely canceling in-person rehearsals and performances, but we never stopped making music together. Our choristers in the northwest boychoir and vocalpoint!

$501Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2024

American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$42K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$39K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$36K

Treeline FoundationFY2024$10K

Reed Foundation INCFY2024$5K

Anne R & R Harper Brown FdnFY2024$1K

Total grants receivedfrom 6 funders$133K

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Grants paid · 3 grants · $126K · 2020–2022

Unitemized GrantFY2022$37,523

Unitemized GrantFY2021$41,154

Unitemized GrantFY2020$47,756

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$797K

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$433K

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$350K

Investment incomeLn 3$27K

Money outPt IX

$726K

Ln 25

Programscol B$501K

Managementcol C$215K

Fundraisingcol D$11K

Owns and owesPt X

$986K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$271K

Total assetsLn 16$1.2M

LiabilitiesLn 26$189K

PeoplePt VI, VII

13

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a9

IndependentVI 1b9

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$350K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$37K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$27K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$433K

Investment incomeLn 3$27K

Gains on assetsLn 7$24K

Total revenueLn 12$797K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$101K

SavingsLn 2$170K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$271K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$129K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$697K

Other assetsLn 15$8K

Total assetsLn 16$1.2M

LiabilitiesLn 26$189K

Net assetsLn 32$986K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 518

VolunteersI 6474

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$118K	$271K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$98K	$129K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$650K	$697K
Total assetsLn 16	$956K	$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$23K	$189K
Net assetsLn 32	$933K	$986K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$48K	$48K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$286K	$177K	$101K	$9K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$129K	$79K	$49K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$31K	$19K	$11K	$308
Accounting feesLn 11c	$7K		$7K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$1K		$1K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$2K	$2K	$298
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$5K	$5K
Office expensesLn 13	$30K	$26K	$3K	$420
Information technologyLn 14	$17K		$17K
OccupancyLn 16	$14K	$3K	$10K	$684
TravelLn 17	$2K	$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$40K	$33K	$6K
InsuranceLn 23	$8K	$5K	$3K	$307
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$108K	$103K	$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$726K	$501K	$215K	$11K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$1.1M	$1.2M	−$142K	$766K	990 PDF
FY2023	$996K	$1.1M	−$70K	$935K	990 PDF
FY2022	$986K	$1.0M	−$37K	$1.0M	990 PDF
FY2021	$921K	$830K	$91K	$1.1M	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$797K	$726K	$71K	$986K	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

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Part I · Summary $796,533 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $339,766$349,790

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $902,597$432,603

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $8,349$26,727

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$5,789−$12,587

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,244,923$796,533

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $62,246$47,756

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $509,952$445,580

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $631,389$232,428

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,203,587$725,764

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $41,336$70,769

Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9

VI-1b Independent voting members9

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $796,533 across 10 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $3,695 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1c Fundraising events$26,649

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$323,141

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$37,225

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$349,790

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $432,603$432,603

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,359$2,359

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $1,290$1,290

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $24,368$24,368

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$17,572−$17,572

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $432,603 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $14,140$796,533

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $725,764 across 15 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $47,756$47,756

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $176,590 · Management $100,559 · Fundraising $8,912$286,061

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $79,341 · Management $49,392$128,733

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $19,087 · Management $11,391 · Fundraising $308$30,786

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $7,295$7,295

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $1,063$1,063

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,576 · Management $298$1,874

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,123$5,123

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $25,700 · Management $3,456 · Fundraising $420$29,576

IX-14 Information technologyManagement $17,444$17,444

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,738 · Management $10,268 · Fundraising $684$13,690

IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,693$1,693

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $33,188 · Management $6,321$39,509

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,821 · Management $2,525 · Fundraising $307$7,653

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $103,016 · Management $4,492$107,508

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $500,629 · Management $214,504 · Fundraising $10,631$725,764

Part X · Balance sheet $1,174,816 assets, 16 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $112,960$101,048

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $5,163$170,185

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $60,983$50,314

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $11,732$11,727

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,632$8,189

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $650,182$696,811

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $98,326$128,974

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $7,568$7,568

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $955,546$1,174,816

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $21,898$93,940

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,000$1,000

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$94,100

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $22,898$189,040

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $932,648$985,776

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $932,648$985,776

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $955,546$1,174,816

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $985,776 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$796,533

XI-2 Total expenses$725,764

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$70,769

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$932,648

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$17,641

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$985,776

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Northwest Choirs FY2020 filing

Before you give

Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Northwest Choirs

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV