Northwest Choirs: FY2023 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 23-7409990)

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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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 · $683K · in their own filed words · FY2023

01

Northwest Choirs

Northwest boychoir & vocalpoint! Seattle is an inclusive and equitable organization annually serving 150+ youth ages 6-18 years of age. Northwest choirs is committed to assisting families with financial aid so all eligible youth may participate fully.

$683Kprogram expense

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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

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$996K

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$618K

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$370K

Other incomeLn 4–11$8K

Money outPt IX

$1.1M

Ln 25

Programscol B$683K

Managementcol C$371K

Fundraisingcol D$12K

Owns and owesPt X

$935K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$16K

Total assetsLn 16$937K

LiabilitiesLn 26$3K

PeoplePt VI, VII

11

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a7

IndependentVI 1b7

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$370K

Government grantsLn 1e$16K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$19K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$54K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$618K

Investment incomeLn 3$7K

Other incomeLn 4–11$8K

Gains on assetsLn 7−$8K

Total revenueLn 12$996K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$15K

SavingsLn 2$1K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$16K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$229K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$619K

Other assetsLn 15$8K

Total assetsLn 16$937K

LiabilitiesLn 26$3K

Net assetsLn 32$935K

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 FY23	End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$61K	$16K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$198K	$229K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$665K	$619K
Total assetsLn 16	$1.0M	$937K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$26K	$3K
Net assetsLn 32	$1.0M	$935K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$41K	$41K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$235K	$115K	$110K	$9K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$277K	$132K	$144K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$20K	$10K	$10K	$197
Payroll taxesLn 10	$30K	$15K	$15K	$298
Accounting feesLn 11c	$15K		$15K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$2K		$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$19K	$6K	$13K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$25K	$25K
Office expensesLn 13	$28K	$26K	$2K	$285
Information technologyLn 14	$19K		$19K
OccupancyLn 16	$39K	$8K	$29K	$2K
TravelLn 17	$2K	$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$47K	$40K	$8K
InsuranceLn 23	$12K	$8K	$4K	$489
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$257K	$256K	$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$1.1M	$683K	$371K	$12K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$1.1M	$1.2M	−$142K	$766K	990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing	$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	$797K	$726K	$71K	$986K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $995,853 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $439,161$370,127

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $560,523$617,697

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $7,163−$439

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$21,017$8,468

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $985,830$995,853

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $37,523$40,762

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

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $577,732$560,855

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

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $407,751$464,460

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,023,006$1,066,077

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$37,176−$70,224

Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7

VI-1b Independent voting members7

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 $995,853 across 11 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for −$8,126 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1c Fundraising events$54,484

VIII-1e Government grants$16,000

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$299,643

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$19,180

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$370,127

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $617,697$617,697

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $7,223$7,223

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $16,468$16,468

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$7,662−$7,662

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $126$126

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $617,697 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $8,029$995,853

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,066,077 across 16 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $40,762$40,762

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $115,263 · Management $110,381 · Fundraising $8,919$234,563

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $132,450 · Management $144,173$276,623

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $9,658 · Management $9,856 · Fundraising $197$19,711

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,680 · Management $14,980 · Fundraising $298$29,958

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,605$14,605

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $1,871$1,871

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $6,146 · Management $12,557$18,703

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $24,822$24,822

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $25,538 · Management $2,351 · Fundraising $285$28,174

IX-14 Information technologyManagement $18,990$18,990

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $7,756 · Management $29,082 · Fundraising $1,938$38,776

IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,401$2,401

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $39,640 · Management $7,551$47,191

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,716 · Management $4,042 · Fundraising $489$12,247

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $255,673 · Management $1,007$256,680

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $682,505 · Management $371,446 · Fundraising $12,126$1,066,077

Part X · Balance sheet $937,381 assets, 15 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $43,471$14,523

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $17,669$1,170

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $85,069$25,717

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $11,726$13,483

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,019$26,089

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $664,850$619,449

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $197,631$229,382

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

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,036,003$937,381

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $25,031$1,839

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

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $26,031$2,839

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,009,972$934,542

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,009,972$934,542

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,036,003$937,381

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $934,542 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$995,853

XI-2 Total expenses$1,066,077

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$70,224

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,009,972

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$23,429

XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$28,635

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$934,542

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