Mentors young singers and educators, ensuring ensemble singing's future through engaging musical experiences.
For fiscal year 2021 it reported $1.0M in revenue, $763K in expenses, and $465K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2021
Total revenue
$1.0M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$763K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$465K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $261K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
77%
15%
Program services $0.77 Management & general $0.15 Fundraising $0.09
Program efficiency
77%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
12.0mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+25%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2021 · Form 990
Revenue
$1.0M
FY2021
$1.6M$804K$0
FY2021FY2025
Expenses
$763K
FY2021
$1.5M$736K$0
FY2021FY2025
Total assets
$823K
FY2021
$1.2M$582K$0
FY2021FY2025
Total liabilities
$358K
FY2021
$358K$179K$0
FY2021FY2025
Total revenue
$1.0M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$763K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$465K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$261K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$823K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B77%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 316
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 414
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $584K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01
Concerts
Cantus pivoted to online concerts when the pandemic halted in-person performances, and the ensemble ultimately performed six all-new online programs in the 2020-21 season when such vocal performances were relatively rare.
$492Kprogram expense
02
Media Initiatives
Cantus reached 3 million listeners via public broadcasting, including performances broadcast on minnesota public radio and distributed by american public media. Additionally, the ensemble's popular "COVID-19 sessions" a series of 19 songs recorded in march 2020 immediately preceding minnesota's stay-at-home directive drew the interest of…
$57Kprogram expense
03
Educational Residencies
Commitments to deepening the music-education experience in the lives of young people and fostering a future for ensemble singing are integral to cantus' mission. While the pandemic temporarily halted the ensemble's award-winning high school residency program, cantus led online master classes with high school and college students from…
Michelle Quiala’s $67K as Executive Director
is at the 10th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3916 $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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
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.
Individual Joseph Heitz · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $79K · Total expenses $763K
10%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $527K · Total expenses $763K
69%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
77%
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Overhead ratio
15%
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Fundraising cost ratio
8%
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Legal fee ratio
0%
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Accounting fee ratio
1%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2021IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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