2023-06-15T12:00:36-05:00 2022-07-31 510229493 BARBACANE THORNTON & COMPANY LLP 503 CARR ROAD SUITE 100 WILMINGTON DE 198092863 990 2021-08-01 205486245 CHOIR SCHOOL OF DELAWARE CHOI 3025438657 2013 NORTH MARKET STREET WILMINGTON DE 198024814 BRITTNEY STANTON DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIREC 3025438657 2023-06-15 BRITTNEY STANTON 999009999 JEFFREY A KOWALCZYK CPA P01563311 3024788940 2023-06-05 3 AAL1 IAL1 2021 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z BRITTNEY STANTON 2013 N MARKET STREET WILMINGTON DE 19802 1134479 0 X WWW.CHOIRSCHOOLOFDELAWARE.ORG X 2006 DE TO PROVIDE MUSIC AND ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION TO YOUTH, WITHOUT REGARD TO THEIR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION, EMPHASIZING EXCELLENCE IN THE RECITAL HALL AS WELL AS IN STUDENTS' LIVES, AND TO INSTILL IN THEM THE QUALITIES OF DISCIPLINE, RESPONSIBILITY, LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK. 17 16 30 24 0 0 1321438 1032819 91258 93517 155 3773 80678 4370 1493529 1134479 0 0 0 0 441902 522942 0 0 82056 477472 844689 919374 1367631 574155 -233152 1170051 869043 282520 214664 887531 654379 X THE CHOIR SCHOOL OF DELAWARE (CSD) PROVIDES A TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR YOUTH AGES 7-17 IN THE GREATER WILMINGTON AREA, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE CONSIDERED AT-RISK. THE CHOIR SCHOOL OFFERS A YEAR-ROUND EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT HAS A STRONG LEGACY OF SERVING AND ENGAGING WILMINGTON'S YOUTH AND FAMILIES THROUGH MUSIC AND MENTORING. STUDENTS RECEIVE FULL MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. OUR STUDENTS CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE A 100% GRADUATION RATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND GO ON TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, TRADES SCHOOLS AND MILITARY SERVICE. OUR INTERGENERATIONAL MODEL CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE NO CHILD IS FAR FROM AN ADULT WHO MODELS GOOD BEHAVIOR, OFFERS ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORTS THE CHILD'S ACADEMIC NEEDS. CSD CONTINUES TO REACH OUT TO URBAN YOUTH AND PROVIDE A SAFE, PRODUCTIVE AND CREATIVE SPACE; MUSIC AND MENTORING WORK HAND-IN-HAND SO THAT "HARMONIZING LIFE AND LEARNING" IS AT THE CORE OF THE CHOIR SCHOOL'S MISSION. 0 0 1053077 93517 IN OCTOBER, THE 2021-2022 AMPLIFY SEASON OPENED WITH THETOTAL PRAISECONCERT AT GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN WILMINGTON, WHICH MARKED THE RETURN OF IN-PERSON PERFORMANCES AFTER NEARLY ONE YEAR OF VIRTUAL-ONLY PERFORMANCES. AUDIENCES WERE REQUIRED TO SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION AND WEAR MASKS. THE CONCERT WAS ALSO AVAILABLE VIA LIVESTREAM. THE REPERTOIRE INCLUDED "DIES IRAE" FROMREQUIEM (1816) COMPOSEDBY JOS MAURCIO NUNES GARCIA.IN DECEMBER, THE CHOIR SANG IN PERSON AT THE CHRIST CHURCH GREEN SHOW IN WILMINGTON ANDLESSONS & CAROLS AT ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH IN DOVER. THE CHOIR ALSO RETURNED TO WINTERTHUR FOR SOUNDS OF THE SEASON, ON DECEMBER 11, FOR A FESTIVEHOLIDAY CONCERT THAT INCLUDED THE CANTATA, BALLAD OF THE BROWN KING ACCOMPANIED BY A SEXTET.THE CANTATA WAS COMPOSED BY MARGARET BONDS, A BLACK WOMAN WHO COLLABORATED WITH FRIEND AND POET, LANGSTON HUGHES ON THE LYRICS.IN JANUARY THE CHEMOURS COMPANY SHARED VIDEOS OF CHOIR PERFORMANCES WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES IN LIEU OF IN-PERSON PERFORMANCE AS PART OF THE COMPANY'S CELEBRATION OF THE REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY.IN FEBRUARY, THE CHOIR GAVE TWO PERFORMANCES OF MUSIC BY BLACK COMPOSERS IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THE FIRST AT ST. PETER'S CHURCH IN LEWES AND THE SECOND AT GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN WILMINGTON. THE REPERTOIRE FOR SING OUT,MY SOUL INCLUDED "LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING", "THE LEE SHORE'', COMPOSED BY SAMUEL COLERIDGE TAYLOR, AND "SAFE IN HIS ARMS" BY CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS MEKA FERDINAND AND JASON MAX FERDINAND.IN MARCH, THE CHOIR PERFORMED AT THE RESCHEDULED MLK CONTEST EVENT AT THE BABY GRAND IN WILMINGTON. WE ALSO HAD OUR FIRST WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION WITH OUR CONCERT AT GRACE UNITED METHODIST.PHENOMENAL WOMANFEATUREDREPERTOIRE THROUGH THE AGES ALL COMPOSED BY WOMEN.IN APRIL, THE CHOIR SCHOOL HOSTEDBENT, BUT NOT BROKEN:A CONFERENCE AMPLIFYING THE CHORAL WORKS OF BLACK COMPOSERS THROUGHOUT TIME AND ACROSS GENRES. THIS HISTORIC EVENT BROUGHT INCREDIBLE PROFESSIONAL CHOIRS AND SCHOLARS TO WILMINGTON INCLUDING WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE'S JUBILEE SINGERS, EXIGENCE, AMERICAN SPIRITUAL ENSEMBLE AND MORE. OUR EFFORTS TO PRESENT THE PROGRAM, "MAKE THEM HEAR YOU" IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE HAMPEREDBY COVID PROTOCOLS. SCHOOLS DID THEIR BEST TO MANAGE ILLNESS AMONG THEIR STAFF AND STUDENTS AND PAUSED SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMMING FOR MOST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE WERE ABLE TO PRESENT THE MAKE THEM HEAR YOU PROGRAM WITH THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD THEME AT THE VERY END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AT CAPE HENLOPEN HIGH SCHOOL WHERE STUDENTS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A MASTERCLASS LED BY ARREON HARLEY-EMERSON.THE CHOIR SCHOOL ENDED THE YEAR AND KICKED OFF THE SUMMER WITH A TOUR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHILDREN'S CHORUS OF WASHINGTON (CCW). THE STAND UP: HARRIET TUBMAN TOUR TOOK STUDENTS THROUGH MARYLAND, DELAWARE AND PENNSYLVANIA VISITING THE HISTORIC LOCATIONS OF HARRIET'S LIFE. WE CELEBRATED HARRIET'S LIFE AND HER WORK ALONG WITH THOMAS GARRET WHILE AT QUAKER HILL ON JUNETEENTH. WE COLLABORATED WITH CCW, BEL CANTO CHILDREN'S CHORUS, COMMONWEALTH YOUTH CHOIRS AND THE ST. THOMAS GOSPEL CHOIR FOR A JUNETEENTH CONCERT AT THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OFST. THOMAS.OUR SUMMER CAMP WAS A HUGE SUCCESS THIS YEAR FOLLOWING THE TURBULENT CHALLENGES OF THE PANDEMIC. WE ENROLLED JUST OVER 50 STUDENTS IN SUMMER CAMP WHO PARTICIPATED IN ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT, SAT PREP, LOCAL OUTINGS AND THE PREPARATION FOR A MUSICAL. STUDENTS PERFORMED IN A ONE-NIGHT-ONLY PERFORMANCE OFONCE ON THIS ISLAND AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE TO AN AUDIENCE OF 600 PEOPLE. 1053077 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 0 1 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 17 16 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X X THE ORGANIZATION 3025438657 2013 NORTH MARKET STREET WILMINGTON DE 198024814 TABE MASE PRESIDENT 3.00 X X 0 0 0 ROBERT BIRD VICE PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 KATE HABEGGER SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 SUSAN FLINT TREASURER 3.00 X X 0 0 0 EMERY ABDEL-LATIF BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 JOAN BOBNICK BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 NICHOLAS CERCHIO III BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 EMILY GUILLEN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 TISHENA MOSS MBA BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 BEN OSBUN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN THOMAS-HOLDER PHD BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARGARET TIGUE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHANTAL WHITEHEAD-SCOTT BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 VICKI TASHJIAN EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 HON E NORMAN VEASEY EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUZANNE VEASEY EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ARREON HARLEY DIRECTOR OF MUSIC & OPERAT 40.00 X X 82699 0 3308 82699 0 3308 0 0 0 0 0 494423 538396 1032819 PERFORMANCE INCOME 711130 93517 93517 93517 3773 3773 ACCRETION OF PLEDGE DI 713990 4370 4370 4370 1134479 93517 0 8143 86456 66225 14621 5610 313837 241655 53352 18830 87485 67710 14949 4826 35164 27075 5978 2111 61515 47367 10458 3690 20216 15566 3437 1213 15927 12264 2708 955 114326 88031 19434 6861 12956 9976 2203 777 28600 22022 4862 1716 39154 30149 6656 2349 2605 2006 443 156 21163 16296 3598 1269 EXPANSION COSTS 441814 340197 75108 26509 CAMP SUPPLIES 57620 44367 9796 3457 PERFORMANCE EXPENSE 28793 22171 4895 1727 1367631 1053077 232498 82056 1003221 474754 41258 20627 336 271528 142 375535 273543 123155 101992 2081 1170051 869043 15795 64764 266725 149900 282520 214664 X 534234 312790 353297 341589 887531 654379 1170051 869043 -233152 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 886813 395320 687684 1321438 1032819 4324074 886813 395320 687684 1321438 1032819 4324074 534398 3789676 948 1190 66 155 3773 6132 9321 37188 46509 4376715 194315 0.86590 0.82650 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 2081 -2081 2081 2081 1727 354 2081 1894 -167 1727 1728 166 1894 1 0 91773 24756 67017 283762 248787 34975 101992 X 1134479 0 1134479 0 1134479 1367631 0 1367631 0 1367631 PART V, LINE 4: THE ENDOWMENT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND IS MANAGED TO PROVIDE A PREDICTIBLE STREAM OF FUNDING TO THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS. PART X, LINE 2: IN A LETTER DATED JULY 20, 2007, THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE DETERMINED THAT THE CHOIR SCHOOL OF DELAWARE, INC., A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. HOWEVER, INCOME FROM CERTAIN ACTIVITIES NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE MAY BE SUBJECT TO TAXATION AS UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES PRESCRIBE RULES FOR THE RECOGNITION, MEASUREMENT, CLASSIFICATION, AND DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX RETURNS. MANAGEMENT HAS DETERMINED THAT THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS OR ASSOCIATED UNRECOGNIZED BENEFITS THAT MATERIALLY IMPACT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR RELATED DISCLOSURES. SINCE TAX MATTERS ARE SUBJECT TO SOME DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY, THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCE THAT THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX RETURNS WILL NOT BE CHALLENGED BY THE TAXING AUTHORITIES AND THAT THE ORGANIZATION WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL TAX, PENALTIES AND INTEREST AS A RESULT OF SUCH CHALLENGE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 BOARD MEMBERS BRIAN O'CONNOR AND LINDA O'CONNOR ARE MARRIED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE ORGANIZATION'S MEMBERS CONSIST OF ALL CURRENT DIRECTORS OF THE ORGANIZATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION VOTE FOR DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B MANAGEMENT REVIEWS THE PREPARED FORM 990 BEFORE IT IS FILED AND THE FULL GOVERNING BOARD WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IT AFTER IT IS FILED WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ANNUALLY, AT EVERY ANNUAL MEETING, GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS ARE ASKED TO REVIEW THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND DISCLOSE ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION COMPENSATION STUDIES ARE USED. THE PROCESS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS - REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY A GOVERNING BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, PROVIDED THE KEY PERSON IS NOT INVOLVED - USE OF DATA AS TO COMPARABLE COMPENSATION FOR SIMILARELY QUALIFIED PERSONS IN FUNCTIONALLY COMPARABLE POSITIONS AT SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS - CONTEMPORANEOUS DOCUMENTATION AND RECORD KEEPING WITH RESPECT TO THE DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS REGARDING THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES FORM 990 AND FORM 1023 AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. ADDITIONALLY, FORM 990 IS AVAILABLE ON GUIDESTAR.ORG. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XII LINE 2C THE ORGANIZATION HAS NOT CHANGED ITS PROCESS FOR THE SELECTION AND OVERSIGHT OF AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR.