Davis Jazz Choir
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The Davis Jazz Choir is a "show" choir. The choir members sing and dance and often perform broadway numbers. The choir also takes an educational trip each year, and performs in other venues.
- Income
- $27,509
- Spending
- $23,919
- Reserves
- 8.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 56%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- PERFORMANCES. During the 2024-25 academic year, the choir consisted of 13 membersand performed in various public venues throughout the year. These performances included a free City of Davis holiday tree lighting ceremony in early December where they performed alongside several other local choirs; a free winter concert in mid December that included all four Davis Senior High School choirs; a Martin Luther King Jr. Day outreach workshop where Jazz Choir students worked with and performed for elementary school and junior high students; an octet performance at a local Mari Gras celebration in March; large group, small group and solo performances at the choir's major spring fundraising event ("Cabaret") in April along with free outreach performances of the Cabaret pieces for local elementary and junior high students during tech week leading up to Cabaret; an end of the year concert that again included all four DSHS choirs ("Pops"); and finally a performance during the graduation ceremony for Davis Senior High School.
- EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. January 15, 2025 Davis Jazz Choir Inc sponsored anBroadway Masterclass dance clinic with one of the cast from Hamilton which took place in the DSHS choir room and was attended by choir students from the DSHS Jazz, Concert, and Madrigals choirs. February 22-23, 2025 Jazz Choir participated in an overnight educational trip to San Francisco, where they participated vocal workshops at the California Jazz Conservatory and Raz Kennedy Vocal Studio along with an intensive dance clinic; attended Back to the Future: The Musical at San Franciscos Orpheum Theater; and finished with attending the world premier live performance of The Thing About Jellyfish followed by a post-show discussion with the producers.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 2010.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
Ratings and checks are our reading of public records, using the published method. They are not a statement about anyone's honesty. If you work for this organization, you can send corrections or results, confirm you want gifts through Veridonate, or ask to be removed from giving.