Virginia Childrens Chorus
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Choral instruction and performance programs for children.
- Income
- $168,486
- Spending
- $168,486
- Reserves
- 4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 49%
- Highest pay
- $30,150, executive director
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
Fair: 53 out of 100.
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 4.0 months of spending.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 52% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 0% of income.
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 (1)
- $132,323 spent. VCC served 77 students during the 2024-25 season, which was our 33rd season. We had a full season of performances including concerts with the I. Sherman Greene Chorale, Virginia Symphony, the Governor's School for the Arts, Portsmouth Public Schools, the Virginia Choral Society, and the Birmingham Boys Choir during their tour of the east coast. We also performed at Colonial Williamsburg's Grand Illumination. Our own productions included Harvest of Song and Celebration of Song. In early summer, we had a tour choir of 22 students go to Great Britain, where we performed at the Bath Abbey, visited London and performed with the Southend Boys and Girls Choirs. We provided scholarships to 15 of our students or 19% of the enrollment. The scholarships totaled $6,830 and ranged from 20% to 75% of the full tuition.
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 April 1994.
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.
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