Cantores in Ecclesia

“The Founder and Chairman/President of the Board is the husband of the Board Secretary, and Father of the Choir Music Director and Communications Officer.”

“The year-end financial statements and breakdowns are emailed to each member on the Board of Directors by the end of January. The completed Form 990 is distributed to each of them in person at the next scheduled meeting.”

“We don't have a conflict of interest policy or directly make our governing documents and regular financial statements readily available to the general public public. The State of Oregon Charitable Activities Section of the Department of Justice has our governing documents, as well as the Board Secretary. Financial statements are supplied by the Treasurer to all members of the Board of Directors for meetings but not the general public. Financial information that is provided to the IRS via Form 990 is also filed with the State of Oregon Department of Justice. That information is available to the public if they wish to research that we are indeed a legitimate nonprofit profit 501(c)3.”

“Our Gross Receipts in 2022 of $205,402 were not typical for us due to receipt of one unusually large bequest (see Schedule B). Wish accommodations were available for such unique situations for smaller 501(c)3 corporations with such a singular focus of mission. Please consider for future changes to your Form 990 and instructions. It really caused a hardship after filling Form 990-EZ for years. Also, the electronic filing requirement is also a hardship. I spent a good month going over all 100 plus pages of IRS Form 990 instructions carefully and line by line and completed the forms and schedules, only to have to retype everything into another format with software that had to be purchased. Wish you would reconsider reinstating the option for us to mail our completed forms. Thanks for listening.”

“Breakdown of Non-employee Expenses: Singer Fees: 41,945; Musician Fees: 7577.56; Directing Fees: 18,122.43; Temporary Help Fees: 2,677.50. Total Expenses: 70,322.50 (rounded to $70,322). IRS Form 1096 together with 1099-NEC for 23 independent contractors was already filed for total of $50.707.50. The difference between the 11g Total Expenses and Form 1096 total is represented by those independent contractors who did not receive more than $600 total amount for the year 2022, so a 1099-NEC was not required.”

“The Other Asset listed for 1,484 has been listed here since 2002. It is original sheet music bought at that time and should actually will be expensed in the future.”