Connecticut · Nonprofit
SAECULA CHOIR FOUNDATION INC
SAECULA CHOIR FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,235 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($13,100). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $53k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $412k
What Saecula Choir Foundation Inc does
Mission
Saecula choir foundation transforms lives through choral music by providing music education and performance opportunities to individuals of diverse backgrounds.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Ensembles saecula schola cantorum is a one-on-a-part laboratory-style vocal ensemble providing advanced sight-singing and sight-conducting opportunities for exceptionally talented musicians of all ages. As a program specifically designed to foster professionalism and individual accountability, the schola is of particular value to exceptionally talented school-aged musicians who would never otherwise have access to such rigorous and fast- paced music-making experiences prior to college or graduate school. At each session, members read through several unfamiliar pieces, rehearse them briefly, and then present them to a small audience. Participants coach one another and take turns conducting. Repertoire includes renaissance polyphony and choral chamber music of all periods. During 2022, the ensemble performed compline services at several churches in connecticut, including seymour congregational church in seymour, st. John's episcopal church in waterbury, and st. John's episcopal church in washington. Saecula singers is an intergenerational treble-voice chamber choir providing opportunities for gifted singers of diverse backgrounds (ages 7 through adult) to develop conducting skills,…
$39,625 spent$31,807 earned by the program100% of program spendingCooperative living program this saecula cooperative living program provides safe, healthy, affordable communal housing for a small group of young adults (ages 18 and older) who are passionate about the foundation's mission of "transforming lives through choral music- and who are currently and/or have previously been involved in the choral music community.
Institute saecula choral institute is an intergenerational training program for conductors and music educators, which offers workshops, masterclasses, and professional development seminars covering a wide range of topics related to leadership, conducting, and choral pedagogy. Participants are invited to develop their skills in a collaborative, nurturing environment under the guidance of experienced clinicians and facilitators. The institute's choral exploration online coaching program provides individual and small group instruction in musicianship and conducting via teleconference. During 2022, more than 50 sessions were held, each lasting between one and two hours. A wide array of subjects were explored, including music history, form and analysis, score study, ear training, harmony and counterpoint, vocal technique, phrasing, diction, composition, conducting gesture, and philosophy of leadership. It is anticipated that, in the years ahead, many of these topics will become pillars of the curriculum of saecula choral academy (sca) a yet-to-be-established pre- college conservatory dedicated to providing world-class training in conducting, accompanying, composition, and ensemble…
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $39,625.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $563k to $547k (−3%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 11% · 2021 15% · 2022 32% · 2023 34% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
39% of SAECULA CHOIR FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
June Hale
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $32 → $6k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SAECULA CHOIR FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SAECULA CHOIR FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SAECULA CHOIR FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of SAECULA CHOIR FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $135 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SAECULA CHOIR FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than half of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like SAECULA CHOIR FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
38%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SAECULA CHOIR FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SAECULA CHOIR FOUNDATION INC?
- SAECULA CHOIR FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,235 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($13,100). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAECULA CHOIR FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $13,235 in grants to SAECULA CHOIR FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAECULA CHOIR FOUNDATION INC?
- CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $13,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAECULA CHOIR FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing