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Southern Delaware Chorale Inc

Southern Delaware Chorale Inc (Delaware) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,130 to it, the largest being THE CARL M FREEMAN FOUNDATION INC ($2,130). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$57k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$2k
Net assets
$32k
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Southern Delaware Chorale Inc does

Mission

The Chorale sees its role as being defined by our core guiding principles: To provide a vehicle through which local singers can come together to sharpen their musical skills and share a love of choral music. To provide an opportunity for high school and college singers to perform challenging music beyond what they are offered in their academic settings. To bring well-performed choral music to various venues in Southern Delaware. To expand the number and type of music offerings available to local audiences. To embrace and practice diversity and inclusion as a group committed to sharing its musical artistry within all communities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Holiday Concert featuring Illuminare a major composition by Elaine Hagenberg and various holiday selections; presented at Epworth Methodist Church on Dec 7 2024. 350 attendees generating $7,700 in ticket sales.

    $14,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants
    40% of program spending
  2. Spring concert presented on May 10 2025 titled: In Her Own Words: Celebrating Women and the Arts. Music over the centuries by composers from Clara Schumann to Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon. Presented at Epworth Methodist Church with 160 paid attendees generating $3,520 in ticket sales

    $11,000 spentof which $4,000 as grants
    31% of program spending
  3. Black History Month Concert presented on February 4 2025 at Epworth Methodist Church featuring spirituals and inspirational music across the ages with guest choirs joining the Southern Delaware Chorale. 200 attendees generating $4,800 in ticket sales.

    $10,000 spentof which $4,000 as grants
    29% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $35,000.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($34k) Expenses 100 ($42k) Net assets 100 ($53k)2018 Revenue 95 ($32k) Expenses 90 ($38k) Net assets 89 ($47k)2025 Revenue 168 ($57k) Expenses 161 ($68k) Net assets 61 ($32k)
201720182025
Revenue (168)Expenses (161)Net assets (61)

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 $53k to $47k (−11%).

$53k
$47k
$32k
201720182025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

−$8k
’17
−$6k
’18
−$11k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $130.

Funder
'20
'22
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of Southern Delaware Chorale 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.

Where its funders are

100% of Southern Delaware Chorale Inc's grant income comes from Delaware funders.

DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’22
Delaware out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding Southern Delaware Chorale Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $48k on record.

State$48k
22
23
24
25
26
Top programs
  • GRANTS$48k
  • GRANTS IN AID$850

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

79%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

DE

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Questions and answers

Who funds Southern Delaware Chorale Inc?
Southern Delaware Chorale Inc (Delaware) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,130 to it, the largest being THE CARL M FREEMAN FOUNDATION INC ($2,130). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Southern Delaware Chorale Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,130 in grants to Southern Delaware Chorale Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Southern Delaware Chorale Inc?
THE CARL M FREEMAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,130 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Southern Delaware Chorale Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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