2025-01-25T00:29:50-07:00 2024-06-30 990EZ 2023-07-01 363137689 OAK PARK CONCERT CHORALE INC OAKP 7088482130 924 N Oak Park Ave Oak Park IL 60302 Judy Thompson Financial Secretary 8475289823 2025-01-25 1 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X www.oakparkconcertchorale.org X X 27612 X 15984 3110 4219 0 0 0 0 0 4097 897 3200 197 0 197 5 26715 275 0 0 19001 1000 3907 4620 28803 -2088 30360 0 28272 X 31325 29572 0 0 0 0 31325 29572 965 1300 30360 28272 Appreciation of choral music through affordable concert tickets and offering free musicianship/vocal technique classes or workshops to the community. Free musicianship and vocal technique classes. Artistic Director Lindblad held free classes for 2 hours once per week for 2 students ,under the age of 13, from July through Dec, and for 3 students January through April. Classes for 4 adults for 2 hours once per week from July through April. 0 0 Auditions by Artistic Director Lindblad was for 16 singers between Sept 2023-March 2024. 4 singers joined the Chorale. We purchased recruitment audition ads that were the local newspapers in July-August-October 2023 and February 2024. Digital ads in August 2023. Also printed audition fliers that were posted in local businesses in October for spring 2024 semester and in April and May 2024, for the fall 2024 semester. 0 628 Fall Christmas concert Nov 19, 2023 MAKE WE JOY NOW IN THIS FEST at St John Lutheran Church, Forest Park, IL. Premiered 3 songs by local composers and had 4 paid instrumentalists for playing percussion, auto harp, flute, oboe and organ on various songs. 179 attendees plus 27 performers, 2 volunteers, 2 recording technicians for a total of 210 at the concert. Grant money was used to pay for 4 artists, to restring 2 auto harps, cover Eventbrite processing fees for Oct ticket sales. Grantee cash match of $2100 was flagged for part of artistic director's fall semester compensation. Program service expenses included the above mentioned plus graphic design, printing, postage, advertising, workshop expenses, music, recording engineer, space rental, etc. 4855 13871 Spring concert was scheduled for April 28, 2024 CANTICLES FOR THE SOUL at St John Lutheran Church, Forest Park, IL. We were to premiere 2 pieces by local composers. We had an all-day rehearsal workshop in January and a half-day workshop in March along with our annual meeting. Concert posters, postcards, program booklet were designed and printed and concert postcards mailed and emailed. Two instrumentalists for organ and flute were to perform with us. The concert was cancelled on April 26 after our artistic director had a serious health crisis that day. Advance purchased tickets were refunded by May 6. Grant money was tagged for graphic artist design, printing of concert program booklet. Program service expenses included spring semester compensation for artistic director and financial secretary along with printing music, postage, rehearsal workshop fees, supplies, etc. As part of the spring semester, we also had a special recording session on March 12, 2024, as the director wanted a few songs from Christmas 2023 and Spring 2023 concerts to be re-recorded for inclusion in a future potential download release of music. The re-recording session was covered by grant money. 980 11146 Chorale participates every year in the Oak Park Annual A Day in Our Village, the first Sunday of June. A festival celebrating diversity and community involvement. It allows the community to discover the various organizations and businesses in the village. It provides us an opportunity to seek out new singers and patrons for our concerts. There is a booth rental fee and we provide copies of our Singers Brochure which provides details about membership in OPCC. 17 individuals asked to be added to our email list and 6 singers filled-out audition request forms. After their auditions, 3 joined for the Fall 2024 semester. We used grant money to pay for printing up copies of Singer Brochure. 5 singers helped with setup and take down and manning the booth. Event ran 11am-4pm. 55 105 May 2024, the Board of Directors created a search committee to start the process to find a new artistic director, due to the April 26 health crisis of our long-time director. Four resumes were submitted during June. Zoom interviews and in-person conducting sessions with part of the Chorale took place in July, which was at the start of our new fiscal year for our 2024-25 season. By middle of July the Board had a decision and made an offer to Paul Laprade, who accepted. No expenses incurred. No expenses incurred. 0 0 25750 Paul Lindblad Artistic and Music Director 20 9000 0 0 Judy Thompson Financial Secretary 10 4000 0 0 William Lyman Board President 0.20 0 0 0 John Boyle Board Vice President 0.10 0 0 0 Hannah Kennedy Board Secretary 0.20 0 0 0 Lynn Zamora Board Treasurer 1.0 0 0 0 Mark Dawson Board Member 0.10 0 0 0 Nathan Gibes Board Member 0.10 0 0 0 Jeffery Kiel Board Member 0.10 0 0 0 Anthony Yusken III Board Member 0.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Judy Thompson 924 N Oak Park Ave Oak Park IL 60302 8475289823 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 13640 7576 7968 14427 15984 59595 4197 0 1910 6897 3307 16311 8786 1399 972 5074 4097 20328 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26623 8975 10850 26398 23388 96234 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96234 14 2 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26637 8977 10850 26398 23388 96250 0.99983 0.99984 0.00017 0.0002 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 Byline Bank had a promo for a certain period: use Debit Card and you will get credit for a percentage of your purchases during that period. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Assistance Funds provided to 4 singers who needed help paying some of their membership fees. We have two semesters and singing membership is $85/semester. $20 music, $25 workshop rehearsal fee, $40 dues. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^advertising via newspaper and online;1095|credit card and paypal processing fees;123|cd project expenses is Bandcamps revenue share;2|renewal of dues fees annual license subscriptions DIOV booth;238|liability insurance;504|music and sheet protectors land workshop rehearsal expenses;1666|spring concert cancelled so refunded pre purchased tickets;405|equipment purchase of Zettle card reader and to have 2 autoharps restrung;466|office supplies of paper signholders envelopes and folders;121^Total;4620^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Prepaid donations $135 and prepaid membership fees $1165 received for Fall 2023 semester, but were paid prior to July 1, 2023, which is the beginning of our next season and fiscal year. After July 1, 2023, the monies were allocated to their proper revenue accounts for donations and membership. The numbers were not working out correctly so I filed an extension on Nov 13, 2024, which was accepted.