Nonprofit · EIN 24-0795385
BACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM
Tax-exempt · BETHLEHEM, PA 18018
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,734,891 | $1,616,765 | $118,126 | $10,820,890 | $210,817 | $10,610,073 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,447,798 | $2,000,968 | -$553,170 | $10,117,543 | $236,845 | $9,880,698 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $918,636
- of which government grants
- $76,329
- Program service revenue
- $159,861
- Investment income
- $522,187
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $158,006
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$10,203
- Other revenue
- $134,207
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $137,328
- Other salaries and wages
- $521,087
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $727,414
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $25,625
- Occupancy
- $44,281
- Travel
- $14,509
- Depreciation
- $1,188
- Program services (functional)
- $1,094,589
- Management and general (functional)
- $326,556
- Fundraising (functional)
- $195,620
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $10,117,543
- Total assets, end of year
- $10,820,890
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $210,817
- Net assets, end of year
- $10,610,073
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $3,230
- Publicly traded securities
- $10,440,995
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $5,893,778
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $4,716,295
- Gross receipts
- $1,789,054
- Employees
- 12
- Volunteers
- 200
- Year formed
- 1945
- State of legal domicile
- PA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR CHRISTOPHER JACKSON | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $147,497 |
| LEELA BREITHAUPT | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 50 | $135,328 |
| HAROLD BLACK | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| ALAN BATTISTI | PRESIDENT ELECT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| CHERYL MATHERLY | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ERIKA PETROZELLI | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ANNETTE THIEL | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JAMES HORVATH | EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT-LARGE MEMBER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ANTHONY THOMPSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PATTY ALERCIA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOAN M MORAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLES P DANGELMAJER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JIM HARBAUGH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ALFRED J KRUG | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LARRY LIPKIS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
13 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARBARA OPPER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLIE THIEL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MALCOLM BRUNO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DONALD WERTMAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KALYNA PROCYK | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PHYLLIS H GIBSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CHAD GRUVER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JACQUELINE RENNER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BRUCE MAZA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARTHA COX POPICHAK | CHOIR REP TO BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JIM ROWLAND | CHOIR REP TO BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEAN VRABEL | CHOIR REP TO BOARD Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| ANTHONY VILLANI | CHOIR REP TO BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 27 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR CHRISTOPHER JACKSON | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $131,500 |
| LEELA BREITHAUPT | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 50 | $118,500 |
| HAROLD G BLACK | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| REV HOPETON CLENNON | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| CHERYL MATHERLY | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| ANNETTE THIEL | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JAMES HORVATH | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| ANTHONY THOMPSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PATTY ALERCIA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOAN M MORAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLES P DANGELMAJER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JIM HARBAUGH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALFRED J KRUG | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LARRY LIPKIS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BARBARA OPPER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIKA PETROZELLI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CHARLIE THIEL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DAVID RUHF | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DONALD WERTMAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALAN BATTISTI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| PHYLLIS H GIBSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| CHAD GRUVER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRUCE MAZA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEVE RIVERA | CHOIR REP TO BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LUKE DIGIACINTO | CHOIR REP TO BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEAN VRABEL | CHOIR REP TO BOARD Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| NICOLE SENG | CHOIR REP TO BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 440 HECKEWELDER PL, BETHLEHEM, PA 18018-5807
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- ERIKA PETROZELLI, 440 HECKEWELDER PLACE, BETHLEHEM, PA 18018
- Signed the 990
- ERIKA PETROZELLI, TREASURER
- Phone
- (610) 866-4382
- Website
- WWW.BACH.ORG
- Return prepared by
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Mission
THE MISSION OF THE BACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM INSPIRES AND ENRICHES PEOPLE THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF THE MUSIC OF J.S. BACH AND COMPOSERS WHO INFLUENCED OR WERE INFLUENCED BY BACH, BY PURSUING EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE AND EDUCATION TO BUILD, STRENGTHEN, AND SUSTAIN COMMUNITIES, AND TO FOSTER A LIFE-LONG PASSION FOR THE CHORAL ARTS.
Program accomplishments
- CONCERT SEASON - TICKETED CONCERTS: FOUNDED IN 1898 AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CHRISTOPHER JACKSON 2024-2025, THE BACH CHOIR, BACH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA AND DISTINGUISHED SOLOISTS, PRESENT A CONCERT SEASON OF 24 TICKETED CONCERTS FOR MORE THAN 7,000 PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. CONCERTS INCLUDE THE BETHLEHEM BACH FESTIVAL OVER FOUR DAYS IN MAY AS WELL AS CHRISTMAS, FAMILY, SPRING, BEL CANTO YOUTH CHORUS, AND GALA CONCERTS. THE 2024-2025 CONCERT SEASON INCLUDED IN PERSON CONCERTS AND LIVESTREAMING PERFORMANCES.Expenses $755,722 · revenue $131,803
- EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: THE BACH CHOIR PRESENTS 18 FREE EDUCATIONAL CONCERTS WITH INFORMAL TALKS ABOUT THE MUSIC BY CONDUCTOR CHRISTOPHER JACKSON. EIGHT OF THESE CONCERTS ENTITLED "BACH TO SCHOOL" ARE PRESENTED FOR MORE THAN 5,000 STUDENTS (GRADES 3-12) EACH YEAR IN DIVERSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE LEHIGH VALLEY REGION ALONG WITH ACTIVITY BOOKS AND ADDITONAL ONLINE CONTENT. WE PRESENTED OUR TEN BACH AT NOON CONCERTS TO LIVE AUDIENCES AT CENTRAL MORAVIAN CHURCH IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN BETHLEHEM AND AT ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ALLENTOWN. MORE THAN 6,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS ATTENDED THESE CONCERTS. IN 2022-2023, THE BACH CHOIR ESTABLISHED "A MUSICAL HEART" MUSIC IN HOSPICE PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH 2 HOSPITAL HOSPICE CENTERS.Expenses $259,651 · revenue $25,042
- RECORDINGS, RESEARCH, AND PRESERVATION: TO ENHANCE ACHIEVEMENT OF ITS MISSION, THE BACH CHOIR IS HEARD IN RECORDINGS AND LIVE BROADCASTS AROUND THE WORLD, MOST RECENTLY IN A CD RECORDING OF MENDELSSOHN/BACH MATTHUS-PASSION (2024), DVD CO-PRODUCED WITH CLASSICAL KIDS - "MR BACH COMES TO CALL" (2007) AND FIVE NEW RECORDINGS ON THE ANALEKTA LABEL " MAGNIFICAT AND GLORIA" (2009), "SONGS OF HOPE" (2011), "SAINT JOHN PASSION"(2012), " A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN BETHLEHEM" (2013) AND "BACH AND HANDEL" (2018). THE WORK OF THE BACH CHOIR IS ALSO ENHANCED BY RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, AND ARCHIVAL PRESERVATION.Expenses $79,216 · revenue $3,016
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 24-0795385
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1944
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A6B0)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $10,820,890
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,789,054
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,734,891 | $1,616,765 | $10,820,890 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,447,798 | $2,000,968 | $10,117,543 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,895,253 | $1,646,459 | $9,906,050 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 24-0795385).
Questions about BACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM
- What is the EIN of BACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of BACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM is 24-0795385.
- Is BACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1944.
- Are donations to BACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does BACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of BACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did BACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of BACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names ERIKA PETROZELLI.
- Who are the officers and directors of BACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 28 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $147,497 (DR CHRISTOPHER JACKSON, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR).
- How much revenue does BACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,734,891, expenses of $1,616,765 and total assets of $10,820,890 at year end.
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