2024-04-11T13:40:05-07:00 2023-06-30 990 2022-07-01 463738034 THE THIRTEEN THET 2029907679 PO Box 32065 Washington DC 20007 Christopher Hoh Treasurer 7035214619 2024-03-30 Christopher Hoh 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z The Thirteen Chamber Choir The Thirteen Choir The Thirteen same as C above Washington DC 20007 540564 0 X www.TheThirteenChoir.org X 2013 DC Inspiration, education, and community-building through choral arts: via concerts, workshops, recordings, and commissions The Thirteen performs choral music spanning many times and cultures, inspiring new audiences and fostering empathy in our communities. 10 10 4 12 0 0 559609 424832 73848 110576 78 183 5036 -59898 638571 475693 4964 4000 0 0 106528 158940 0 496 37173 251369 343242 362861 506678 275710 -30985 358458 308716 27127 8371 331331 300345 Inspiration, education, and community-building through choral arts -- via concerts, workshops, recordings and commissions, The Thirteen performs choral music spanning many times and cultures, inspiring new audiences and fostering empathy in our communities. 0 0 322532 4000 110576 Concerts & Workshops: The Thirteen's 2022-23 Season presented six choral programs for over 3000 audience members in 17 concerts that were stirring and state-of-the-art. We also organized two workshops for students reaching 34 participants. Besides performing live in our communities, we offered online experiences to a growing worldwide audience. October saw the culmination of our recent Monteverdi exploration with his magisterial 1610 Vespers for soloists, choir & orchestra. Romantic ideals featured in November's concert spanning the 19th to 21st centuries, with pieces by Brahms, Barber, Walker, and Shaw among others. The "Gloria" program adorned the December holidays with splendors from Vivaldi and Bach, again with orchestra. Spring brought two more masterpieces. Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil rocked the rafters in March with thrilling sound that included North America's finest low basses. May offered Martin's stunning Mass for double choir in a regular concert, plus a gala garden party with springtime gems. This May concert showcased our second class of Vocal Fellows and presented music, alongside the Martin, of Dett, Beach, and Ravel. Note that our concert and workshop activity also benefits from expenses associated below with recordings and commissions. 72550 0 22380 Recordings: This season gave birth to two first-rate albums. The Outer Edge of Youth, our acclaimed choral opera commissioned from Scott Ordway, was released in September and sold out quickly. Its "music shimmers, soars, and settles... creating an ecstatic catharsis" in the words of Gramophone's reviewer. In May the two-CD album of the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 garnered praise as "shimmering in loveliness" (MusicWeb International). It also sold out and new pressings were required. These and previous fine recordings of exciting music resulted in 510 compact discs (CDs) sold and distributed in addition to online delivery of video and audio. Note that our recording activity also benefits from expenses associated above and below with concerts and commissions. 0 0 0 Commissioning and New Works: Several performances highlighted The Thirteen's championing of newer works that reimagine the power of vocal ensembles. November premiered Ed Rex's compelling "Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers." The same program included the rarely heard "O Praise the Lord" by Washingtonian George Walker, the first African American to win the Pulitzer in Music, as well as 2012's ground-breaking "Fly Away I" by Caroline Shaw. Our recording of The Outer Edge of Youth (see Section B above) further demonstrated The Thirteen's commitment to our commissioned composers. OperaWire called the work "contemplative ... thought-provoking;" now other groups are programming it to perform elsewhere. Note that our commissioning and new works activity also benefits from expenses associated above with concerts and recordings. 0 0 0 395082 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 99 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MD VA X X Christopher J Hoh -- Treasurer 2029907679 PO Box 32065 Washington DC 20007 Matthew Robertson Artistic Director 35 0 X X 45500 0 0 Julia Penny Clark Chair, Board of Trustees 8 0 X 0 0 0 Margaret Colgate Love Secretary 6 0 X 0 0 0 Christopher Hoh Treasurer 12 0 X 0 0 0 Peter Buscemi Trustee 4 0 X 0 0 0 Stephanie Cabell Trustee 4 0 X 0 0 0 Charles Cerf Trustee 4 0 X 0 0 0 Martha Harris Trustee 4 0 X 0 0 0 Felix Hernandez Trustee 6 0 X 0 0 0 Sherman Katz Trustee 4 0 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Koehler Trustee 4 0 X 0 0 0 Judith Webster Trustee 4 0 X 0 0 0 Angela Marroy Boerger Managing Director 40 0 X 0 0 0 45500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126992 297840 69592 424832 Concert/workshop revenue 711300 9000 9000 0 0 Ticket sales 711300 101576 101576 0 0 0 0 0 0 110576 183 183 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2593 0 1922 671 0 671 2380 62949 -60569 -60569 0 0 0 475693 50190 0 671 X 4000 4000 108125 59937 32063 16125 37551 13138 17438 6975 768 384 230 154 12496 6873 3749 1874 3900 3900 496 496 197951 195392 1378 1181 13015 11925 1090 7397 1920 5322 155 1305 1305 471 471 0 0 0 0 28313 28290 10 13 0 0 0 0 3400 3400 Artist Per Diem 23180 23180 0 0 Fundraising general costs 8691 0 0 8691 Printing & Graphics, programs etc. 8517 8329 0 188 Venue Rental 14482 14482 0 0 32620 26761 4538 1321 506678 395082 74423 37173 49889 62875 273971 196535 0 0 11758 32530 0 0 22840 16776 0 0 0 358458 308716 10778 8371 16349 0 27127 8371 X 331331 300345 0 0 331331 300345 358458 308716 X -30985 0 0 0 0 -1 X 1 X 0 0 0 X 100073 173090 223032 484887 424832 1405914 72472 87201 60130 75541 110576 405920 172545 260291 283162 560428 535408 1811834 67066 100924 90735 252184 135776 646685 12676 8500 66363 148014 42747 278300 79742 109424 157098 400198 178523 924985 886849 0 0 0 78 183 261 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 183 261 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 600 0 267 0 892 172570 260891 283162 560773 535591 1812987 0.48916 0.42784 0.00014 0.00006 X Schedule A, Part III, Line 12 FY18 $25 other income was payment by an artist to replace lost music. FY19 $600 other income was a fee refund from IRS that had been paid the previous year for an application subsequently deemed unnecessary and withdrawn per IRS guidance. FY21 $267 was refunds and/or credits. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X 3 69592 sale price 0 0 1 1 Schedule M, Part I, Line 32b We use a commercial broker to receive contributions of securities and to sell them as soon as feasible upon receipt. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 4 The Board amended By-Laws on March 19, 2023 for several purposes. The main one was to strengthen the conflict-of-interest policy. In addition, technical amendments clarified committee procedures, the production of meeting minutes, reporting requirements, gender descriptions, etc. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Treasurer circulated a draft of this filing for review to key staff and to officers of the Board before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The conflict of interest policy appears in Article X of our By-Laws and requires members of the Board of Trustees to report immediately potential conflicts of their own or others of which they may become aware. In addition, this requirement appears in the current description of Board Member duties and the issue is to be on the Board agenda at least annually, normally at the first meeting of our fiscal year. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The Board of Trustees reviewed compensation for the Artistic Director at its June 2021 meeting and in virtual executive session, discussing the matter without the presence of the individual concerned. This meeting included comparability data and the session was documented in minutes of the meeting and of key decisions. This contract has not subsequently come up for renewal. For the Managing Director, recruited and hired in the fall of 2023, the Board held several meetings during that period to consider job duties, reporting responsibilities, and proposed compensation. This process included a casual review of comparable compensation to establish parameters for wage negotiations. Key aspects were documented in the relevant meeting minutes. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All are available upon request. In addition, prior IRS filings with their financial reporting are available online via private charity-advising websites as well as the IRS site. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g 86% of other services is compensation for performing artists ($170,361). Other contractors provided coaching, equipment and instrument moving and tuning, program annotation, audio-video engineering, and graphic design services. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 $1.00 offset for rounding error in electronic filing software. We requested timely and received an automatic six-month extension, allowing for CPA review of the accounts.