Nonprofit · EIN 91-1183859
FLYING HOUSE PRODUCTIONS
Also known as SEATTLE MENS CHORUS
Tax-exempt · SEATTLE, WA 98122
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,953,924 | $2,321,904 | -$367,980 | $2,835,631 | $439,275 | $2,396,356 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,536,631 | $2,643,230 | -$1,106,599 | $2,981,466 | $426,657 | $2,554,809 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,789,072 | $1,905,907 | -$116,835 | $3,781,196 | $399,512 | $3,381,684 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $846,594
- of which government grants
- $6,650
- Program service revenue
- $990,140
- Investment income
- $50,825
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $3,582
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$18,585
- Net income from gaming
- $81,948
- Other revenue
- $66,365
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $222,189
- Other salaries and wages
- $732,622
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,151,448
- Professional fundraising fees
- $11,193
- Legal fees
- $4,189
- Accounting fees
- $31,536
- Occupancy
- $63,605
- Depreciation
- $26,831
- Program services (functional)
- $1,456,517
- Management and general (functional)
- $559,765
- Fundraising (functional)
- $305,622
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,981,466
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,835,631
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $439,275
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,396,356
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $527,376
- Publicly traded securities
- $1,965,575
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,116,731
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,279,625
- Gross receipts
- $2,780,576
- Employees
- 35
- Volunteers
- 449
- Year formed
- 1982
- State of legal domicile
- WA
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 | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Coogan | Executive Dir. Officer | 60 | $205,316 | $17,364 |
| Paul Caldwell | Artistic Director | 60 | $186,555 | $21,957 |
| Kevin Plambeck | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Don Riling | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Daniel Fleming | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| David Nilsson | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Valorie Osterman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Meisha Wangerin | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ron Douglas | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Debiruth Stanford | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Gretchen Olsen-Jacobsen | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| James Todd | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bobby Sergent Jr | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| James Todd | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| April Cook | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martha T Buchta-Spevack | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Coogan | Executive Dir. Officer | 60 | $190,194 | $14,889 |
| Paul Caldwell | Artistic Dir. | 60 | $174,117 | $19,367 |
| Meisha Wangerin | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Don Riling | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Daniel Fleming | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Tara Street | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Cara Anderson-Ahrens | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Beth Batchelder | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Martha Buchta-Spevack | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Steve Crutchfield | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EJ De Los Angeles | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ron Douglas | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Brooks Glenn | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Danny Goff | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Marie K Hutchins | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Gretchen Olsen-Jacobsen | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kevin Plambeck | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bobby Sergent | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Debiruth Stanford | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| James Todd | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAUL CALDWELL | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $158,973 | $32,442 |
| CRAIG COOGAN | INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $74,178 | $3,502 |
| APRIL COOK | PRESIDENT & SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.7 | $0 | $0 |
| BROOKS GLENN | VICE PRESIDENT & PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0.7 | $0 | $0 |
| MEISHA WANGERIN | BOARD MEMBER & VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0.7 | $0 | $0 |
| ED DARR | SECRETARY & BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.7 | $0 | $0 |
| TARA STREET | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.7 | $0 | $0 |
| JACKSON COOPER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.7 | $0 | $0 |
| RON DOUGLAS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.7 | $0 | $0 |
| DANIEL FLEMING | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.7 | $0 | $0 |
| BILL FREEBERG | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.7 | $0 | $0 |
| MARIE HUTCHINS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.7 | $0 | $0 |
| ZHENYA LAVY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.7 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES MURTAUGH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.7 | $0 | $0 |
| GRETCHEN OLSEN-JACOBSEN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.7 | $0 | $0 |
| KEVIN PLAMBECK | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.7 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE SMITH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.7 | $0 | $0 |
| DEBIRUTH STANFORD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.7 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 319 12TH AVE, SEATTLE, WA 98122-5504
- In care of
- % FRANKLIN REED
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Craig Coogan, 319 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
- Signed the 990
- Craig Coogan, Executive Dir.
- Phone
- (206) 323-0750
- Website
- www.seattlechoruses.org
- Return prepared by
- JACOBSON LAWRENCE & ASSOCIATES PLLC
Mission
Our voices transform society through innovative and entertaining programs that build community, illuminate the experiences of LGBTQ people and their allies, expand inclusion, and inspire justice.
Program accomplishments
- Flying House Productions (FHP) is home to two of the largest community choruses in America: Seattle Men's Chorus (SMC) founded in 1979, and Seattle Women's Chorus(SWC), which made its premier on stage in 2002. The two choruses combined boast 450 volunteer singers and associate support volunteers both artistic and administrative. FHP is Washington State's largest and most influential choral organization in terms of budget, audience, exposure, and ensemble size. Together the choruses are known to be among the largest LGBTQ choruses in America, with more than 20,000 people attending their concert season series, and tens of thousands more seeing the choruses in other regional performances and digitally every year.Expenses $1,456,517 · revenue $846,284
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
- 91-1183859
- 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
- 1982
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A6B0)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,835,631
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,780,576
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,953,924 | $2,321,904 | $2,835,631 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,536,631 | $2,643,230 | $2,981,466 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,789,072 | $1,905,907 | $3,781,196 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $1,662,245 | $1,568,303 | $3,504,579 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2018 | – | – | – | 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 91-1183859).
Questions about FLYING HOUSE PRODUCTIONS
- What is the EIN of FLYING HOUSE PRODUCTIONS?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of FLYING HOUSE PRODUCTIONS is 91-1183859.
- Is FLYING HOUSE PRODUCTIONS tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1982.
- Are donations to FLYING HOUSE PRODUCTIONS tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does FLYING HOUSE PRODUCTIONS 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 FLYING HOUSE PRODUCTIONS 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 FLYING HOUSE PRODUCTIONS 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 FLYING HOUSE PRODUCTIONS?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Craig Coogan.
- Who are the officers and directors of FLYING HOUSE PRODUCTIONS?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 16 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $205,316 (Craig Coogan, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does FLYING HOUSE PRODUCTIONS have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,953,924, expenses of $2,321,904 and total assets of $2,835,631 at year end.
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