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Nonprofit · EIN 93-1124501

CAPPELLA ROMANA INC

Tax-exempt · PORTLAND, OR 97205

Financials

$1.1M$972K2022$808K$938K2023$983K$1M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of CAPPELLA ROMANA INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$982,715$1,000,232-$17,517$493,522$197,747$295,775
June 30, 2024990$807,527$937,933-$130,406$438,931$125,639$313,292
June 30, 2023990$1,096,986$971,507$125,479$586,157$142,459$443,698
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$534,131
of which government grants
$105,140
Program service revenue
$317,937
Investment income
$69
Royalties
$2,500
Net income from sales of inventory
$128,078
Other revenue
$130,578

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$141,149
Other salaries and wages
$169,451
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$347,970
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$14,067
Occupancy
$35,259
Travel
$98,039
Depreciation
$11,741
Program services (functional)
$814,463
Management and general (functional)
$78,596
Fundraising (functional)
$107,173

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$438,931
Total assets, end of year
$493,522
Total liabilities, end of year
$197,747
Net assets, end of year
$295,775
Publicly traded securities
$899
Net assets without donor restrictions
$295,775
Gross receipts
$982,715
Employees
5
Volunteers
57
Year formed
1991
State of legal domicile
OR

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.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
MARK POWELLEXECUTIVE DI
Officer
50$121,565$15,608
JOHN PATERAKISPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
PAUL VAN DER SALMTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
LAURA GRASERSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
SUSAN HARVEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
HEIDI KOHNEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ROSS RITTERMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
KINTEA BRYANT ROSSITERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHRISTINE THUM SCHLESSERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JIM SKEDROSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 11 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
MARK POWELLEXECUTIVE DI
Officer
50$118,631$14,142
THOMAS LABARGEPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
CHRISTINE THUM SCHLESSERSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
PAUL VAN DER SALMTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
JOHN PATERAKISASSISTANT TR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
SUSAN HARVEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ARLENA BARNESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ROSS RITTERMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KINTEA BRYANT ROSSITERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
JIM SKEDROSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ROBERT SALERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 11 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
MARK POWELLEXECUTIVE DI
Officer
50$114,630$8,546
THOMAS LABARGEPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
CHRISTINE THUM SCHLESSERVICE PRES/SE
Officer
2$0$0
PAUL VAN DER SALMTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
JOHN PATERAKISASSITANT TRE
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
SUSAN HARVEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ARLENA BARNESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ROSS RITTERMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KINTEA BRYANT ROSSITERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
JIM SKEDROSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ROBERT SALERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1201 SW 12TH AVE STE 415, PORTLAND, OR 97205-2031
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
MARK POWELL, 1201 SW 12TH AVE SUITE 415, PORTLAND, OR 97205
Signed the 990
MARK POWELL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(503) 236-8202
Return prepared by
JAMES E RICHMAN CPA

Mission

MUSICAL PERFORMANCES FOR THE PUBLIC.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • AS ONE OF THE LEADING PROFESSIONAL CHAMBER CHOIRS IN NORTH AMERICA BOTH BY BUDGET AND ACTIVITY LEVEL, CAPPELLA ROMANA AIMS TO BE THE PREEMINENT GLOBAL PROPONENT OF EARLY AND CONTEMPORARY VOCAL MUSIC INSPIRED BY BYZANTIUM, THE SLAVIC COMMONWEALTH, AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH WESTERN TRADITIONS. FOUNDED BY MUSIC DIRECTOR ALEXANDER LINGAS IN 1991, ITS HIGHLY FOCUSED PROGRAMS OFFER A GLIMPSE OF THE TRANSCENDENT IN VOCAL ART, MADE POSSIBLE BY DEEP, ORIGINAL MUSICOLOGICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH. REACHING MORE AUDIENCES EACH YEAR AND ACCLAIMED RECENTLY IN GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE ("A SOUND WORLD OF UNIQUE BEAUTY"), THE PORTLAND, OREGON BASED ENSEMBLE PRESENTS A WEST COAST CONCERT SERIES (PORTLAND AND SEATTLE) AS ITS MAIN PROGRAM OFFERING. COLLABORATIONS WITH PEERS, SUCH AS PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA, KINGDOM SOUND GOSPEL CHOIR, AND 45TH PARALLEL UNIVERSE, REACH BROAD AUDIENCES, AS DO ITS REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL TOURS. CAPPELLA'S RECENT INTERNATIONAL TOURS INCLUDE PERFORMANCES IN ROMANIA AND NATIONAL TOURS INCLUDE PERFORMANCES IN WASHINGTON (DC), BOSTON, NEW ORLEANS, HOUSTON, NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, AND SEATTLE. CAPPELLA RECORDS (CAPPELLA ROMANA'S OWN RECORD LABEL) NOW HAS OVER 35 RELEASED RECORDINGS, WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED BY NAXOS OF AMERICA, AND A RECENT RELEASE OF THE ST. TIKHON CHOIR GARNERED A GRAMMY NOMINATION, AND ANOTHER WON A JUNO AWARD (THE CANADIAN "GRAMMYS"). CAPPELLA ROMANA WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST ADOPTERS OF THE ARTS FOR ALL PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM, BEGUN IN 2007, BENEFITS CITIZENS IN THE PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREA ON FOOD ASSISTANCE (SNAP), AND CAPPELLA ROMANA EXTENDS THIS BENEFIT TO THOSE IN WASHINGTON STATE AS WELL. ANY HOLDER OF AN SNAP CARD MAY PURCHASE 5 TICKETS TO ANY CAPPELLA ROMANA CONCERT. THE REGULAR MARKET-RATE FOR TICKETS RANGE FROM 22 TO 80. SNAP CREDIT IS NOT USED FOR PURCHASING TICKETS. THE ARTS FOR ALL PROGRAM ENABLES LOWER INCOME INDIVIDUALS TO EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF CAPPELLA ROMANA'S MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, IN PERSON, AT A FRACTION OF THE REGULAR PRICE. CAPPELLA ROMANA CONCERTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, ETHNIC ORIGIN, GENDER, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR DISABILITY. WE WILL NOT TURN SOMEONE AWAY FOR THE LACK OF ABILITY TO PAY. CAPPELLA ROMANA ALSO PROVIDES ITS RECORDINGS WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE NONPROFIT ALL CLASSICAL PORTLAND RADIO STATION TO ENSURE THAT THE GREATER COMMUNITY CAN EXPERIENCE OUR LIVE PERFORMANCES AND RECORDINGS. ALL CLASSICAL'S LISTENERSHIP IS OVER 150,000. CAPPELLA ROMANA ALSO OFFERS FREE RECITALS OF ITS MUSICAL PROGRAM FOR THE PUBLIC AS A GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY, IN PERFORMANCES SUCH AS AT PORTLAND'S GREEK FESTIVAL AND FOR THE NORTHWEST CHAPTER CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS. CAPPELLA ROMANA HAS ALSO PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE IN HOSPITALS, WITH A SET OF HOLIDAY CAROLS FOR CHRONICALLY ILL PATIENTS THERE, AND FOR WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS IN ITS COMMUNITY. DURING THE PANDEMIC AND NOW AFTER, ADDITIONAL FREE PERFORMANCES WERE BROADCAST ONLINE AND AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE. PROGRAM ACTIVITY IN FY25 CAPPELLA ROMANA BEGAN FY25 WITH THE RELEASE IN JULY 2024 OF SAM HERRON'S BOOK "THE DIVINE LITURGY," THE THIRD MAJOR TITLE OF CAPPELLA ROMANA PUBLICATIONS, A COLLECTION OF BYZANTINE CHANTS IN ENGLISH. IN SEPTEMBER 2024, CAPPELLA ROMANA TOURED TO HOUSTON-PERFORMING FOR THE CATHOLIC LITURGY ASSOCIATION AND HOUSTON EARLY MUSIC-AND TO NEW YORK FOR THE ST. IGNATIUS SERIES, PRESENTING "LOST VOICES OF HAGIA SOPHIA." AS A FREE OUTREACH EVENT, THE ENSEMBLE ALSO SANG VESPERS AT THE PORTLAND GREEK FESTIVAL IN OCTOBER. OCTOBER 2024 ALSO BROUGHT THE RELEASE OF THE RECORDING "A UKRAINIAN WEDDING,- AND THE PREMIERE OF "IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST. DEMETRIOS," WITH A RESIDENCY AT UCLA AND CONCERTS IN THE NORTHWEST AND IN LOS ANGELES, INCLUDING RECORDING SESSIONS AT UCLA AND WORK WITH STUDENT SINGERS. IN NOVEMBER, CAPPELLA ROMANA PRESENTED THE CELEBRATED BELGIAN ENSEMBLE VOX LUMINIS IN PORTLAND AND SEATTLE, PERFORMING MUSIC OF MONTEVERDI. ALSO IN NOVEMBER, CAPPELLA ROMANA PERFORMED "OUT OF THE ASHES OF SMYRNA" ON TOUR IN BOSTON AND NEW ORLEANS. THE MONTH ALSO SAW A BOOK LAUNCH IN BOSTON FOR "MYSTERIES: BYZANTINE CHANT FOR ORTHODOX SACRAMENTS" BY JOHN MICHAEL BOYER, THE FOURTH MAJOR RELEASE OF CAPPELLA ROMANA PUBLICATIONS. IN DECEMBER, CAPPELLA ROMANA AGAIN FORMED THE CHOIR FOR PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA'S ANNUAL MESSIAH PERFORMANCES, REACHING OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THOSE CONCERTS. THE ENSEMBLE ALSO TOURED TO CALIFORNIA (IRVINE AND SAN FRANCISCO), AND GAVE PERFORMANCES IN PORTLAND AND SEATTLE OF "CHRISTMAS IN UKRAINE," WITH GUEST DIRECTOR MARIKA KUZMA, TO PACKED HOUSES. IN FEBRUARY 2025, CAPPELLA ROMANA PRESENTED LONDON'S THE MARIAN CONSORT IN PORTLAND AND SEATTLE, WITH WORKSHOPS SERVING A LOCAL PROFESSIONAL ENSEMBLE, AN AMATEUR ADULT CHOIR, A HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR, AND A UNIVERSITY CHOIR. FEBRUARY ALSO SAW THE RELEASE OF "UKRAINIAN WAR REQUIEM," PERFORMED BY THE AXIOS MEN'S ENSEMBLE AND MEMBERS OF PRO CORO CANADA OF EDMONTON, WHICH LATER WON THE JUNO AWARD (CANADA'S "GRAMMYS"). LATER THAT MONTH AND INTO MARCH, CAPPELLA ROMANA PRODUCED THE COMPLETE WORLD PREMIERE OF "THE CANON FOR RACIAL RECONCILIATION" BY NICHOLAS REEVES AND ISAAC CATES, BRINGING TOGETHER GOSPEL AND CLASSICAL SINGERS FOR THIS MAJOR CONCERT WORK WITH PLANS FOR A FUTURE TOUR AND RECORDING PROJECT. IN MARCH 2025, CAPPELLA ROMANA PERFORMED FRANK LA ROCCA'S REQUIEM FOR THE FORGOTTEN ALONGSIDE THE RHEINBERGER CANTUS MISSAE. MAY 2025 BROUGHT THE RELEASE OF "A SACRIFICE OF PRAISE: CHANT FOR THE DIVINE LITURGY," THE FIFTH MAJOR TITLE OF CAPPELLA ROMANA PUBLICATIONS, AS WELL AS PERFORMANCES OF IVAN MOODY'S "PASSION AND RESURRECTION" IN COLLABORATION WITH IN MEDIO AND 45TH PARALLEL UNIVERSE. THE SEASON CONCLUDED WITH AN INTERNATIONAL TOUR TO ROMANIA FOR THE IA?I BYZANTINE MUSIC FESTIVAL, WITH CONCERTS IN BOTOSANI, IASI, AND PIATRA NEAMT.
    Expenses $814,463 · revenue $290,467

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 yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
93-1124501
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1994
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Unknown (Z99)
Assets (IRS master file)
$493,522
Income (IRS master file)
$982,715

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$982,715$1,000,232$493,522XML
990June 2024$807,527$937,933$438,931IRS
990June 2023$1,096,986$971,507$586,157XML
990June 2022$862,892$822,249$397,345IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990June 2020–––IRS
990June 2019–––IRS
990June 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 93-1124501).

Questions about CAPPELLA ROMANA INC

What is the EIN of CAPPELLA ROMANA INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of CAPPELLA ROMANA INC is 93-1124501.
Is CAPPELLA ROMANA INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1994.
Are donations to CAPPELLA ROMANA INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does CAPPELLA ROMANA INC 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 CAPPELLA ROMANA INC 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 CAPPELLA ROMANA INC 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 CAPPELLA ROMANA INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names MARK POWELL.
Who are the officers and directors of CAPPELLA ROMANA INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 10 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $121,565 (MARK POWELL, EXECUTIVE DI).
How much revenue does CAPPELLA ROMANA INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $982,715, expenses of $1,000,232 and total assets of $493,522 at year end.

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