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US nonprofit · EIN 760341880 · Houston, TXiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 760341880) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990EZ for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Houston Choral Society

Donations deductible
Revenue
$141k
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$106k
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$42k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$42k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
4.8y av
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
Activity
A6B0
Arts, culture and humanities
How am I connected?

Houston Choral Society's network

8 people1 organisationi8 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Amy Ghanem (also filed as Amy Ghanem)Senior VP2021
5 yrs
Audra KlotzVP Performance2019
7 yrs
Amanda FinneganCompany secretary2024
2 yrs
Charles ThornburgPresident2024
2 yrs
Lane CocoVP Fund Development2019
7 yrs
Leslieanne SeifertVP Administration2023
3 yrs
Penny NelsonVP Community Outreach and Special Projects2019
7 yrs
Stephen Pondell (also filed as Steve Pondell)Treasurer2024
2 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Amy GhanemVP of Admin2019
Dr Kevin KlotzArtistic Directorsince 2019
Kevin KlotzArtistic Directorsince 2024
Larry PainExecutive Vice President2023

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Kevin KlotzArtistic Director5$24k
Charles ThornburgPresident2$0
Amy GhanemSenior VP2$0
LeslieAnne SeifertVP Administration2$0
Audra KlotzVP Performance2$0
Lane CocoVP Fund Development2$0
Penny NelsonVP Community Outreach and Special Projects2$0
Stephen PondellTreasurer2$0
Amanda FinneganSecretary2$0

About

Legal name
Houston Choral Society
EIN
760341880
Address
9597 Jones Rd PMB 389, Houston, TX, 77065-4815
State
Texas
Activity (NTEE)
A6B0 Arts, culture and humanities
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Size band
3 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 October 1991
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsAudra Klotz
≥7years on the filingsLane Coco
≥7years on the filingsPenny Nelson
≥5years on the filingsAmy Ghanem

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$42k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$42k

Filed finances

2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$141k$106k$35k
2023$108k$139kDeficit $31k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Houston Choral Society likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Texas
Entity type
nonprofit corporation
Status
Active
Formed
29 August 1990
Registered agent
Not stated

This register does not publish officers or directors.