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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$2.0Mrevenue
FY2025 · +39% in 3 yrs6staff
6 of 6years filed
’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−17.4%
Months of reserve1.0mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+37.4%
Middle half of peersMedianAmerican Modern Opera Company
Where the money goes FY2025 · $2.3M spent
Programs$1.9M82%Management and general$396k17%Fundraising$22k1%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
Its largest funder stopped after FY2022
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation gave $750k in FY2022, 52% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$3k in FY2023, −$460k in FY2024 and −$346k in FY2025. Cash covers 1.0 months, under the peer median of 3.8.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 37% a year since FY2020, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort22funders
$424ka year, last 3 years
59%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23The Andrew W Mellon FoundationOn and off$750kThe Kovner FoundationSince FY2020$25k$25k$25k$50kThe Howard and Sarah D Solomon FoundationSince FY2020$20k$20k$15k$15kThe Horace W Goldsmith FoundationOn and off$25kThe James S Marcus FoundationOn and off$25kProject Music Heals US IncOn and off$10kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$10k$13k$30k$70k$97k$138k5 other fundersUp to $10k a year each$2k$10k$20k$3k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund