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Screen a listBowerbird Inc
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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
- Reinstated
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$281krevenue
FY2025 · +74% in 3 yrs2staff
7 of 7years filed
’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin23.2%
Months of reserve10.9mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+10.7%
Middle half of peersMedianBowerbird
Where the money goes FY2025 · $216k spent
Programs$190k88%Management and general$16k8%Fundraising$9k4%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
A funder worth 38% of revenue stopped after FY2020
The William Penn Foundation gave $44k in FY2020, 38% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsIn its favor2
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 11% a year since FY2019, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortFunders stay
4 of the 5 funders that gave before FY2021 are still giving.
Funders’ 990-PF grant lists8funders
$49ka year, last 3 years
52%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23The University of the ArtsOn and off$77k$100k$106k$27k$36k$41kThe Philadelphia Cultural Fund IncOn and off$10k$9k$6k$4k$8k$12kThe William Penn FoundationOn and off$44kThe Presser FoundationEvery year since FY2017$2k$3k$3k$5k$8k$10k$5kNew Music USA IncOn and off$7kThe Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc Co Alter Kendrick & Baron LLPNew in FY2023$3k1 other fundersUp to $8k a year each$6k$8k$6k
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