Nonprofit screen
Screen a listExperimental Sound Studio
Can you give?
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)(2)
$907krevenue
FY2025 · +142% in 3 yrs5staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin7.5%
Months of reserve5.6mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+16.1%
Middle half of peersMedianExperimental Sound Studio
Where the money goes FY2025 · $839k spent
Programs$771k92%Management and general$53k6%Fundraising$15k2%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Nothing to check in the filings
In its favor3
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 16% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortFunders stay
9 of the 11 funders that gave before FY2021 are still giving.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsA history of government grants
Government grants on 5 of its 9 returns, 11% of revenue in FY2025. $163k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending29funders
$220ka year, last 3 years
35%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Dew FoundationEvery year since FY2017$60k$50k$70k$60k$72k$60k$96kWalder FoundationOn and off$50k$100kWalter and Karla Goldschmidt FoundationSince FY2020$15k$10k$15k$20kBuilders Vision FoundationNew in FY2023$55kGaylord and Dorothy Donnelley FoundationSince FY2019$8k$9k$10k$9k$10kReva and David Logan FoundationNew in FY2023$40kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$14k$37k$66k$35k$35$29k14 other fundersUp to $20k a year each$2k$15k$14k$17k$39k$44k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund