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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)
$882krevenue
FY2025 · +14% in 3 yrs14staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−2.0%
Months of reserve4.4mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+35.1%
Middle half of peersMedianSounds Academy
Where the money goes FY2025 · $900k spent
Programs$683k76%Management and general$104k12%Fundraising$113k13%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$32k in FY2023 and −$17k in FY2025. Cash covers 4.4 months, under the peer median of 5.6.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor3
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 35% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortFunders stay
7 of the 8 funders that gave before FY2021 are still giving.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsA history of government grants
Government grants on 4 of its 6 returns, 6% of revenue in FY2025. $10k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending29funders
$267ka year, last 3 years
22%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Virginia G Piper Charitable TrustSince FY2020$39k$56k$45k$75kEllis Center for Educational ExcellenceOn and off$60kGiles W & Elise G Mead FoundationOn and off$30k$30kThe Kiita FoundationOn and off$5k$25k$5k$5kLos Angeles Philharmonic AssociationOn and off$25k$10kBurton Family FoundationNew in FY2023$25kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$6k$12k$17k$232$22k$42k$94k15 other fundersUp to $86k a year each$25k$2k$24k$107k$115k$60k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund