Silk Road Project INC: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 04-3444069)

Ben Hartley’s $282K as Chief Executive Officer, President is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Ben Hartley	$282,318	$172,045	—	—	—	—
Kathy Fletcher	—	—	$247,100	$265,500	$202,564	$22,121
Eduardo Braniff	—	—	—	—	—	$210,670
Anthony Barbir	$178,113	$84,134	$182,861	$152,583	$102,387	—
Jennifer Klahn	$178,113	$84,134	$167,659	$149,960	—	—
Alicia Robinson Reese	$174,629	$168,675	$149,005	—	—	—
Rhiannon Giddens	$128,418	$125,379	$121,745	$58,353	—	—
Lori Lyn Taylor	—	—	—	—	—	$106,493

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Creates music that sparks cultural collaboration and learning for a more inclusive world.

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1 program · $1.7M · in their own filed words · FY2019

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Silkroad premiered and toured a brand-new evening-length work, osvaldo golijov's falling out of time, across six STATES.SILKROAD launched the pilot phase of silkroad seeds, a program which aims to fuel the creativity of silkroad's community of artists and production crew through individual project-based commissions.

$1.7Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2024

Alice L Walton FoundationFY2024$529K

Andrew W Mellon FoundationFY2024$200K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$51K

Liberty Mutual Foundation INCFY2024$50K

Boston Foundation INCFY2024$36K

Centene FoundationFY2024$25K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$25K

John and Marcia Goldman FoundationFY2024$10K

Total grants receivedfrom 11 funders$946K

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.7M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$445K

Investment incomeLn 3$264

Money outPt IX

$2.5M

Ln 25

Programscol B$1.7M

Managementcol C$516K

Fundraisingcol D$308K

Owns and owesPt X

$924K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$748K

Total assetsLn 16$1.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$349K

PeoplePt VI, VII

18

listed · VII A

PaidVII A5

Voting boardVI 1a14

IndependentVI 1b14

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M

Government grantsLn 1e$178K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$143K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$445K

Investment incomeLn 3$264

Gains on assetsLn 7−$40K

Total revenueLn 12$1.7M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$695K

SavingsLn 2$53K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$748K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7K

Total assetsLn 16$1.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$349K

Net assetsLn 32$924K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 516

VolunteersI 619

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$1.2M	$748K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$3K	$7K
Total assetsLn 16	$2.3M	$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$523K	$349K
Net assetsLn 32	$1.7M	$924K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$388K	$97K	$149K	$142K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$333K	$256K	$50K	$27K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$21K	$10K	$6K	$5K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$28K	$13K	$8K	$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$93K	$44K	$26K	$22K
Legal feesLn 11b	$17K		$17K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$47K		$47K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e	$92K			$92K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$1.0M	$928K	$99K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$9K	$8K	$793	$224
Office expensesLn 13	$49K	$25K	$18K	$6K
Information technologyLn 14	$9K		$9K
OccupancyLn 16	$2K	$2K
TravelLn 17	$232K	$183K	$44K	$5K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$10K		$10K
InsuranceLn 23	$19K		$19K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$111K	$97K	$12K	$2K
All other expensesLn 24e	$1K		$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$2.5M	$1.7M	$516K	$308K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$4.8M	$3.7M	$1.0M	$2.8M	990 PDF
FY2024	$3.2M	$4.0M	−$895K	$1.7M	990 PDF
FY2023	$2.1M	$3.9M	−$1.8M	$2.6M	990 PDF
FY2022	$3.9M	$3.7M	$263K	$4.5M	990 PDF
FY2021	$5.0M	$1.7M	$3.3M	$4.2M	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$1.7M	$2.5M	−$771K	$924K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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Part I · Summary $1,717,282 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,622,143$1,309,868

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,594,007$444,990

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $454−$39,741

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $8,361$2,165

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,224,965$1,717,282

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,067,270$862,461

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $100,252$92,133

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,540,479$1,533,918

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,708,001$2,488,512

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$483,036−$771,230

Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14

VI-1b Independent voting members14

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,717,282 across 9 lines filed

VIII-1e Government grants$177,792

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,132,076

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$143,211

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,309,868

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $444,990$444,990

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $264$264

VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $2,165$2,165

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$40,005−$40,005

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $444,990 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$37,576$1,717,282

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,488,512 across 18 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $96,984 · Management $148,994 · Fundraising $141,685$387,663

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $255,817 · Management $50,460 · Fundraising $27,039$333,316

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $9,849 · Management $5,818 · Fundraising $4,920$20,587

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $13,369 · Management $7,897 · Fundraising $6,677$27,943

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $44,471 · Management $26,268 · Fundraising $22,213$92,952

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $16,630$16,630

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $46,600$46,600

IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $92,133$92,133

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $927,686 · Management $99,135$1,026,821

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $8,288 · Management $793 · Fundraising $224$9,305

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $25,077 · Management $18,039 · Fundraising $6,023$49,139

IX-14 Information technologyManagement $9,147$9,147

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,499$2,499

IX-17 TravelPrograms $183,011 · Management $43,868 · Fundraising $4,788$231,667

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $10,153$10,153

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $19,348$19,348

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $97,208 · Management $11,778 · Fundraising $2,446$111,432

IX-24e All other expensesManagement $1,177$1,177

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,664,259 · Management $516,105 · Fundraising $308,148$2,488,512

Part X · Balance sheet $1,273,630 assets, 15 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,076,893$695,488

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $120,122$52,841

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $862,927$384,640

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $137,122$64,810

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $3,010$2,421

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $45,148$58,810

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,442$6,561

X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $14,103$8,059

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,262,767$1,273,630

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $423,307$349,426

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $523,307$349,426

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $815,008$253,466

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $924,452$670,738

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,739,460$924,204

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,262,767$1,273,630

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $924,204 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,717,282

XI-2 Total expenses$2,488,512

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$771,230

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,739,460

XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$44,026

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$924,204

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