Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1988.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
66 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
9 people listed on the 990; $36K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Rick Kaller’s $77K as Executive Director is at the 72nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2215 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Kaller | $76,644 | $75,144 | $25,048 | — | — | — |
| Virginia Johnston | $16,950 | $16,694 | $33,470 | $37,512 | $36,078 | $34,848 |
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.
See The Discovery Orchestra INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
The Discovery Orchestra INC is an arts and culture nonprofit based in Summit, NJ.
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1. Media program production and distribution - considerable staff time was spent creating, distributing AND/OR promoting: 1) regular episodes of our twice-monthly radio program, "inside music", in partnership with WWFM the classical network in new jersey; 2) 22 episodes of a new VIDEO/PODCAST series, notes from under the piano; 3) two…
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 22-2822802) · Dispute this line2. Community outreach - due to the covid pandemic, all our local community outreach music listening sessions were virtual. 12 sessions were presented via zoom in collaboration with 7 music student and senior partner organizations.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 22-2822802) · Dispute this line3. Inside music live radio broadcast - on 5/7/2021, there was a special live broadcast of "inside music" on WWFM featuring maestro maull and four discovery orchestra musicians. The two-hour broadcast, entitled "discover the birthday boys and produced in partnership with WWFM, featured explorations of music by brahms and tchaikovsky, who…
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 22-2822802) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $178K | $702K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $3K | $1K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $204K | $725K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $51K | $16K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $153K | $709K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5 | $56K | $36K | $11K | $9K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $96K | $63K | $18K | $15K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $8K | $5K | $2K | $1K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $11K | $7K | $2K | $2K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $9K | $250 | $8K | $250 |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $7K | $5K | $1K | $1K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $4K | $4K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $9K | $5K | $2K | $2K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $1K | $1K | $250 | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $1K | $874 | $252 | $198 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $9K | $4K | $5K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $47K | $38K | $3K | $6K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $2K | $1K | $353 | $279 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $261K | $171K | $53K | $37K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Dec 19, 2025 | $408K | $392K | $17K | $481K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 6, 2025 | $403K | $412K | −$9K | $465K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Dec 22, 2023 | $430K | $673K | −$243K | $474K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Mar 6, 2023 | $314K | $306K | $8K | $716K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 13, 2022 | $817K | $261K | $556K | $709K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Feb 12, 2021 | $351K | $511K | −$161K | $153K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990
Part I · Summary $816,612 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $816,612 across 11 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $260,561 across 13 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $724,697 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $708,783 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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