To present, promote, and educate the public community about new Music as well as expand and enhance the depth of the string quartet repertoire by collaborating with composers on the interpretation of existing works and the commissioning of new works.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 5 volunteers and 5 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $64K a year · 10% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$288K
to officers and key staff · 52% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 52% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $176K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$50K
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$747K
+15% vs prior year
Spent
$551K
To programs
74%
Net assets
$378K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$747K
FY2025▲ +15%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$612K
FY2021$767K
FY2022$576K
FY2023$651K
FY2025$747K
Expenses
$551K
FY2025▼ -22%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$475K
FY2021$611K
FY2022$689K
FY2023$706K
FY2025$551K
Net assets
$378K
FY2025▲ +36%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$290K
FY2021$447K
FY2022$334K
FY2023$279K
FY2025$378K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending July 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2009.

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Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $407K Management & general 19% · $105K Fundraising 7% · $39K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $288K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$72,000Pt VII · Sec A
$72,000Pt VII · Sec A
$72,000Pt VII · Sec A
$72,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

John P Richards’s $72K as Director is at the 67th 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
John P Richards$72,000$80,000$76,667$75,067$66,690
Jed Austin Wulliman$72,000$80,000———
Christopher Otto$72,000$80,000$77,667$75,067$65,798
Jeremiah a Campbell$72,000$80,000$76,667$75,067$65,798
Julia Bumke—$80,000$76,667$75,067—
Austin Wulliman——$76,667$75,067$67,169

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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Questions the 990 asks

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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

Programs and updates

Promotes new music and expands string quartet repertoire through collaborations and commissions.

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3 programs · $407K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

NYC Performance and DevelopmentJACK Quartet performed, developed and recorded new works in New York City

$161Kprogram expense
02

JACK Quartet toured for performances at prominent venues in the United States, Europe, and Australia.

$156Kprogram expense
03

JACKs commissioning projects included world premieres of new works by Natacha Diels, Austin Wulliman, Jeffrey Mumford, Ellen Fullman, Vicente Atria, Juri Seo, Terry Riley, and yvind Torvund.

$90Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$176K
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$747K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$478K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$252K
Other incomeLn 4–11$16K
Money outPt IX
$551K
Ln 25
Programscol B$407K
Managementcol C$105K
Fundraisingcol D$39K
Owns and owesPt X
$378K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$399K
Total assetsLn 16$428K
LiabilitiesLn 26$50K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$478K
Government grantsLn 1e$136K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$252K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$16K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$747K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$399K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$399K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$428K
LiabilitiesLn 26$50K
Net assetsLn 32$378K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 65
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$136K$399K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$223K$428K
LiabilitiesLn 26$41K$50K
Net assetsLn 32$182K$378K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$288K$202K$65K$22K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$20K$15K$3K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$0
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$71K$71K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$4K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$166K$119K$31K$16K
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$195$3K$100
Total functional expensesLn 25$551K$407K$105K$39K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $747K$551K$196K$378K 990 PDF
FY2024 Not on file
FY2023 $651K$706K−$55K$279K 990 PDF
FY2022 $576K$689K−$113K$334K 990 PDF
FY2021 $767K$611K$157K$447K 990 PDF
FY2020 $612K$475K$137K$290K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $747,485 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $125,700$478,265
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $209,269$251,825
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $8$1,708
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,118$15,687
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $338,095$747,485
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $249,405$307,904
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $185,695$243,386
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $435,100$551,290
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$97,005$196,195
Part VI · Governance 5 of 9 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $747,485 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$136,242
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$342,023
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$478,265
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $251,825$251,825
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $1,708$1,708
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $15,687$15,687
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $269,220$747,485
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $551,290 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $201,600 · Management $64,800 · Fundraising $21,600$288,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $15,422 · Management $2,830 · Fundraising $1,652$19,904
IX-10 Payroll taxes$0
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $70,733$70,733
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $3,661$3,661
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $118,857 · Management $31,310 · Fundraising $15,708$165,875
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $195 · Management $2,822 · Fundraising $100$3,117
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $406,807 · Management $105,423 · Fundraising $39,060$551,290
Part X · Balance sheet $428,213 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $136,362$399,487
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $74,600$21,346
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $11,427$7,380
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $764$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $223,153$428,213
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $19,231$10,883
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $20,625$39,036
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $41,054$49,919
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $164,252$324,294
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $17,847$54,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $182,099$378,294
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $223,153$428,213
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $378,294 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$747,485
XI-2 Total expenses$551,290
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$196,195
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$182,099
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$378,294

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