A Far Cry INC: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 30-0456355)

Grace Kennerly’s $111K as Executive Di is at the 92nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Grace Kennerly	$110,635	$109,280	$101,275	$90,644	$85,375	$84,287
Megumi Stohs Lewis	—	—	—	$13,896	$22,595	$27,475
Hannah Collins	$25,303	$14,256	—	—	—	—
Francesca McNeeley	$24,386	—	—	—	—	—
Jae Cosmos Lee	—	—	—	$20,153	$23,891	—
Rafael Popper-Keizer	—	—	—	—	—	$21,768
Sarah Darling	—	—	—	—	—	$20,915
Caitlin Lynch	—	$20,610	$16,815	—	—	—

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

Presents chamber orchestra concerts to increase public understanding and enjoyment of classical music.

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3 programs · $674K · in their own filed words · FY2019

01

Performed 28 chamber music concerts, including 15 in boston, ma and 13 at various locations accross the united states.

$541Kprogram expense

02

Provided stipends to musicians as financial assistance due to economic hardships of COVID-19 pandemic.

$133Kprogram expense

03

Conducted music education workshops with a variety of music groups.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

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

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$81K

Boston Foundation INCFY2024$64K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$19K

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFY2024$14K

Ploughshares FoundationFY2024$10K

Hodges Charitable Foundation 37208FY2024$8K

Defense Against Thought Control Foundation INCFY2024$1K

Windham FoundationFY2024$1K

Total grants receivedfrom 8 funders$199K

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.1M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$624K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$393K

Other incomeLn 4–11$54K

Money outPt IX

$985K

Ln 25

Programscol B$674K

Managementcol C$251K

Fundraisingcol D$60K

Owns and owesPt X

$601K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$486K

Total assetsLn 16$765K

LiabilitiesLn 26$165K

PeoplePt VI, VII

13

listed · VII A

PaidVII A4

Voting boardVI 1a12

IndependentVI 1b9

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$624K

Government grantsLn 1e$16K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$41K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$21K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$393K

Investment incomeLn 3$52

Other incomeLn 4–11$54K

Gains on assetsLn 7−$152

Total revenueLn 12$1.1M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$227K

SavingsLn 2$259K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$486K

Other assetsLn 15$12K

Total assetsLn 16$765K

LiabilitiesLn 26$165K

Net assetsLn 32$601K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 598

VolunteersI 622

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

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

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$326K	$486K
Total assetsLn 16	$577K	$765K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$62K	$165K
Net assetsLn 32	$516K	$601K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$154K	$64K	$70K	$21K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$385K	$309K	$50K	$26K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$13K	$4K	$6K	$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$57K	$39K	$14K	$5K
Management feesLn 11a	$25K	$25K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$18K		$18K
OccupancyLn 16	$28K		$28K
TravelLn 17	$43K	$43K
InsuranceLn 23	$3K		$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$156K	$124K	$30K	$2K
All other expensesLn 24e	$103K	$66K	$33K	$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$985K	$674K	$251K	$60K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$877K	$1.2M	−$351K	$425K	990 PDF
FY2024	$1.4M	$1.1M	$292K	$776K	990 PDF
FY2023	$926K	$1.1M	−$169K	$485K	990 PDF
FY2022	$946K	$823K	$123K	$654K	990 PDF
FY2021	$804K	$874K	−$70K	$531K	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$1.1M	$985K	$85K	$601K	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 M · Noncash O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $1,070,445 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $914,174$624,027

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $451,562$392,550

I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$1,798−$100

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $38,932$53,968

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,402,870$1,070,445

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $270,490$609,376

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $583,022$375,940

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $853,512$985,316

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $549,358$85,129

Part VI · Governance 9 of 12 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12

VI-1b Independent voting members9

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 $1,070,445 across 11 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $5,216 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1c Fundraising events$21,285

VIII-1e Government grants$15,750

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$586,992

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$41,073

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$624,027

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $392,550$392,550

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $52$52

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$152−$152

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $18,752$18,752

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $30,000$30,000

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $427,614 · Excluded from tax $18,804$1,070,445

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $985,316 across 11 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $63,758 · Management $69,615 · Fundraising $21,072$154,445

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $309,489 · Management $49,560 · Fundraising $25,596$384,645

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,555 · Management $5,830 · Fundraising $3,678$13,063

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $38,728 · Management $13,653 · Fundraising $4,842$57,223

IX-11a Management feesPrograms $24,900$24,900

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $18,172$18,172

IX-16 OccupancyManagement $28,298$28,298

IX-17 TravelPrograms $43,276$43,276

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $2,794$2,794

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $124,107 · Management $30,000 · Fundraising $1,747$155,854

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $66,499 · Management $32,720 · Fundraising $3,427$102,646

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $674,312 · Management $250,642 · Fundraising $60,362$985,316

Part X · Balance sheet $765,392 assets, 15 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $152,241$226,954

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $173,721$258,774

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $229,533$225,330

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $4,664$33,408

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,316$8,926

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $12,000$12,000

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $577,475$765,392

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $13,286$2,886

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$79,370

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $48,443$82,261

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $61,729$164,517

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $99,164$357,593

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $416,582$243,282

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $515,746$600,875

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $577,475$765,392

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $600,875 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,070,445

XI-2 Total expenses$985,316

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$85,129

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$515,746

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$600,875

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