Myth Media

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Portland, OR501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 43-1957038

Our mission is to create cultural and environmental resilience through the education of earth-based arts, traditions, and technologies. This mission comes to life in the form of educational workshops and programs, community building events, and ecological restoration.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 100 volunteers and 10 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
2 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $42K a year · 15% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$27K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 78% of similar orgs
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
24 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 23.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $32K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$742
0.2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$111K
-55% vs prior year
Spent
$148K
To programs
85%
Net assets
$317K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$111K
FY2025▼ -55%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$137K
FY2021$83K
FY2022$171K
FY2023$276K
FY2024$315K
FY2025$248K
FY2025$111K
Expenses
$148K
FY2025▼ -44%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021Not on file
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$214K
FY2024$234K
FY2025$265K
FY2025$148K
Net assets
$317K
FY2025▼ -7%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$123K
FY2021$149K
FY2022$213K
FY2023$275K
FY2024$358K
FY2025$340K
FY2025$317K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2003.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $126K Management & general 15% · $22K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990; $27K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir
$27,000Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Peter Bauer’s $27K as Executive Dir is at the 22nd 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Peter Bauer$27,000$28,182————
Peter Bauer——$21,396$18,229$12,425$1,725

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

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

Teaches earth-based arts, traditions, and technologies to build cultural and environmental resilience.

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1 program service account for $126K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
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Education and Training

conduct educational programs camps and workshops focusing on ancestral skills and community building. Services are offered on a fee basis and as free-to-the-public programs.

$126Kprogram expense

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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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$32K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$111K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$96K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Money outPt IX
$148K
Ln 25
Programscol B$126K
Managementcol C$22K
Owns and owesPt X
$317K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$292K
Total assetsLn 16$317K
LiabilitiesLn 26$742
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$96K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Other incomeLn 4–11$296
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$111K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$18K
SavingsLn 2$275K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$292K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$317K
LiabilitiesLn 26$742
Net assetsLn 32$317K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 6100
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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$325K$292K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K$1K
Total assetsLn 16$340K$317K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$742
Net assetsLn 32$340K$317K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$27K$27K$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$37K$37K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$6K$3K$3K$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$15K$11K$4K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$1K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$8K$0$8K$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$8K$8K$0$0
TravelLn 17$308$308$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$3K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$7K$0$7K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$35K$34K$986$0
All other expensesLn 24e$700$700$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$148K$126K$22K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 $248K$265K−$17K$340K 990 PDF
FY2024 $315K$234K$81K$358K 990 PDF
FY2023 $276K$214K$62K$275K 990 PDF
FY2022 $171K$213K 990 PDF
FY2021 $83K$149K 990 PDF
FY2020 $137K$123K 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
See the full FY2025 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $110,517 across 16 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $296 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$9,014
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$9,014
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $95,950 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$95,950
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$5,257
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $95,950 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$110,517
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $148,171 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $27,000 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$27,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $37,005 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$37,005
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,000 · Management $2,613 · Fundraising $0$5,613
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $11,058 · Management $4,090 · Fundraising $0$15,149
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,435 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,435
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $8,014 · Fundraising $0$8,014
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $7,932 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$7,932
IX-17 TravelPrograms $308 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$308
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,091 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,091
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $6,608 · Fundraising $0$6,608
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $34,330 · Management $986 · Fundraising $0$35,316
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $700 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$700
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $125,859 · Management $22,311 · Fundraising $0$148,171
Part X · Balance sheet $317,433 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $36,372$17,649
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $288,479$274,729
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $6,221$6,221
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,186$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $7,954$1,362
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$17,472
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $340,212$317,433
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$742
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$742
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $340,212$316,691
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $340,212$317,433
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $316,691 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$110,517
XI-2 Total expenses$148,171
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$37,654
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$340,212
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$14,133
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$316,691

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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