Gaudeamus is a Christian faith-based ensemble of professional musicians with a passion for sharing their God-given talents through concert performance and recordings. Proceeds generated are directed to organizations supporting the needy, with focus on education and children's medical needs.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 7 volunteers and 13 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

Before you give

FY2025 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
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-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Pay to officers and key staff
$2K
to officers and key staff
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $20K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$148K
+101% vs prior year
Net assets
$21K
By yearFY2024–FY2025
Revenue
$148K
FY2025▲ +101%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2024$74K
FY2025$148K
Net assets
$21K
FY2025▲ +415%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2024$4K
FY2025$21K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

Give Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2004.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990-EZ; $2K 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
Executive Director
$1,200Pt VII · Sec A
$500Pt VII · Sec A
Board Mbr Social Media
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Mbr Medical Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Mbr Program Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Mbr Legal Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Constance Steuer’s $1K as Executive Director is at the 1st 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

NameFY2025FY2024
Constance Steuer$1,200$1,200
Thomas Walker$500—

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 Gaudeamus executive salaries →

On this list? Claim this org

Something off? Claim to add context

Programs and updates

Shares musical talents through concerts and recordings, donating proceeds to support needy children's education and medical care.

Questions for Gaudeamus

Tap to ask. Gaudeamus sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Gaudeamus answers here, for everyone.

Provided by the organization

Know this org? Add your story

3 programs · $38K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. A Go-Fund-Me, Vera's Village, to cover hospital medical expenses for Vera Rose Macel. Vera was born April 3, 2022 with severe birth defects requiring extended medical support.

$25Kprogram expense
02

Childern's Hospital of Philadelphia. This donation was directed to the Neuro Oncology Unit.

$8Kprogram expense
03

Our Lady of Gaudalupe Church. Donations of $5,000 funded Our Lady of Guadalupe Respect Life Charities. Donations of $1000 funded Sainte Anne de Bois de Laurence Parish in Haiti.

$6Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$20K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $32K · 2023–2023

By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$148K
Other income$148K
Owns and owes
$21K
net assets
Liabilities$0
People
6
listed
Paid2
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$148K
Total revenue$148K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$0
Net assets$21K
Operations
Employees13
Volunteers7
Fiscal year endsJune

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $148K$21K 990 PDF
FY2024 $74K$81K−$7K$4K 990 PDF

More to add? Claim this org

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

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

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

Your org? Add context

Made it to the end? Claim this org

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the pay comparisons above.