To promote large Brass ensemble music through public concerts and to educate the public about this artistic form of music.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$68K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · 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.
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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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $88K a year · 14% 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
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$68K
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $28K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$38K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$398K
Spent
$321K
To programs
83%
Net assets
$387K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$398K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$398K
FY2021$659K
FY2022$733K
FY2023$612K
FY2024$704K
Expenses
$321K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$321K
FY2021$365K
FY2022$608K
FY2023$637K
FY2024$734K
Net assets
$387K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$387K
FY2021$681K
FY2022$805K
FY2023$779K
FY2024$750K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 1982.

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

Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $265K Management & general 13% · $41K Fundraising 5% · $15K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $68K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Di
$45,000Pt VII · Sec A
Artistic Dir
$22,500Pt VII · Sec A
Past Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President El
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Rebecca Wilkins$67,080$65,000$56,815$50,000$45,000
Kathleen Brantigan$25,954$15,407$22,542$23,000$22,500

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.

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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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Presents concerts and educates the public about large brass ensemble music.

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1 program · $265K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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In fiscal year 2020, despite the pandemic, the denver brass presented 150+ events, both in-person and virtual, including season concerts, free and reduced-price community concerts, and educational workshops. Attendance at these events was approximately 20,000.

$265Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$28K
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Grants paid · 1 grant · $44K · 2022–2022
Unitemized GrantFY2022$44,215

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$398K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$312K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$81K
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Money outPt IX
$321K
Ln 25
Programscol B$265K
Managementcol C$41K
Fundraisingcol D$15K
Owns and owesPt X
$387K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$316K
Total assetsLn 16$426K
LiabilitiesLn 26$38K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$312K
Government grantsLn 1e$117K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$22K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$81K
Investment incomeLn 3$325
Other incomeLn 4–11$5K
Total revenueLn 12$398K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$18K
SavingsLn 2$298K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$316K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$28K
Total assetsLn 16$426K
LiabilitiesLn 26$38K
Net assetsLn 32$387K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 680
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$217K$316K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$33K$28K
Total assetsLn 16$343K$426K
LiabilitiesLn 26$34K$38K
Net assetsLn 32$310K$387K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$77K$54K$16K$7K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$17K$12K$4K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2K$1K$382$162
Payroll taxesLn 10$6K$5K$1K$581
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$119K$114K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$53K$53K
Office expensesLn 13$13K$7K$2K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$6K$4K$1K$573
OccupancyLn 16$6K$4K$1K$540
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K$509$218
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5K$4K$1K$448
InsuranceLn 23$2K$191$2K$25
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$11K$5K$5K$586
Total functional expensesLn 25$321K$265K$41K$15K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $704K$734K−$29K$750K 990 PDF
FY2023 $612K$637K−$26K$779K 990 PDF
FY2022 $733K$608K$124K$805K 990 PDF
FY2021 $659K$365K$294K$681K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $398K$321K$77K$387K 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 $398,380 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $300,832$311,834
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $346,541$81,231
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $822$325
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $6,523$4,990
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $654,718$398,380
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $165,989$102,634
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $515,974$218,249
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $681,963$320,883
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$27,245$77,497
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $398,380 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $4,990 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$116,834
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$195,000
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$21,700
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$311,834
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $81,231$81,231
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $325$325
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $86,221 · Excluded from tax $325$398,380
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $320,883 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $54,182 · Management $16,254 · Fundraising $6,967$77,403
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $11,871 · Management $3,561 · Fundraising $1,526$16,958
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,268 · Management $382 · Fundraising $162$1,812
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $4,523 · Management $1,357 · Fundraising $581$6,461
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $114,036 · Management $5,400$119,436
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $53,480$53,480
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,951 · Management $2,085 · Fundraising $3,508$12,544
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,449 · Management $1,335 · Fundraising $573$6,357
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,200 · Management $1,260 · Fundraising $540$6,000
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,695 · Management $509 · Fundraising $218$2,422
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,737 · Management $1,117 · Fundraising $448$5,302
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $191 · Management $1,950 · Fundraising $25$2,166
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,557 · Management $5,399 · Fundraising $586$10,542
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $265,140 · Management $40,609 · Fundraising $15,134$320,883
Part X · Balance sheet $425,509 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $15,244$18,237
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $201,796$298,106
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $15,831$1,581
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $71,989$71,809
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,465$7,952
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $33,126$27,824
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $343,451$425,509
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $13,724$3,171
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$33,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $4,041$1,933
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $33,543$38,104
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $172,254$281,000
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $137,654$106,405
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $309,908$387,405
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $343,451$425,509
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $387,405 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$398,380
XI-2 Total expenses$320,883
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$77,497
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$309,908
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$387,405

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