Ethos INC: FY2024 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 91-1954235)

Megan Moran’s $64K as Executive Director is at the 9th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Crystal De Alba	$29,713	$77,075	$79,311	$85,859	$61,042
Megan Moran	$64,500	—	—	—	—
Rachel Gilmore	—	—	—	—	$39,264

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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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Brings music and music education to youth in underserved communities.

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1 program · $742K · in their own filed words · FY2023

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Ethos offers sliding scale music lessons from their headquarters in North Portland and facilitates music outreach programs for students in Oregons underserved rural and urban areas. This includes affordable music instruction taught on various instruments and in a variety of genres, including piano, ukulele, percussion, violin, jazz, and…

$742Kprogram 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 · received and paid

Grants received · FY2024

The Oregon Community FoundationFY2024$13K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$6K

American Endowment FoundationFY2024$5K

Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$25K

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Grants paid · 3 grants · $158K · 2020–2022

Unitemized GrantFY2022$46,170

Unitemized GrantFY2021$53,147

Unitemized GrantFY2020$59,076

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.1M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$627K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$430K

Investment incomeLn 3$104

Money outPt IX

$1.1M

Ln 25

Programscol B$742K

Managementcol C$187K

Fundraisingcol D$149K

Owns and owesPt X

$639K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$217K

Total assetsLn 16$1.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$436K

PeoplePt VI, VII

11

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a11

IndependentVI 1b10

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$627K

Government grantsLn 1e$381K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$50K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$430K

Investment incomeLn 3$104

Total revenueLn 12$1.1M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$127K

SavingsLn 2$89K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$217K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$725K

Total assetsLn 16$1.1M

LiabilitiesLn 26$436K

Net assetsLn 32$639K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 562

VolunteersI 654

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$284K	$217K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$759K	$725K
Total assetsLn 16	$1.1M	$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$447K	$436K
Net assetsLn 32	$661K	$639K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$77K	$59K	$6K	$12K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$587K	$452K	$47K	$88K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$25K	$19K	$2K	$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$61K	$47K	$5K	$9K
Management feesLn 11a	$16K		$16K
Legal feesLn 11b	$11K	$5K	$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$76K		$76K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$10K	$4K		$7K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$3K	$105	$2K	$815
Office expensesLn 13	$14K	$9K	$1K	$3K
Information technologyLn 14	$13K	$7K	$429	$6K
OccupancyLn 16	$39K	$30K	$3K	$6K
TravelLn 17	$14K	$14K		$1
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$8K	$1K	$559	$6K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$34K	$26K	$3K	$5K
InsuranceLn 23	$20K	$15K	$2K	$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$71K	$52K	$19K	$57
Total functional expensesLn 25	$1.1M	$742K	$187K	$149K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$1.1M	$964K	$148K	$787K	990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing	$1.1M	$1.1M	−$22K	$639K	990 PDF
FY2023	Not on file
FY2022	$476K	$427K	$49K	$858K	990 PDF
FY2021	$765K	$808K	−$43K	$809K	990 PDF
FY2020	$800K	$898K	−$98K	$852K	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 $1,056,764 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $383,162$626,926

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $420,608$429,734

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $68$104

I-11 Other revenue$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $803,838$1,056,764

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $764,505$750,342

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $346,963$328,098

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,111,468$1,078,440

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$307,630−$21,676

Part VI · Governance 10 of 11 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11

VI-1b Independent voting members10

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,056,764 across 7 lines filed

VIII-1e Government grants$381,399

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$245,527

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$50,000

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$626,926

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $429,734$429,734

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $104$104

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $429,734 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $104$1,056,764

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,078,440 across 17 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $59,348 · Management $6,166 · Fundraising $11,561$77,075

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $451,656 · Management $46,925 · Fundraising $87,985$586,566

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $19,440 · Management $2,020 · Fundraising $3,787$25,247

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $47,320 · Management $4,916 · Fundraising $9,218$61,454

IX-11a Management feesManagement $16,000$16,000

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $5,278 · Management $5,370$10,648

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $75,735$75,735

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,671 · Fundraising $6,540$10,211

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $105 · Management $1,987 · Fundraising $815$2,907

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $9,277 · Management $1,274 · Fundraising $3,391$13,942

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $7,152 · Management $429 · Fundraising $5,655$13,236

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $30,166 · Management $3,093 · Fundraising $5,944$39,203

IX-17 TravelPrograms $13,661 · Fundraising $1$13,662

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,335 · Management $559 · Fundraising $5,870$7,764

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $26,105 · Management $2,712 · Fundraising $5,086$33,903

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $15,287 · Management $1,588 · Fundraising $2,978$19,853

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $52,442 · Management $18,535 · Fundraising $57$71,034

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $742,243 · Management $187,309 · Fundraising $148,888$1,078,440

Part X · Balance sheet $1,074,839 assets, 13 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $195,562$127,057

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $88,901$89,491

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $5,000$113,202

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $52,999$18,181

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,217$2,031

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $758,779$724,877

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,107,458$1,074,839

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $21,830$24,742

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $446,654$435,711

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $655,089$633,413

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $5,715$5,715

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $660,804$639,128

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,107,458$1,074,839

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $639,128 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,056,764

XI-2 Total expenses$1,078,440

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$21,676

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$660,804

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$639,128

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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