No Surf House

Tax-deductible

Cleveland, OH501(c)(3)Since 2023Arts & CultureEIN 93-1936060

Expanding the variety of locally available live music, supporting arts, and building a community by furnishing modest-income touring musicians subsidized lodging, providing early-career local artists low-cost hosuing, and organizing unique performance opportunitites.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$24K 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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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 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $150K a year · 62% of revenue · last 2 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 2 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$24K
to officers and key staff · 43% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 78% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 43% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $130K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2K
0.7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$94K
-76% vs prior year
Spent
$56K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$299K
By yearFY2024–FY2025
Revenue
$94K
FY2025▼ -76%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2024$389K
FY2025$94K
Expenses
$56K
FY2025▼ -56%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2024$127K
FY2025$56K
Net assets
$299K
FY2025▲ +14%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2024$262K
FY2025$299K

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 Oct 2023.

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

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $56K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990; $24K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$24,000Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jason Hamad’s $24K as President is at the 78th percentile of top reported officer pay among 250 <$100K 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
Jason Hamad$24,000$22,000

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides affordable housing and performance opportunities for local and touring musicians.

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1 program service account for $56K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
01

Home on the Road Program

Provide quality, subsidized, short-term loding to touring musicians playing in the northeast ohio region.

$56Kprogram 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$130K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$94K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$93K
Other incomeLn 4–11$522
Money outPt IX
$56K
Ln 25
Programscol B$56K
Owns and owesPt X
$299K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$45K
Total assetsLn 16$301K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$93K
Other incomeLn 4–11$522
Total revenueLn 12$94K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$45K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$45K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$252K
Other assetsLn 15$5K
Total assetsLn 16$301K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
Net assetsLn 32$299K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
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$19K$45K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$248K$252K
Total assetsLn 16$267K$301K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K$2K
Net assetsLn 32$262K$299K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$24K$24K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$195$195
Office expensesLn 13$169$169
OccupancyLn 16$9K$9K
TravelLn 17$2K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$6K$6K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$10K$10K
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$56K$56K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $94K$56K$38K$299K 990 PDF
FY2024 $389K$127K$262K$262K 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
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $93,790 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$93,268
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$93,268
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $522$522
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $522$93,790
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $56,260 across 11 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $24,000$24,000
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,068$1,068
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $1,500$1,500
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $195$195
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $169$169
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $9,055$9,055
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,655$1,655
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $6,022$6,022
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,779$1,779
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $9,506$9,506
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,311$1,311
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $56,260 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$56,260
Part X · Balance sheet $301,384 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $18,689$44,607
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $247,911$252,089
X-15 Other assets$4,688
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $266,600$301,384
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,878$2,132
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,878$2,132
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $261,722$299,252
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $261,722$299,252
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $266,600$301,384
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $299,252 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$93,790
XI-2 Total expenses$56,260
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$37,530
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$261,722
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$299,252

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

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