The Organization is a globally renowned proponent of new & experimental music. The Organization produces festival concerts, film screenings, radio programs & CDs, commissions new work & hosts an Internet site preserving 1000s of hours of recorded interviews & music.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
71¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 11 volunteers and 6 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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $26K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
71%
of spending
Fine: 71% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$107K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
9
named funders · $128K
Looks good: 9 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$117K
25% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 25% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$770K
-15% vs prior year
Spent
$833K
To programs
71%
Net assets
$360K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$770K
FY2025▼ -15%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$638K
FY2021$616K
FY2022$765K
FY2023$907K
FY2024$904K
FY2025$770K
Expenses
$833K
FY2025▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$543K
FY2021$579K
FY2022$862K
FY2023$813K
FY2024$814K
FY2025$833K
Net assets
$360K
FY2025▼ -15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$299K
FY2021$337K
FY2022$239K
FY2023$333K
FY2024$423K
FY2025$360K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1980.

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Where the money goes

71 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 71% · $592K Management & general 18% · $148K Fundraising 11% · $93K

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; $107K 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 Direc
$106,969Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Charles Amirkhanian’s $107K as Executive Direc is at the 86th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Charles Amirkhanian$106,969$105,000$105,400$105,400$105,000$105,000

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Promotes new music through concerts, films, radio, recordings, and online archives.

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3 programs · $481K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

During the 20242025 fiscal year, Other Minds presented the 28th installment of its annual Festival of New Music from September 2528, 2024, at the Brava Theater in San Francisco, featuring an international roster of experimental music composers and performers.

$202Kprogram expense
02

Other Minds presented several standalone events including a performance of pianist Adam Tendlers Inheritances at the Brava Theater in San Francisco on July 17, 2024, a performance of Galina Ustvolskayas piano sonatas by Conor Hanick at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley on October 28, 2024, a public presentation of Charles Amirkhanians work…

$195Kprogram expense
03

Other Minds continued to expand its newly designed Other Minds Archives website, adding new collections of interviews, musical recordings, photographs, and ephemera to the collections of the KPFA Music Department, given to Other Minds in 1999.

$84Kprogram 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 · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$770K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$736K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$32K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Money outPt IX
$833K
Ln 25
Programscol B$592K
Managementcol C$148K
Fundraisingcol D$93K
Owns and owesPt X
$360K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$76K
Total assetsLn 16$477K
LiabilitiesLn 26$117K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$736K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$32K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$160
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$770K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$76K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$76K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$11K
Other assetsLn 15$99K
Total assetsLn 16$477K
LiabilitiesLn 26$117K
Net assetsLn 32$360K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 611
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$237K$76K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14K$11K
Total assetsLn 16$585K$477K
LiabilitiesLn 26$163K$117K
Net assetsLn 32$423K$360K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$107K$60K$25K$21K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$250K$159K$56K$35K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$5K$3K$1K$764
Other employee benefitsLn 9$32K$20K$7K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$30K$21K$6K$3K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$27K$27K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$7K$6K$214$529
Advertising and promotionLn 12$12K$12K$188$188
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$1K$1K$101
OccupancyLn 16$48K$36K$3K$9K
TravelLn 17$49K$46K$2K$441
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$6K$3K$2K$654
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$237K$214K$7K$16K
All other expensesLn 24e$22K$11K$10K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$833K$592K$148K$93K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $770K$833K−$63K$360K 990 PDF
FY2024 $904K$814K$90K$423K 990 PDF
FY2023 $907K$813K$94K$333K 990 PDF
FY2022 $765K$862K−$97K$239K 990 PDF
FY2021 $616K$579K$37K$337K 990 PDF
FY2020 $638K$543K$95K$299K 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $769,853 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $863,615$736,123
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $34,712$31,575
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,684$1,995
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,130$160
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $904,141$769,853
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $479,457$424,240
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $334,912$408,557
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $814,369$832,797
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $89,772−$62,944
Part VI · Governance 14 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
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 $769,853 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$736,123
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$736,123
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $31,575$31,575
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $1,995$1,995
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $160$160
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $33,730$769,853
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $832,797 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $60,170 · Management $25,405 · Fundraising $21,394$106,969
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $159,125 · Management $56,112 · Fundraising $34,823$250,060
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,002 · Management $1,408 · Fundraising $764$5,174
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $19,502 · Management $7,234 · Fundraising $4,812$31,548
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $21,219 · Management $6,350 · Fundraising $2,920$30,489
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $26,725$26,725
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,778 · Management $214 · Fundraising $529$6,521
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $11,953 · Management $188 · Fundraising $188$12,329
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $1,059 · Management $101$1,160
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $36,428 · Management $3,255 · Fundraising $8,540$48,223
IX-17 TravelPrograms $45,945 · Management $2,352 · Fundraising $441$48,738
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,926 · Management $2,079 · Fundraising $654$5,659
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $213,800 · Management $6,718 · Fundraising $16,192$236,710
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $10,751 · Management $9,952 · Fundraising $1,789$22,492
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $591,658 · Management $148,093 · Fundraising $93,046$832,797
Part X · Balance sheet $477,179 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $127,248$76,344
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $109,819$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $117,000$211,000
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $75,378$71,455
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,457$8,786
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $14,295$10,925
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $134,233$98,669
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $585,430$477,179
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $30,828$20,265
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $131,837$97,093
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $162,665$117,358
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $206,322$322,904
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $216,443$36,917
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $422,765$359,821
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $585,430$477,179
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $359,821 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$769,853
XI-2 Total expenses$832,797
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$62,944
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$422,765
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$359,821

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