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.
57¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$105K 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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FY2021 · 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
57%
of spending
Worth a look: 57% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$105K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
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
$112K
25% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 25% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$616K
-3% vs prior year
Spent
$579K
To programs
57%
Net assets
$337K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$616K
FY2021▼ -3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$638K
FY2021$616K
FY2022$765K
FY2023$907K
FY2024$904K
FY2025$770K
Expenses
$579K
FY2021▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$543K
FY2021$579K
FY2022$862K
FY2023$813K
FY2024$814K
FY2025$833K
Net assets
$337K
FY2021▲ +12%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$299K
FY2021$337K
FY2022$239K
FY2023$333K
FY2024$423K
FY2025$360K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · 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

57 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 57% · $329K Management & general 17% · $99K Fundraising 26% · $151K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $105K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Direc
$105,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$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

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  • 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 · $244K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Publishing of CDs and digital downloads of unusual and otherwise unavailable contemporary non-commercial art music from around the world. During FY 21 OM released Teodora Stepancics Emoji, Robert Honsteins Middle Ground, Henry Birdseys Half-Dragged, Werner Durands To be Continued: Early Recordings 1978-80, Brian Baumbuschs Murmuration…

$117Kprogram expense
02

Preservation of rare audio recordings including concerts, interviews, and broadcasts, as well as preservation of related physical and audiovisual material. Most recently, OM completed its work on a collection of DAT and cassette tapes documenting the Composer-to-Composer Festivalthe direct forebear of the Other Minds Festivaldating from…

$69Kprogram expense
03

Other Minds produced a weekly 2-hour radio broadcast of Music from Other Minds on KALW-91.7 FM. At the end of the fiscal year, OM had broadcast its 657th program.

$58Kprogram expense

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
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$616K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$603K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$12K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$579K
Ln 25
Programscol B$329K
Managementcol C$99K
Fundraisingcol D$151K
Owns and owesPt X
$337K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$331K
Total assetsLn 16$449K
LiabilitiesLn 26$112K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$603K
Government grantsLn 1e$133K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$12K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$616K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$145K
SavingsLn 2$186K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$331K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$7K
Total assetsLn 16$449K
LiabilitiesLn 26$112K
Net assetsLn 32$337K
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$229K$331K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$400K$449K
LiabilitiesLn 26$101K$112K
Net assetsLn 32$299K$337K
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$105K$54K$24K$27K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$260K$159K$42K$59K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$5K$3K$899$945
Other employee benefitsLn 9$15K$8K$3K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$30K$18K$5K$6K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$21K$6K$12K$3K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$24K$7K$333$16K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K−$915$4K
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$1K$865$309
OccupancyLn 16$36K$27K$2K$7K
TravelLn 17$9K$9K$197$77
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$4K$2K$2K$471
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$49K$26K$2K$21K
All other expensesLn 24e$17K$10K$2K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$579K$329K$99K$151K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $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 Viewing $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 FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $615,966 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $617,215$602,791
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $10,178$12,119
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,173$1,056
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $9,311$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $637,877$615,966
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $383,297$414,877
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $159,461$164,072
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $542,758$578,949
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $95,119$37,017
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
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 $615,966 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$133,333
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$469,458
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$602,791
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $12,119$12,119
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $1,056$1,056
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-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $13,175$615,966
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $578,949 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 $53,550 · Management $24,150 · Fundraising $27,300$105,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $159,498 · Management $41,559 · Fundraising $59,294$260,351
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,139 · Management $899 · Fundraising $945$4,983
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $8,289 · Management $2,795 · Fundraising $3,879$14,963
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $18,444 · Management $4,923 · Fundraising $6,213$29,580
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $5,969 · Management $11,585 · Fundraising $2,985$20,539
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $6,796 · Management $333 · Fundraising $16,447$23,576
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms −$915 · Management $4,108$3,193
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $865 · Management $309$1,174
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $26,634 · Management $1,851 · Fundraising $7,102$35,587
IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,663 · Management $197 · Fundraising $77$8,937
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 $1,835 · Management $1,909 · Fundraising $471$4,215
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $26,234 · Management $2,447 · Fundraising $20,799$49,480
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $9,684 · Management $2,059 · Fundraising $5,628$17,371
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $328,685 · Management $99,124 · Fundraising $151,140$578,949
Part X · Balance sheet $448,770 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $97,517$145,126
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $131,578$185,908
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $118,599$65,047
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $28,671$30,198
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $18,794$15,734
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
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 $5,007$6,757
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $400,166$448,770
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $25,216$38,393
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $75,462$73,872
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $100,678$112,265
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $128,143$158,493
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $171,345$178,012
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $299,488$336,505
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $400,166$448,770
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $336,505 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$615,966
XI-2 Total expenses$578,949
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$37,017
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$299,488
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$336,505

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