Rhythmix Cultural Works

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Alameda, CA501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 94-3340251Revenue $727K in FY2025

On file with the IRSrhythmix.org2513 Blanding Ave, 94501-1505 · Alameda, CATax-exempt since Dec 1999Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Rhythmix Cultural Works (RCW) is a community cultural arts center that brings people of all ages together for high quality arts experiences in music, dance, theater, exhibits and arts education. RCW seeks to promote cultural awareness, encourage participation in the arts, support artists in the presentation of their work and to be a resource for community gatherings and events.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 20 volunteers and 7 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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $32K a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$144K
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 90% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 12.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $346K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$252K
33% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 33% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$727K
+16% vs prior year
Spent
$690K
To programs
77%
Net assets
$502K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$727K
FY2025▲ +16%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$380K
FY2021$512K
FY2022$634K
FY2023$599K
FY2024$628K
FY2025$727K
Expenses
$690K
FY2025▲ +13%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$378K
FY2021$430K
FY2022$613K
FY2023$565K
FY2024$610K
FY2025$690K
Net assets
$502K
FY2025▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$311K
FY2021$392K
FY2022$413K
FY2023$447K
FY2024$465K
FY2025$502K

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 Dec 1999.

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

Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $530K Management & general 10% · $70K Fundraising 13% · $91K

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; $144K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$105,788Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$38,205Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jennifer Radakovich’s $106K as Executive Dir. is at the 90th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $100K–1M 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jennifer Radakovich$105,788$85,462$82,000———
Bettina Blaine————$91,000$76,150
Elaine N Fong$38,205$37,643$37,305$35,858$27,725$23,678

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

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Offers diverse arts experiences and education, fostering cultural awareness and community connection.

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1 program · $530K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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RCWs programmatic goals are to foster greater participation and inclusion in the arts by spotlighting artists of diverse heritages and increasing cultural understanding among audiences of varied backgrounds.

$530Kprogram 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 FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$727K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$558K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$128K
Other incomeLn 4–11$25K
Money outPt IX
$690K
Ln 25
Programscol B$530K
Managementcol C$70K
Fundraisingcol D$91K
Owns and owesPt X
$502K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$705K
Total assetsLn 16$754K
LiabilitiesLn 26$252K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$558K
Government grantsLn 1e$92K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$128K
Investment incomeLn 3$16K
Other incomeLn 4–11$25K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$727K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$705K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$705K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$49K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$754K
LiabilitiesLn 26$252K
Net assetsLn 32$502K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 620
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$604K$705K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$49K$49K
Total assetsLn 16$653K$754K
LiabilitiesLn 26$188K$252K
Net assetsLn 32$465K$502K
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$38K$6K$24K$9K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$359K$268K$21K$70K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$30K$23K$1K$5K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$2K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$101K$101K$225
Advertising and promotionLn 12$27K$27K
Office expensesLn 13$12K$6K$3K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$26K$25K$652$652
TravelLn 17$0
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$4K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$8K$5K$2K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$78K$59K$17K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$690K$530K$70K$91K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $727K$690K$36K$502K 990 PDF
FY2024 $628K$610K$18K$465K 990 PDF
FY2023 $599K$565K$34K$447K 990 PDF
FY2022 $634K$613K$21K$413K 990 PDF
FY2021 $512K$430K$82K$392K 990 PDF
FY2020 $380K$378K$2K$311K 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $726,692 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $445,859$557,563
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $154,153$128,439
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,879$16,159
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $20,884$24,531
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $627,775$726,692
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $381,061$427,117
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $228,527$263,357
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $609,588$690,474
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $18,187$36,218
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
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 $726,692 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$91,767
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$464,784
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$557,563
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $116,915 · Excluded from tax $11,524$128,439
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $16,159$16,159
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 eventsExcluded from tax $24,531$24,531
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $133,074 · Excluded from tax $36,055$726,692
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $690,474 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 $5,886 · Management $23,544 · Fundraising $8,775$38,205
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $268,224 · Management $20,541 · Fundraising $70,436$359,201
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $23,266 · Management $1,326 · Fundraising $5,119$29,711
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,545$1,545
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $100,926 · Fundraising $225$101,151
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $27,044$27,044
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,824 · Management $2,912 · Fundraising $2,912$11,648
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $25,133 · Management $652 · Fundraising $652$26,437
IX-17 Travel$0
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 amortizationPrograms $4,205$4,205
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,391 · Management $1,659 · Fundraising $1,244$8,294
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $58,748 · Management $17,488 · Fundraising $1,602$77,838
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $5,195$5,195
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $529,842 · Management $69,667 · Fundraising $90,965$690,474
Part X · Balance sheet $753,627 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $603,618$704,596
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $458$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$125
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $48,896$48,906
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 assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $652,972$753,627
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,546$3,175
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $185,004$248,812
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $187,550$251,987
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $465,422$501,640
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $652,972$753,627
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $501,640 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$726,692
XI-2 Total expenses$690,474
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$36,218
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$465,422
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$501,640

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