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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by REVERB INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,723,159
Total expenses
$7,240,735
Contributions and grants received
$4,809,487
Grants paid
$3,951,804
Program service revenue
$413,436
Investment income
$285,771
Other revenue
$214,465
Total assets, end of year
$6,730,145
Total liabilities, end of year
$133,563
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,596,582
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,655,849
Management and general expenses
$458,620
Fundraising expenses
$126,266
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,655,849

Program services were 91.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,809,487

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $666,786

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEE

    total $394,286 · related or exempt $394,286

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIP

    total $18,750 · related or exempt $18,750

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MISC REVENUE

    total $400 · related or exempt $400

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $222,854 · excluded $222,854

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,610,369

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,547,452

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $62,917

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $62,917 · excluded $62,917

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $108,691

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $108,691 · excluded $108,691

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $654,881

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $549,107

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $105,774 · related or exempt $105,774

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,694,655 · program services $3,694,655

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $83,528 · program services $83,528

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $173,621 · program services $173,621

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $348,147 · program services $278,517 · management and general $41,778 · fundraising $27,852

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,102,759 · program services $886,932 · management and general $129,496 · fundraising $86,331

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $23,685 · program services $19,895 · management and general $3,790

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $116,009 · program services $92,807 · management and general $13,921 · fundraising $9,281

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,800 · management and general $32,800

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $16,697 · management and general $16,697

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $73,606 · program services $47,565 · management and general $26,041

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $121,156 · program services $121,156

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $65,875 · program services $53,634 · management and general $12,241

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $28,000 · program services $10,212 · management and general $17,788

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $41,923 · management and general $39,921 · fundraising $2,002

  • 17 · Travel

    total $273,812 · program services $263,245 · management and general $10,567

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,900 · program services $1,810 · management and general $5,413 · fundraising $677

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $77,192 · program services $4,403 · management and general $72,789

  • 24a · Other expenses: ECO ITEMS

    total $423,104 · program services $423,104

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

    total $268,955 · program services $268,955

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND RE

    total $157,242 · program services $154,097 · management and general $3,145

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $52,120 · program services $45,706 · management and general $6,414

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $57,949 · program services $32,007 · management and general $25,819 · fundraising $123

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,214,107 · end of year $3,106,663

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,011,535 · end of year $1,036,491

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $20,644 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $85,653 · end of year $449,409

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $62,456 · end of year $49,331

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $35,027 · end of year $15,121

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $123,977

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $100,830

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $23,300 · end of year $23,147

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,898,853 · end of year $2,049,983

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $258,753 · end of year $133,563

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,555,214 · end of year $6,296,748

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,522,608 · end of year $299,834

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

DEEPLY ROOTED WITHIN THE MUSIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITIES, REVERB EDUCATES AND ENGAGES MUSICIANS AND THEIR FANS TO TAKE ACTION TOWARD A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

REVERB ENGAGES MUSICIANS AND THEIR FANS TO TAKE ACTION TOWARD A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

  • DURING 2025, REVERB'S MAJOR PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENT AREAS WERE CONNECTED TO THREE MARQUIS PROGRAMS AND ARTISTS: BILLIE EILISH TOUR, DEAD & COMPANY AT THE SPHERE AND THE TAME IMPALA TOUR.REVERB HAD THE HONOR OF AGAIN JOINING FORCES WITH BILLIE EILISH, WHO WE BEGAN WORKING WITH IN 2020. BILLIE IS AN INCREDIBLE ACTIVIST AND HER PASSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT COALESCED INTO A FANTASTIC REVERB ACTION PROGRAM BOTH IN THE FRONT-OF-HOUSE AND BACKSTAGE ON HER "HIT ME HARD AND SOFT" TOUR. THE STATISTICS AND ACTIONS HAVE BEEN REMARKABLE. ON BILLIE'S TOUR OVER 215,000+ TOTAL FAN ACTIONS WE TAKEN ON-SITE; OVER $13.3 MILLION WAS RAISED TO SUPPORT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE PROJECTS THROUGH BILLIE'S "CHANGEMAKER" TICKET FUND AS A WAY TO COLLABORATE WITH FANS TO RAISE MONEY FOR NONPROFITS ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS, FOOD INSECURITY AND CLIMATE JUSTICE ISSUES WHICH DEEPLY ALIGN WITH REVERB'S CORE VALUES AND MISSION. REVERB WAS HONORED TO HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED BY BILLIE AND HER TEAM TO STEWARD THE DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE FUNDS AS GRANTS FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN LEG OF HER TOUR; 1,746 VOLUNTEERS DONATED OVER 3,800 HOURS TO HELP FELLOW FANS TAKE ACTION FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET. ADDITIONALLY, REVERB HELPED 135,260 SINGLE USE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES BE AVOIDED THROUGH OUR #ROCKNREFILL PROGRAM WITH PARTNER NALGENE; OVER 36,000 FANS PLEDGED TO GO PLANT-BASED WITH NONPROFIT PARTNER SUPPORT + FEED. IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE CLIMATE IMPACT OF TOURING, BILLIE SUPPORTED REVERB'S CLIMATE PROJECT PORTFOLIO WHICH IS COMPRISED OF PROJECTS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK TO MEASURABLY REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS POLLUTION, ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, RESTORE NATURE AND ADVANCE DECARBONIZATION EFFORTS IN MUSIC ALL WITH THE GOAL OF ADDRESSING THE COMPLEX CHALLENGES OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

    Expenses $269,726 · Revenue $14,674

  • IN 2025, REVERB AGAIN WORKED WITH THE ICONIC MUSICIANS IN DEAD & CO. REVERB WAS THE PRODUCTION ARM BEHIND "PARTICIPATION ROW" ALONG WITH OUR VOTER REGISTRATION PARTNERS AT HEADCOUNT. DURING THIS RESIDENCY AT THE SPHERE IN LAS VEGAS, THERE WERE OVER 40,000 ONSITE AND ONLINE FAN ACTIONS TAKEN; $1.5 MILLION RAISED FOR DEAD & CO. CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS; AND 174 VOLUNTEERS GAVE OVER 1,290+ HOURS TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT OUR WORK. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE TO BE AT THIS INNOVATIVE, NEW VENUE BRINGING TO LIFE PROGRAMMING FOR THESE ARTISTS WHO HAVE LED THE CHARGE WITHIN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AS CULTURAL CHANGE-MAKERS SINCE THE 1960'S.

    Expenses $558,171 · Grants $168,396 · Revenue $88,469

  • IN 2025, THE REVERB TEAM ONCE AGAIN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE INCREDIBLE TAME IMPALA ON THEIR 2025-2026 DEADBEAT WORLD TOUR. ALTHOUGH THE TOUR IS ROLLING ON INTO 2026 THE SUCCESSES WERE MANY. REVERB DISTRIBUTED RE-USABLE WATER BOTTLES AND OFFERED FREE FILTERED WATER THROUGH OUR NALGENE #ROCKNREFILL PARTNERSHIP AND THUS AVOIDED OVER 3,715 DISPOSABLE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES BEING USED. WE HOSTED 139 VOLUNTEERS WHO GAVE 556 HOURS OF THEIR TIME TO SUPPORT THE NONPROFIT ACTION VILLAGE PARTNERS. 4,074 FAN ACTIONS WERE TAKEN VIA OUR "CLIMATE QUIZ AND OUR "FIT CHECK" (REGARDING FAST-FASHION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE PLANET). WE ARE GRATEFUL TO CONTINUE OUR GOOD WORK FOR THE PLANET TOGETHER INTO 2026.

    Expenses $26,433 · Revenue $2,031

  • Expenses $5,801,519 · Grants $3,783,408 · Revenue $414,036

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Boyd Diane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gardner Adam

    CO-DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $168,072
    From this org
    $163,177
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,895
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,177
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,895
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $168,072

  • Johnson Andrew M

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Schair-Cardona Erica

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sullivan Lauren

    CO-DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $168,072
    From this org
    $163,177
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,895
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,177
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,895
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $168,072

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
1 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622519349301417

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