Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$3,242,248

Total expenses

$3,427,986

Contributions and grants received

$2,448,383

Grants paid

$1,568,928

Program service revenue

$755,625

Investment income

$25,650

Other revenue

$12,590

Total assets, end of year

$1,060,966

Total liabilities, end of year

$223,257

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$837,709

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,138,516

Management and general expenses

$178,991

Fundraising expenses

$110,479

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,138,516

Program services were 91.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• DURING THE 2024-25 (FY25) SEASON, BANG ON A CAN DEEPENED OUR ARTISTIC IMPACT AND CONTINUED TO GROW OUR REACH THROUGH BOLD, INCLUSIVE PROGRAMMING AND WIDE-RANGING PARTNERSHIPS. WE PRESENTED OVER 100 CONCERTS AND PUBLIC EVENTS ACROSS NEW YORK CITY AND INTERNATIONALLY, COMMISSIONING AND PREMIERING NEW WORK, SUPPORTING EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS, AND CONNECTING DIVERSE AUDIENCES TO ADVENTUROUS MUSIC. AT THE CENTER OF OUR SEASON WAS THE FOURTH ANNUAL LONG PLAY FESTIVAL, HELD MAY 2-4, 2025. IN 2025, LONG PLAY WELCOMED OVER 10,000 ATTENDEES ACROSS 12 VENUES INCLUDING BAM, ROULETTE, PIONEER WORKS, ISSUE PROJECT ROOM, THE SPACE AT IRONDALE, BRIC, PUBLIC RECORDS, FORT GREENE PARK, AND MORE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)BOX OFFICE REVENUE MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM $103,000 TO $235,000. THE FESTIVAL INCLUDED A FREE TWO-DAY "FREE IN FORT GREENE" SERIES WITH 15 CONCERTS IN PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY-ACCESSIBLE SPACES. THE LINEUP SPANNED GENERATIONS AND GENRES--FROM EXPERIMENTAL ICONS TO NEW VOICES--UNDERSCORING OUR COMMITMENT TO MUSICAL INNOVATION AND CULTURAL INCLUSIVITY.PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED A 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF TERRY RILEY, FEATURING A NEW ARRANGEMENT OF A RAINBOW IN CURVED AIR PERFORMED BY THE BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS AND A LARGE-SCALE, CROSS-CULTURAL PERFORMANCE OF IN C; THE WORLD PREMIERE OF PULITZER PRIZE WINNER HENRY THREADGILL'S LISTEN SHIP; ANTHONY BRAXTON'S MONUMENTAL COMPOSITION NO. 19 (FOR 100 TUBAS) AS A FREE, OUTDOOR EVENT, AND MUCH MORE. OTHER FEATURED ARTISTS INCLUDED KIM GORDON, TIM HECKER, ENSEMBLE SIGNAL PERFORMING WORKS BY JULIA WOLFE AND DAVID LANG, THE TOMEKA REID QUARTET, RINGDOWN (CAROLINE SHAW & DANNI LEE PARPAN), AND ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING FROM AUSTRALIA WITH A WORLD PREMIERE BY KATE MOORE. THE FESTIVAL'S "FREE IN FORT GREENE" SERIES EXPANDED PUBLIC ACCESS THROUGH TWO DAYS OF FREE CONCERTS AT BRIC STOOP, BAMCAF, AND FORT GREENE PARK.OUTSIDE OF LONG PLAY, WE SUSTAINED A YEAR-ROUND SLATE OF PROGRAMMING THAT BROUGHT MUSIC TO AUDIENCES ACROSS NYC AND BEYOND. WE CONTINUED LONG-RUNNING NY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE JEWISH MUSEUM AND THE NOGUCHI MUSEUM, PRESENTING GALLERY CONCERTS THAT FOSTER INTIMATE ENCOUNTERS WITH CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND VISUAL ART. 2024-25 CONCERTS AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM INCLUDED BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS PERFORMING PHILIP GLASS, DITHER GUITAR QUARTET PLAYING MORTON FELDMAN AND JULIUS EASTMAN, AND FRANK LONDON'S KLEZMER BRASS ALL-STARS FOR THE MUSEUM MILE FESTIVAL.OUR ANNUAL 3-WEEK RESIDENCY AT MASS MOCA HOSTED 45 COMPOSERS AND PERFORMERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, OFFERING AN ALWAYS-UNIQUE AND INSPIRING OPPORTUNITY FOR MUSICIANS TO EXPLORE, NETWORK, AND CREATE COMMUNITY , CULMINATING IN LOUD WEEKEND WITH 30+ CONCERTS OVER 3 DAYS THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM CAMPUS (JULY 31-AUGUST 2, 2025).OUR RENOWNED ENSEMBLE, BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS, PERFORMED IN OVER 20 ENGAGEMENTS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, INCLUDING NEW COLLABORATIONS, WORLD PREMIERES, AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AIMED AT FOSTERING CREATIVE EXCHANGE. BANG ON A CAN ALSO CONTINUED TO PUT ITS 38+ YEAR EXPERIENCE AS LEADING PRODUCERS OF INNOVATIVE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC TO WORK IN ADVENTUROUS STAGED PRODUCTIONS WITH THE NASHVILLE SYMPHONY, THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY/KENNEDY CENTER, THE OSLO PHILHARMONIC, AND MORE.SOME TOURING PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED THE WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES OF BEFORE AND AFTER NATURE BY CO-FOUNDER DAVID LANG, A MONUMENTAL MULTIMEDIA MEDITATION ON THE NATURAL WORLD, PERFORMED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LA MASTER CHORALE AND THE HELSINKI CHAMBER CHOIR AMONG OTHER CELEBRATED VOCAL ENSEMBLES, WITH STUNNING VISUAL DESIGN BY TAL ROSNER. AFTER A WORLD PREMIERE AT STANFORD LIVE, THIS WORK TRAVELED TO PENN STATE, AND THE HELSINKI FESTIVAL, WITH 2025-26 PERFORMANCES TAKING PLACE AT THE RUHRTRIENNALE, DISNEY CONCERT HALL IN LOS ANGELES AND MORE, AND EVENTUALLY TO CARNEGIE HALL NEXT SEASON (APRIL 2027), REINFORCING OUR INTERNATIONAL FOOTPRINT AND REPUTATION FOR BOUNDARY-CROSSING INNOVATION.BANG ON A CAN CO-FOUNDER JULIA WOLFE'S WORK ALSO CONTINUES TO REACH GLOBAL AUDIENCES. DURING THE 2024-25 SEASON, BANG ON A CAN PRODUCED TOURING PERFORMANCES OF STEEL HAMMER, HER WIDELY CELEBRATED RETELLING OF THE JOHN HENRY BALLAD, IN UTRECHT, DEN HAAG, AND THE ELBPHILHARMONIE IN HAMBURG, FEATURING THE BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS WITH TRIO MEDIAEVAL; PERFORMANCES AND A RECORDING OF FLOWER POWER--AN ORCHESTRAL ODE TO 1960S COUNTERCULTURE--WITH THE NASHVILLE SYMPHONY; HER STORY - A TELLING OF WOMEN'S STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY THROUGH AMERICAN HISTORY - FEATURING LORELEI ENSEMBLE AND THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AT THE KENNEDY CENTER; AND MORE.FROM THE BARBICAN IN LONDON TO THE STREETS OF FORT GREENE, OUR REACH IS WIDER THAN EVER, BUT OUR ARTISTIC FOCUS REMAINS SHARP: CHAMPIONING INNOVATION, AMPLIFYING VOICES ACROSS THE MUSICAL SPECTRUM, AND CREATING SPACES WHERE AUDIENCES ENCOUNTER MUSIC AS SOMETHING THRILLINGLY ALIVE.

  Expenses $1,270,738 · Revenue $759,115

• THROUGH A COMPETITIVE FEDERAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, THE ORGANIZATION WAS AWARDED A GRANT IN SEPTEMBER 2011 TO ADMINISTER AN INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM CALLED ONEBEAT. THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED THROUGH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE BURUEAU OF EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. THE PROGRAM CALLS FOR THE CREATION OF TWO (2) ITERATIONS OF MONTH- LONG RESIDENCY AND TOUR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR MORE THAN TWO DOZEN WORLD CLASS MUSICIANS FROM NATIONS SUCH AS CHINA, PAKISTAN, CONGO, POLAND, VENEZUELA, HAITI AND OTHERS, AS WELL AS PROGRAMS ABROAD DETERMINED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THE PROGRAM BEGAN DURING FISCAL YEAR 2012 AND HAD BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2028 UNTIL THE ABRUPT TERMINATION BY THE FEDERAL GOVERMENT IN FEBRUARY 2025.

  Expenses $1,867,778 · Grants $1,568,928

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• FOUND SOUND NATION

  $1,568,928

  TO CARRY OUT ONEBEAT PROGRAM.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

8 July 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202631899349300748

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