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← BANG ON A CAN INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BANG ON A CAN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,296,533
Total expenses
$3,337,779
Contributions and grants received
$2,794,225
Grants paid
$1,447,728
Program service revenue
$480,193
Investment income
$22,115
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,107,964
Total liabilities, end of year
$84,517
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,023,447
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,032,118
Management and general expenses
$191,656
Fundraising expenses
$114,005
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,032,118

Program services were 90.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,086,380

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $707,845

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONCERT FEES AND TICKET SALES

    total $371,924 · related or exempt $371,924

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SUMMER INSTITUTE TUITION

    total $82,578 · related or exempt $82,578

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $25,691 · related or exempt $25,691

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $22,115 · excluded $22,115

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,447,728 · program services $1,447,728

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $130,211 · program services $84,638 · management and general $26,041 · fundraising $19,532

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $395,509 · program services $257,080 · management and general $79,103 · fundraising $59,326

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $113,576 · program services $70,623 · management and general $30,720 · fundraising $12,233

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $46,516 · program services $30,235 · management and general $9,303 · fundraising $6,978

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $325 · program services $98 · management and general $227

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,154 · program services $7,246 · management and general $16,908

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,137 · program services $1,241 · management and general $2,896

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $105,108 · program services $105,108

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,730 · program services $23,047 · management and general $6,146 · fundraising $1,537

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $45,382 · program services $33,583 · management and general $9,530 · fundraising $2,269

  • 17 · Travel

    total $156,820 · program services $156,820

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $397 · management and general $397

  • 24a · Other expenses: ARTIST FEE EXPENSE

    total $426,392 · program services $426,392

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION

    total $294,830 · program services $294,830

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE FEES

    total $48,505 · program services $36,379 · management and general $9,701 · fundraising $2,425

  • 24d · Other expenses: HONORARIA AND STIPENDS

    total $33,642 · program services $33,642

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $33,817 · program services $23,428 · management and general $684 · fundraising $9,705

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,057,784 · end of year $998,500

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $124,519 · end of year $73,175

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $21,737 · end of year $21,643

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,176 · end of year $4,278

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

    $46,680

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

    $45,951

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,126 · end of year $729

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,639 · end of year $9,639

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $113,423 · end of year $59,041

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $37,865 · end of year $25,476

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $995,554 · end of year $923,447

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $69,139 · end of year $100,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PRESENTING, COMMISSIONING, PERFORMING, RECORDING AND TEACHING CONTEMPORARY MUSIC. BANG ON A CAN BELIEVES IN EXPOSING EXCITING NEW MUSIC AS BROADLY AND ACCESSIBLY AS POSSIBLE. THROUGH IT'S SUMMER INSTITUTE, BANG ON A CAN HOPES TO BRING THIS ENERGY AND PASSION FOR INNOVATION TO A YOUNGER GENERATION OF COMPOSERS AND PLAYERS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGES THE PUBLIC ON NEW MUSIC THROUGH LIVE PERFORMANCES, RECORDINGS & SPONSORSHIP OF NEW MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD.

    Expenses $1,048,421 · Revenue $480,193

  • 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 BUREAU 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 A DOZEN WORLD CLASS MUSICIANS FROM NATIONS SUCH AS CHINA, PAKISTAN, CONGO, POLAND, VENEZUELA, HAITI AND OTHERS. THE PROGRAM BEGAN DURING FISCAL YEAR 2012 AND HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2028.

    Expenses $1,983,697 · Grants $1,447,728

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kenneth Savelson

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $130,211
    From this org
    $130,211
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael Gordon

    MEMBER/ARTIS

    Total calculated
    $32,769
    From this org
    $32,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
  • David Lang

    MEMBER/ARTIS

    Total calculated
    $28,398
    From this org
    $28,398
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
  • Betto Arcos

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Dan Baldini

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Jeffrey Bishop

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Lynette Jaffe

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Alan Kifferstein

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Michael Kushner

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Leslie Lassiter

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • George Lewis

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Raulee Marcus

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Elizabeth Murrell

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Robert A Skirnick

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Jane Stewart

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Sandra Tait

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Julia Wolfe

    MEMBER/ARTIS

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Adam Wolfensohn

    COCHAIR FINA

    Total calculated
    $0

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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541969349301644

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