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← NEW MUSIC USA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NEW MUSIC USA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,338,890
Total expenses
$2,958,769
Contributions and grants received
$1,564,833
Grants paid
$996,350
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$766,317
Other revenue
$7,740
Total assets, end of year
$19,724,092
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,136,691
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$18,587,401
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,254,243
Management and general expenses
$306,374
Fundraising expenses
$398,152
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,254,243

Program services were 76.2% 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)

    $263,550

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,301,283

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $16,732

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $631,036 · excluded $631,036

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $782,843

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

    securities $647,562

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $135,281

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $135,281 · excluded $135,281

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $6,390 · excluded $6,390

  • 11b · Other revenue: AD REVENUE

    total $1,350 · unrelated business $1,350

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,740

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $688,500 · program services $688,500

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $307,850 · program services $307,850

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $235,098 · program services $154,003 · management and general $13,201 · fundraising $67,894

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $680,357 · program services $445,676 · management and general $38,200 · fundraising $196,481

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $106,243 · program services $69,596 · management and general $5,965 · fundraising $30,682

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $63,766 · program services $41,771 · management and general $3,580 · fundraising $18,415

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $78,900 · management and general $78,900

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $68,273 · management and general $68,273

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $352,003 · program services $304,145 · management and general $24,335 · fundraising $23,523

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $82,193 · program services $23,462 · management and general $38,353 · fundraising $20,378

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $42,788 · program services $34,034 · management and general $4,251 · fundraising $4,503

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $32,306 · program services $11,526 · management and general $4,588 · fundraising $16,192

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $105,852 · program services $72,111 · management and general $24,772 · fundraising $8,969

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,879 · program services $3,062 · management and general $315 · fundraising $1,502

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $101,677 · program services $93,805 · fundraising $7,872

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $7,763 · program services $4,702 · management and general $1,320 · fundraising $1,741

  • 24c · Other expenses: UNRELATED BUS. TAX EXP.

    total $321 · management and general $321

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $333,783 · end of year $707,448

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,944,483 · end of year $1,641,711

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $482,298 · end of year $386,077

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $34,236 · end of year $2,778

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,554 · end of year $0

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

    $31,557

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

    $30,271

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,259 · end of year $1,286

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $11,927,750 · end of year $12,505,029

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $3,946,435 · end of year $4,478,063

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,700 · end of year $1,700

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $103,101 · end of year $122,071

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,369,563 · end of year $1,014,620

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,279,435 · end of year $1,388,162

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,932,399 · end of year $17,199,239

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO NURTURE A VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY FOR ARTISTS AND LISTENERS BY SUPPORTING THE CREATION, PERFORMANCE, AND APPRECIATION OF NEW MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

  • GRANTMAKING: THE GRANTMAKING PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF CREATORS AND MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS, WITH A PARTICULAR AWARENESS OF SERVING HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED CREATORS AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERGENERATIONAL MENTORSHIP. THIS IS GROUNDED IN AN INFORMED UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIQUE AND EVOLVING NEEDS OF MUSIC COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ACHIEVED THROUGH GRANTMAKING, SKILL-BUILDING, MENTORSHIP, CONVENINGS FOR CREATORS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, AND PLATFORMS DESIGNED TO CONNECT MUSIC-MAKERS WITH AUDIENCES AND STAKEHOLDERS IN FY2024, NEW MUSIC USA MADE 172 GRANTS.

    Expenses $1,951,768 · Grants $996,350

  • COMMUNICATION/CONNECTIVITY: NEWMUSICBOX IS NEW MUSIC USA'S AWARD-WINNING ONLINE PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO NEW MUSIC. IT IS A GATHERING PLACE FOR COMPOSERS, PERFORMERS, EDUCATORS, AND APPRECIATORS, AND IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING MUSIC CREATORS AND THE NEW MUSIC COMMUNITY A PLACE TO SPEAK THOUGHTFULLY IN THEIR OWN VOICES. IN FY 24 NEWMUSICBOX RELEASED SOUNDLIVES PODCASTS ON APPROXIMATELY A MONTHLY BASIS WHICH FEATURED INTERVIEWS OF NEW MUSIC COMPOSERS AND PRACTITIONERS AND INCLUDED VIDEO AND MULTI-MEDIA CONTENT. ADDITIONAL CONTENT INCLUDED LONGFORM ARTICLES BY ARTIST-WRITERS AND JOURNALISTS (LOOSELEAF NOTEBOOK), COLUMNS WRITTEN BY GUEST CONTRIBUTORS (OUT OF THE BOX), NEW MUSIC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY (DIFFERENT CITIES, DIFFERENT VOICES), AND THEMED SERIES ADDRESSING ISSUES THAT ARTISTS FACE (NEW MUSIC TOOLBOX/HOW-TOS).

    Expenses $302,475

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Joseph Walker

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Amy Iwano

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Gayle Morgan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Steven Tresnan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Frederick Peters

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • James Kendrick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Angelica Sanchez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Chere Lott

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Phyllis Mills

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Matias Tarnopolsky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Dorothea Endicott

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Susan Wegleitner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Aja Burrell Wood

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Joseph Young

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Juan Pablo Contreras

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Bill Hochberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Anne-Marie Spataru

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jennifer Jolley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Vanessa Reed

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $231,890
    From this org
    $197,775
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,115
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,775
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,115
    Filer's total
    $231,890

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 committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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
2023
Filed
29 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521349349306842

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