Totals
- Total revenue
- $64,013
- Total expenses
- $60,349
- Contributions and grants received
- $23,261
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $40,752
- Membership dues (line 3)
- $0
- Investment income (line 4)
- $0
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $0
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- $0
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $13,000
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $13,000
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $60,349
Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2025
Primary exempt purpose
To provide accessible music education, preserve traditional musical arts, and foster community through immersive music instruction, mentorship, and performance.
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Big Sur Fiddle Camp provided a week-long immersive music education program featuring world-class instructors and intensive instruction in traditional folk music. Through small-group classes, private mentorship, jam sessions, community meals, and performances, musicians of all ages strengthened their musical skills while building confidence, creativity, and lasting community. Scholarships helped ensure participation regardless of financial circumstances. The program served approximately 70 participants, including students, instructors, and volunteers, and concluded with a public community concert in Big Sur.
Expenses $60,349
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Big Sur Fiddle Camp presented three public concerts throughout Monterey County, providing accessible live performances that celebrate traditional folk music while connecting local audiences with professional musicians and emerging student artists. These performances strengthen community engagement, preserve cultural traditions, and expand access to high-quality arts experiences for hundreds of residents and visitors.
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Big Sur Fiddle Camp expanded access to music education by providing scholarships and conducting outreach to local youth orchestra and symphony programs throughout Monterey County. These efforts helped identify talented young musicians with financial need and ensured that cost was not a barrier to participating in immersive music education and mentorship opportunities.
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Lygia Chappellet
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 15
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Victor Zaud
Web design Director of Social Media
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 1
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Edwin Huizinga
Program Advisor
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Grace Forrest
Musical Advisor
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rylee Reeder
Administrator
- Total calculated
- $7,157
- Compensation
- $7,157
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 17.5
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Brit Govea
Venue Advisor
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 16 July 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202601979349200120
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