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READING MUSICAL FOUNDATION

EIN 23-1472487 READING, PA

Revenue 2024
$1,519,550
Expenses 2024
$1,133,643

Program services were 83.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A68I
Classification
2100
Street
201 WASHINGTON STREET

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ADVANCE AND ADVOCATE FOR MUSIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION IN BERKS COUNTY.

  • STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS - THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMITTED BERKS COUNTY MUSIC STUDENTS WHO AUDITION ON MERIT OR DEMONSTRATE FINANCIAL NEED. SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PIANO, ORGAN, WOODWIND, BRASS, PERCUSSION, STRING, HARP, GUITAR AND VOCAL STUDENTS, AS WELL AS AWARDS FOR COLLEGE TUITION. FINANCIAL NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS SUPPORT SUMMER CAMP PARTICIPATION, PRIVATE MUSIC STUDY, AND INSTRUMENT UPGRADE REQUESTS.

    Expenses $262,849 · Grants $262,849

  • RMF PROVIDES GRANTS TO MUSIC-PRESENTING ORGANIZATIONS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT STRENGTHEN BERKS COUNTY'S CULTURAL LIFE. FUNDING IS AWARDED BASED ON EACH ORGANIZATION'S ABILITY TO ADVANCE RMF'S MISSION OF INSPIRING, NURTURING, AND SUSTAINING A VIBRANT MUSICAL COMMUNITY. IN 2024, RMF SUPPORTED 24 LOCAL ENSEMBLES AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES THROUGH PROGRAM GRANTS, UNDERWRITING PERFORMANCES, RESIDENCIES, AND MUSIC EDUCATION EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

    Expenses $582,692 · Grants $371,524

  • RMF SHARES THE MUSICAL EXPERIENCE WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO MAY NOT OTHERWISE HAVE ACCESS TO MUSIC EDUCATION OR PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES. PROGRAMS INCLUDE OPERATION REPLAY (INSTRUMENT RECYCLING AND LOAN PROGRAM), MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS ASSEMBLIES, AFTER-SCHOOL MUSIC INSTRUCTION IN READING AND OLIVET BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS, THE LATIN MUSIC AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND THE DIGITAL MUSIC LAB INITIATIVE. COLLECTIVELY, RMF PROVIDES MORE THAN 15 HOURS PER WEEK OF FREE AFTER-SCHOOL MUSIC EDUCATION AND WORKSHOPS FOR K-12 STUDENTS FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH MAY.

    Expenses $99,206 · Grants $91,411 · Revenue $800

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Keri M Shultz

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $117,818
    From this org
    $89,543
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,275
    Hours/week
    40

  • Paul G Oxholm

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Fran Post

    VICE CHAIR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Martha Aynardi

    VICE CHAIR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Srividya Ramanathan

    VICE CHAIR OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephanie Kocher

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Haynes

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sandy Kern

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tim Simmons

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Anderson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kent Gutzler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Webster

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Virginia Dodge

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lewis Freeman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rick Tomlinson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wanda Crespo

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike D'Errico

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Ernesto

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debra Micka

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,519,550
    Expenses
    $1,133,643
    Contributions
    $799,161
    Grants paid
    $725,784
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,523,675
    Expenses
    $1,231,547
    Contributions
    $699,649
    Grants paid
    $749,490
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,734,772
    Expenses
    $1,083,790
    Contributions
    $1,202,428
    Grants paid
    $718,431

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,531,006
    Expenses
    $939,991
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,638,151

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,474,447
    Expenses
    $764,826
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,635,939

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,406,641
    Expenses
    $1,050,205
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,252,909

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,265,325
    Expenses
    $977,701
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,767,135

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,292,808
    Expenses
    $827,284
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,463,965

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,011,077
    Expenses
    $794,115
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,584,939

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $986,613
    Expenses
    $780,917
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,364,510

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,255,395
    Expenses
    $755,400
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,851,281

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,274,059
    Expenses
    $682,697
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,804,264

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $627,743
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,876,944

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2008

Tax period
1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009
Principal officer
Claire Flemming
Mailing address
204 Olive StWest Reading PA 196111106
Website
http://www.readingphilharmonic.com/

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.