- Revenue 2024
- $0
- Expenses 2024
- $3,037
Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A120
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 363 MERCER STREET SUITE 200
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).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO ADVANCE THE APPRECIATION AND PERFORMANCE OF OPERA, SYMPHONIC MUSIC AND CHAMBER MUSIC IN THE PUGET SOUND AREA OF WASHINGTON STATE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO ADVANCE THE APPRECIATION & PERFORMANCE OF OPERA, SYMPHONIC MUSIC AND CHAMBER MUSIC.
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ADVANCE THE APPRECIATION AND PERFORMANCE OF OPERA, SYMPHONIC MUSIC AND CHAMBER MUSIC BY SUPPORTING THE SEATTLE OPERA, SEATTLE SYMPHONY AND ARTSFUND. BEETHOVEN, THROUGH A FOR-PROFIT SUBSIDIARY, OWNS KING-FM RADIO BROADCAST LICENSE, WHICH IS USED TO BRODCAST CLASSICAL MUSIC AND RELATED PROGRAMMING IN MARKETS CURRENTLY SERVED BY SEATTLE OPERA, SEATTLE SYMPHONY AND ARTSFUND. BY BROADCASTING BOTH PERFORMANCES AND PROGRAMMING PRODUCED BY SEATTLE OPERA, SEATTLE SYMPHONY, AND ARTSFUND, AND BY ADVANCING A BROADER APPRECIATION FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, BEETHOVEN INCREASES AUDIENCES AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS.
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.
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Brenda BarnesBRENDA BARNES
CEO/ASST TRE
- Total calculated
- $229,718
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $221,966
- Other
- $7,752
- Hours/week
- 1 + 39 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- not reported + $196,966 related
- Bonus
- not reported + $25,000 related
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported + $15,504 related
- Filer's total
- not reported + $229,718 related
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Christopher BayleyCHRISTOPHER BAYLEY
PRESIDENT EM
- Total calculated
- $0
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Diana CareyDIANA CAREY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Steven A CliffordSTEVEN A CLIFFORD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Susan CoughlinSUSAN COUGHLIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Charles DickeyCHARLES DICKEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Jim DuncanJIM DUNCAN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
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Kevin FoxKEVIN FOX
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
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Diana GaoDIANA GAO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Brian L GrantBRIAN L GRANT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Susan HarmonSUSAN HARMON
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
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Douglas JacksonDOUGLAS JACKSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Neil JordanNEIL JORDAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
-
Naomi MinegishiNAOMI MINEGISHI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Jon RosenJON ROSEN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
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Moya VasquezMOYA VASQUEZ
DIRECTOR
- 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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $3,037
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $5,508
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $7,657
- Contributions
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,000
- Expenses
- $4,695
- Assets (EOY)
- $16,810,856
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $4,779
- Assets (EOY)
- $16,810,611
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1
- Expenses
- $5,577
- Assets (EOY)
- $16,815,304
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2
- Expenses
- $4,922
- Assets (EOY)
- $16,810,880
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $4,367
- Assets (EOY)
- $16,810,800
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $4,209
- Assets (EOY)
- $16,815,167
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $5,264
- Assets (EOY)
- $16,819,376
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $4,954
- Assets (EOY)
- $16,824,640
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $384
- Expenses
- $6,177
- Assets (EOY)
- $16,829,594
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.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2023 return
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C3 · OPERA · WA
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C3 · SYMPHONY · WA
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C3 · ART SUPPT · WA
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C3 · BROADCAST · WA · controlled entity
Declared as related by
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SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
On its 2024 return
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On its 2024 return
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On its 2024 return
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return
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CLASSIC RADIO
C CORP · BROADCAST · WA · 100% owned · share of income $530,000 · share of assets $4,581,181
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 SOUNK.
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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.