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AMERICAN PIANO AWARDS INC

EIN 31-0969640 INDIANAPOLIS, IN

Largest nonprofits in Indiana

Revenue 2024
$1,443,848
Expenses 2024
$1,954,211

Program services were 69.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
4603 CLARENDON RD

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

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists 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

THE MISSION OF THE AMERICAN PIANISTS ASSOCIATION IS TO DISCOVER, PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE CAREERS OF YOUNG, AMERICAN, WORLD-CLASS, JAZZ AND CLASSICAL PIANISTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF APA IS TO DISCOVER, PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE CAREERS OF YOUNG, AMERICAN, WORLD-CLASS, JAZZ AND CLASSICAL PIANISTS.

  • OUR PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE ACROSS THE US IN CONCERT HALLS, STUDIOS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, SCHOOLS, AND HOMES THROUGH PIANO PERFORMANCES AND THE PROMOTION OF INDIGENOUS AMERICAN ART, JAZZ MUSIC, AND CLASSICAL MUSIC PERFORMED BY OUTSTANDING AMERICAN-BORN PIANISTS. APA PROGRAMS ALSO BROADEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN THE ARTS, PROVIDE ARTS ACTIVITIES TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, AND ADVANCE THE ART FORM OF MUSIC. OUR LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE TWO OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AND WORLD-RENOWNED PIANO COMPETITIONS, ONE IN CLASSICAL AND JAZZ, AWARDING FELLOWSHIPS TO THE WINNERS, AND GRAND ENCOUNTERS A PIANO RECITAL SERIES. THESE PROGRAMS ARE AUGMENTED BY PERFORMANCES, MENTORING, AND WORKSHOPS FOR ALL AGES OFFERED IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS.

    Expenses $1,366,022 · Revenue $104,311

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.

  • Chris Williams

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $210,631
    From this org
    $195,959
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,672
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,959
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,670
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,002
    Filer's total
    $210,631
  • David Pentzien

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Goelzer

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deborah Hearn-Smith

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Williams

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Buckley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ezra Burdick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katasha Butler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert P Chan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hillary C Egan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Gary Geipel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Goodrid Lawson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christia Hicks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Huber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr William Kleinman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eugene Kroeff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debra Luffer-Atlas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alicia McMahon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Mills

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca O'Connor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Steensland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carly Tebelman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Tirman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Towns

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael W Wells

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,443,848
    Expenses
    $1,954,211
    Contributions
    $1,281,689
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,804,431
    Expenses
    $1,284,919
    Contributions
    $3,682,882
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $863,871
    Expenses
    $1,679,723
    Contributions
    $661,820
    Grants paid
    $125,000

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
    $1,689,195
    Expenses
    $1,073,253
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,496,518
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,708,505
    Expenses
    $1,495,829
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,211,143
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,540,309
    Expenses
    $1,111,063
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,020,440
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,181,409
    Expenses
    $1,357,987
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,962,455
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,118,501
    Expenses
    $1,117,268
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,958,772
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,179,102
    Expenses
    $1,422,877
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,584,183
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,588,879
    Expenses
    $861,819
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,151,725
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $900,410
    Expenses
    $857,512
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,631,204
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,225,960
    Expenses
    $755,343
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,371,668
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,149,008
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,947,446

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.

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

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

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.