BERKELEY SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A200

Classification

1000

Street

2020 ADDISON ST

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Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

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• BERKELEY TRADITIONAL MUSIC FOUNDATION

  EIN 27-3945670

Mission and programs · 2024

• IN 2024, THE FREIGHT BEGAN A MAJOR REINVENTION PROCESS WHICH INVOLVED CRAFTING A NEW MISSION AND VISION AND LEANING INTO AN EXPANDED MUSICAL FOCUS. WE CONCEIVED OF, PLANNED, AND EXECUTED THE FIRST-EVER DEFORD BAILEY LEGACY FESTIVAL, A THREE-DAY CELEBRATION OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIONEERING BLACK AMERICAN ARTISTS. WE CONTINUED TO HOST HUNDREDS OF PERFORMERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AS WELL AS BAY AREA LUMINARIES, AND WE WELCOMED OVER 50,000 MUSIC LOVERS INTO OUR VENUE.

  Expenses $3,513,011 · Revenue $3,154,280

• THE FREIGHT'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS CONTINUED TO THRIVE IN 2024, INCLUDING TWO SOLD OUT SESSIONS OF OUR POPULAR FREIGHT SINGERS COMMUNITY CHORUS, FIVE SESSIONS OF OUR INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL CLASSES, AS WELL AS MULTI-GENRE WORKSHOPS, AND JAMS WHICH REACHED 2,000 STUDENTS OF ALL AGES. IN ADDITION, OUR FLAGSHIP 4TH GRADE ARTS INTEGRATION (SOCIAL STUDIES/MUSIC) PROGRAM GOLDEN STATE OF SONG LAUNCHED IN BERKELEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 2024 WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY, FEATURING TEACHING ARTIST/EDUCATOR SHIRLEY MURAMOTO. WE ALSO LAUNCHED OUR FIRST TEACHING ARTIST RESIDENCY SERIES AT A LOCAL PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE WE PROVIDED BEATMAKING, RAPPING, AND PERCUSSION INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS FROM 1ST-7TH GRADES.

• THE FREIGHT CONTINUED TO FOSTER NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS WITH OUR BERKELEY NEIGHBORS IN 2024: WE PARTICIPATED IN A YOUTH SUMMER CAMP HOSTED BY OUR FELLOW ARTS ORGANIZATION ASHKENAZ, AND WE CONTINUED OUR NEW COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH BERKELEY CITY COLLEGE BY DEVELOPING AND PRESENTING A UNIQUE LIVE ART AND MUSIC EVENT FOR LATINX HERITAGE MONTH. OUR RENTAL DIVISION, NOW LED BY A NEW, DEDICATED STAFF MEMBER, CONTINUED TO WORK WITH DOZENS OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND WE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH BLACK BANJO RECLAMATION PROJECT, A LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATION WITH SPACE NEEDS WHICH THE FREIGHT CAN HELP FULFILL.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

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

  $5,279,422

  Expenses

  $5,503,487

  Contributions

  $1,996,535

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,967,707

  Expenses

  $5,567,265

  Contributions

  $1,558,241

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $5,176,422

  Expenses

  $4,591,141

  Contributions

  $2,797,469

  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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,788,903

  Expenses

  $2,788,519

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,566,854

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,623,995

  Expenses

  $2,449,562

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,862,249

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,840,452

  Expenses

  $4,550,356

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,394,410

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,020,456

  Expenses

  $4,350,531

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,154,920

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,353,824

  Expenses

  $3,635,024

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,484,931

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,272,358

  Expenses

  $2,959,359

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,044,624

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,007,859

  Expenses

  $2,809,610

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,561,994

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,668,897

  Expenses

  $2,490,463

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,256,011

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,965,891

  Expenses

  $2,342,627

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,250,280

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,222,389

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,085,866

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

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $280,014

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $194,821

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $191,321

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $90,000

  2023 · COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $57,430

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $54,480

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION

  $36,250

  2024 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• IMPACTASSETS INC

  $28,500

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION

  $27,000

  2023 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $25,750

  2022 · CULTURE & ARTS

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

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.

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