Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← All organizations

FRIENDS OF MUSIC HALL

EIN 31-1353951 CINCINNATI, OH

Browse the largest nonprofits in Ohio

Revenue 2024
$1,765,250
Expenses 2024
$593,900

Program services were 76.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A61I
Classification
1000
Street
1241 ELM ST

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

11 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 PRESERVE, PROMOTE, IMPROVE & PROVIDE EDUCATION ABOUT CINCINNATI MUSIC HALL IN ORDER TO PERPETUATE IT AS THE PREMIER CULTURAL CENTER OF THE REGION, AND AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK OF INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRESERVE, PROMOTE, IMPROVE & PROVIDE EDUCATION ABOUT CINCINNATI MUSIC HALL.

  • THROUGH WEEKLY GUIDED TOURS, COMMUNITY TALKS, AND ENGAGING CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING, FRIENDS OF MUSIC HALL EDUCATES APPROXIMATELY 5,000 GUESTS ANNUALLY ON THE HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MUSIC HALL. WE ACTIVELY PROMOTE THE VITAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE FRIENDS OF MUSIC HALL THROUGH OUR QUARTERLY E-NEWSLETTER, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WEBSITE. WE HOLD AN ANNUAL MEETING TO EDUCATE MEMBERS ABOUT PROGRAMS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS.

    Expenses $169,261 · Revenue $90,042

  • FRIENDS OF MUSIC HALL IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING AND IMPROVING MUSIC HALL BY IDENTIFYING CRITICAL RESTORATION NEEDS, PROVIDING FUNDING AND MANAGING THEM TO COMPLETION. PROJECTS INCLUDED: BALCONY DOORS: RESTORED THE ORIGINAL 12-FOOT OAK DOUBLE DOORS. ARCHIVAL ROOM: RENOVATED THE SPACE AND INSTALLED PERMANENT ARCHIVAL SHELVING.FOYER FLOOR: PATCHED AND TOUCHED UP THE ORIGINAL RED SLATE AND WHITE MARBLE FLOORING.

    Expenses $131,204

  • PRESERVE, PROMOTE, AND PROVIDE EDUCATION ABOUT THE MIGHTY WURLITZER ORGAN. THROUGH YEAR-ROUND LIVE CONCERTS, INTERACTIVE TOURS, AND SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS SUCH AS BLINK IN THE BALLROOM 2024 FEATURING BOTH LIVE AND RECORDED MUSIC, WE SHOWCASE THE ORGAN'S UNIQUE SOUND AND ITS ENDURING LEGACY.

    Expenses $156,484 · Revenue $28,805

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.

  • Nancy Knauf

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $50,028
    From this org
    $45,488
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,540
    Hours/week
    40
  • Peter Koenig

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kenneth Kreider

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rick Pender

    RECORDING SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Lynne Reckman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Ed Rider

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Kathy Wade

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Weadick

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Raye Allen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erica Bock

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Buchholz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kyle Campbell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meredith Gillespie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Jackson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Trica Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Andreas Lange

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Quiera Levy-Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alek Lucke

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yemi Oyediran

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Pinelo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Glenn Plott

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Roxanne Qualls

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicole Roberts

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carol L Sampson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,765,250
    Expenses
    $593,900
    Contributions
    $92,818
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $798,163
    Expenses
    $746,344
    Contributions
    $96,873
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $502,004
    Expenses
    $457,153
    Contributions
    $70,537
    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
    $1,237,087
    Expenses
    $412,929
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,099,208
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,185,102
    Expenses
    $823,274
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,391,362
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $631,696
    Expenses
    $398,739
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,418,535

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

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.