KRONOS PERFORMING ARTS ASSN

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A680

Classification

2000

Street

PO BOX 225340

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

• PERFORMANCES: THE KRONOS QUARTET TOURS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS EACH YEAR ACROSS THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD, PERFORMING IN CONCERT HALLS, UNIVERSITIES, OUTDOOR VENUES, AND FESTIVALS. IN 2023/2024 KRONOS CELEBRATED ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH 50 OFFICIAL EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS CONCERTS IN CANADA, THE NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, TURKEY, MEXICO, GERMANY AND OTHER LOCATIONS. KRONOS PERFORMS REGULARLY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WITH APPEARANCES AT STANFORDS BING CONCERT HALL, UC BERKELEYS ZELLERBACH HALL, AND MARINS RANCHO NICASIO, AMONG OTHERS. IN APRIL 2025, KPAA RETURNED TO SAN FRANCISCOS SFJAZZ CENTER TO PRESENT THE ANNUAL KRONOS FESTIVAL FEATURING KRONOS AND MANY GUEST ARTISTS.

  Expenses $829,589 · Revenue $464,862

• PRESERVATION: IN APRIL 2024 IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT KPAA HAS GIFTED THE KRONOS ARCHIVE TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS THE LARGEST LIBRARY IN THE WORLD SECURING ACCESS TO THE KRONOS QUARTET/KRONOS PERFORMING ARTS ASSOCIATION LEGACY IN PERPETUITY. KRONOS EXPANSIVE DISCOGRAPHY ON NONESUCH RECORDS AND OTHER LABELS INCLUDES ALBUMS SUCH AS PIECES OF AFRICA (1992), A SHOWCASE OF AFRICAN COMPOSERS; KRONOS QUARTET: 25 YEARS (1998), A TEN-DISC ANTHOLOGY; AND THREE GRAMMY-WINNING ALBUMS: ALBAN BERGS LYRIC SUITE (2003), FEATURING RENOWNED SOPRANO DAWN UPSHAW; LANDFALL (2018) WITH LAURIE ANDERSON; AND TERRY RILEYS SUN RINGS (2019). (Continued on Schedule O)

  Expenses $322,301 · Revenue $71,016

• EDUCATION: KRONOS PROVIDES MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS ACROSS THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD. IN JANUARY 2015, KPAA LAUNCHED KRONOS FIFTY FOR THE FUTURE, AN INITIATIVE WHICH HAS COMMISSIONED 50 NEW WORKS DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS AND EMERGING PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS. KRONOS PREMIERED, RECORDED, AND PUBLISHED EACH PIECE, AND CREATED COMPANION MATERIALS INCLUDING SHEET MUSIC, RECORDINGS, INTERVIEWS, AND NOTES, WHICH ARE PROVIDED ONLINE FOR FREE. IN 2021/22 KPAA RELEASED THE FINAL SET OF WORKS TO COMPLETE THE COLLECTION. KPAA ALSO CONTINUED THE ANNUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM KRONOS MUSIC: THE FUTURE IS NOW, A VIRTUAL RESIDENCY FOR MORE THAN 100 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ACROSS FIVE STATES AND CANADA. KPAA ALSO ADVISES OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

  Expenses $60,946 · Revenue $91,974

• CREATION: KPAA HAS COMMISSIONED MORE THAN 1,000 NEW WORKS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR KRONOS SINCE THE QRTETS FOUNDING. KRONOS ALSO CREATES AND PERFORMS COLLABORATIVE STAGED WORKS, INCLUDING THE LIVE DOCUMENTARY A THOUSAND THOUGHTS AND THE EVENING-LENGTH WORK AT WAR WITH OURSELVES 400 YEARS OF YOU. COUNTLESS WORKS COMMISSIONED BY KRONOS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED BY OTHER ARTISTS, AND MANY OF KRONOS RECORDINGS HAVE BEEN USED IN DANCE, THEATER, TELEVISION, FILM, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND ADVERTISING.

  Expenses $54,243 · Revenue $7,255

• Preservation: Continued from Form 990 Page 2KRONOS RECENT RELEASES INCLUDE ONE EARTH, ONE PEOPLE, ONE LOVE: KRONOS PLAYS TERRY RILEY, (2015) A FIVE-DISC BOXED SET; FOLK SONGS (2017) FEATURING SAM AMIDON, OLIVIA CHANEY, RHIANNON GIDDENS, AND NATALIE MERCHANT SINGING TRADITIONAL FOLK SONGS; LONG TIME PASSING: KRONOS AND FRIENDS CELEBRATE PETE SEEGER (2020), AND MY LAI (2022).

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

  $1,143,952

  Expenses

  $1,866,151

  Contributions

  $469,819

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,944,139

  Expenses

  $2,851,450

  Contributions

  $1,340,669

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,993,162

  Expenses

  $2,451,113

  Contributions

  $1,695,846

  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

  $2,774,082

  Expenses

  $2,302,667

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,591,460

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,635,399

  Expenses

  $1,510,784

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,161,077

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,961,196

  Expenses

  $2,443,593

  Assets (EOY)

  $863,008

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,385,167

  Expenses

  $2,729,778

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,154,400

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,236,794

  Expenses

  $2,901,714

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,406,111

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,521,433

  Expenses

  $2,572,950

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,127,341

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,554,906

  Expenses

  $2,446,748

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,120,022

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,674,835

  Expenses

  $2,523,663

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,113,451

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,639,463

  Expenses

  $2,779,602

  Assets (EOY)

  $907,397

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,413,124

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,063,983

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

  $103,950

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $93,500

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $89,800

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $40,350

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $35,700

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $26,100

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $20,000

  2022 · Music

• MID ATLANTIC ARTS INC

  $13,760

  2022 · PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTING AND TOURING;

• GRAMMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC

  $12,500

  2023 · MUSIC PRESERVATION IMPLEMENTATION GRANT

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $12,500

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE

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

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