- Revenue 2024
- $2,283,167
- Expenses 2024
- $2,331,239
Program services were 69.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A690
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 244 5TH AVE FL 2
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
PERFORMANCE, PRESENTATION, COMMISSIONING, RECORDING AND DISSEMINATION OF AMERICAN MUSIC FOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR AMERICAN COMPOSERS; AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES ABOUT AMERICAN MUSIC FOR STUDENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
Activities or mission (Part I)
CREATION, CELEBRATION, PERFORMANCE AND PROMOTION OF MUSIC BY AMERICAN COMPOSERS.
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CONCERT PERFORMANCES FEATURING AMERICAN COMPOSERSACO'S 24-25 SEASON FEATURING ITS ENSEMBLE INCLUDED TWO CONCERTS CARNEGIE HALL'S ZANKEL HALL, TWO PERFORMANCES AT BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC, AND EARSHOT READINGS WITH ACO IN NYC AT MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC. ACO SERVED 5,238 AUDIENCE MEMBERS THROUGH LIVE PERFORMANCES. DIGITAL EVENTS ARE ACCESSIBLE ON ACO'S YOUTUBE PAGE, WHICH GARNERED 12.2K VIEWS IN THE PAST YEAR. ACO ALSO RELEASED THE PREMIERE RECORDING OF AN AMERICAN SOLDIER, THE FIRST OF 10 COMMERCIAL PROJECTS WITH PLATOON, APPLE'S IN-HOUSE RECORDING LABEL.
Expenses $1,271,078 · Revenue $161,699
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EARSHOT: OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMERGING COMPOSERS AMERICAN COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA'S EARSHOT COMPOSER ADVANCEMENT INITIATIVES FORM THE FIRST ONGOING, SYSTEMATIC PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMPOSERS AND ORCHESTRAS ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL. THROUGH ORCHESTRAL READINGS, COLABORATORY RESIDENCIES, CONSORTIUM COMMISSIONS, CONCERTS, RECORDINGS, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EARSHOT ENSURES A VIBRANT MUSICAL FUTURE BY INVESTING IN CREATIVITY TODAY. ACO PRODUCED EIGHT VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEBINARS ON TOPICS INCLUDING NETWORKING, SELF-PUBLISHING, COMMISSIONING AGREEMENTS AND CONSORTIA, ORCHESTRATION, FUNDRAISING, PUBLIC SPEAKING, AND MORE, SERVING 800 INDIVIDUALS. ACO'S EARSHOT READINGS SERVED 22 FEATURED ARTISTS VIA ITS OWN JUNE READINGS IN NYC, AND FOUR OTHERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS IN TEXAS, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, AND OHIO. COLABORATORY RESIDENCIES PROVIDED COMMISSIONS AND WORKSHOPS TO 8 ARTISTS CREATING FIVE WORKS. EIGHT COMPOSERS HAD WORKS PUBLISHED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BOOSEY & HAWKES. IN 2024-25, EARSHOT SERVED 51 ARTISTS WHO SELF-IDENTIFY AS 76% BIPOC AND 51% FEMALE OR NONBINARY.
Expenses $227,848 · Revenue $179,773
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MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM IN THE 2024-25 SEASON, ACO SERVED 1,508 NYCPS MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (309 DIRECT, 1,199 INDIRECT) THROUGH 9 IN-SCHOOL AND AFTER-SCHOOL CLASSES. SEQUENTIAL PROGRAMS INCLUDED SONIC SPARK ENSEMBLES, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL DIRECT INSTRUMENTAL AND VOICE INSTRUCTION; COMPOSE YOURSELF, HIGH SCHOOL COMPOSITION CLASSES; SONIC SPARK LAB, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL COMPOSITION AND CREATIVITY CLASSES. PROGRAMS INCLUDED WEEKLY SCHOOL-BASED CLASSES AND PROJECT-BASED CREATIVE CAPACITY BUILDING LED BY TEACHING ARTISTS, AND DIRECT MUSIC COMPOSITION INSTRUCTION WITH ACO'S EDUCATION DIRECTOR. OF THOSE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN SONIC SPARK, 20% ARE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, 19% ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, 73% RECEIVE FREE OR SUBSIDIZED SCHOOL MEALS, AND 86% ARE BIPOC/ALAANA.
Expenses $123,391 · Revenue $107,087
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.
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SAMEERA TROESCH
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MELISSA NGAN
PRESIDENT & CEO
- Total calculated
- $223,438
- From this org
- $206,590
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,848
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $193,820
- Bonus
- $12,770
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,470
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,378
- Filer's total
- $223,438
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MICHAEL FEHRMAN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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LISA WASHBURN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ATIF BHANJEE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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DEREK BERMEL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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THOMAS BRENER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JANE CAVALIER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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TOYIN SPELLMAN-DIAZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SCOTT DUNN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MELIN TAN-GELLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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PHILIP GLASS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MARILYN GO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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AUGUSTA GROSS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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BENJAMIN HILDNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JONATHAN HOLLAND
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $5,750
- From this org
- $5,750
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ILYA KARAULOV
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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CHRIS LANDO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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TESS MATEO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ANNETTE MCEVOY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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GEOFFROY VAN RAEMDONCK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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DEBORAH SHERMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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KAREN SLACK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JESS TING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MELINDA WAGNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $2,000
- From this org
- $2,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $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
- $2,283,167
- Expenses
- $2,331,239
- Contributions
- $1,705,496
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $3,403,926
- Expenses
- $2,475,205
- Contributions
- $2,616,324
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $1,974,579
- Expenses
- $1,950,844
- Contributions
- $1,697,021
- 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
- $1,846,339
- Expenses
- $1,721,985
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,903,120
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $917,167
- Expenses
- $1,006,478
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,101,076
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,430,584
- Expenses
- $1,372,234
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,872,815
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,696,676
- Expenses
- $1,476,559
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,900,507
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,893,698
- Expenses
- $1,717,948
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,610,050
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,060,285
- Expenses
- $1,629,135
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,526,528
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,519,848
- Expenses
- $1,636,588
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,974,646
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,440,244
- Expenses
- $1,425,170
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,150,344
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $993,529
- Expenses
- $1,160,871
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,037,665
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,268,828
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,046,829
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
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$100,000
2023 FOR A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.
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2022 MUSIC ASSISTANCE FUND
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$32,824
2022 UNRESTRICTED
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$27,263
2023 UNRESTRICTED
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2023 MUSIC ASSISTANCE FUND
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2022 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$16,000
2024 TO SUPPORT THE PUBLICATION OF AN ORCHESTRAL WORK IN THE ACO EARSHOT READINGS
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$15,000
2024 ARTS, CULTURE
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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.