PIANO SPHERES: Form 990EZ, tax year 2021

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Organization: PIANO SPHERES (EIN 91-2106973)
Tax period: 2021-07-01 to 2022-06-30
Filed: 2022-09-28
IRS object ID: 202202719349200500
Schema version: 2021v4.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2022-09-28T05:43:30-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2022-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2021-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	912106973	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PIANO SPHERES	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% Heidi Lesemann	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	PIAN	BusinessNameControlTxt
Foreign Phone	3232260326	ForeignPhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4209 VIA ARBOLADA UNIT 231	AddressLine1Txt
City	LOS ANGELES	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	900425095	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Heidi Ledesman	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive Director	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2022-09-28	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Holly Witham	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00662017	PTIN
Phone	6263034222	PhoneNum
Preparation	2022-09-28	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2021	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Website Address	www.pianospheres.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$133,207	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$54,840	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue	$66,052	ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Gain Or Loss From Sale Of Assets	$0	GainOrLossFromSaleOfAssetsAmt
Fundraising Gross Income	$12,315	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Special Events Direct Expenses	$330	SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt
Special Events Net Income Loss	$11,985	SpecialEventsNetIncomeLossAmt
Gross Profit Loss Sls Of Invntry	$0	GrossProfitLossSlsOfInvntryAmt
Total Revenue	$132,877	TotalRevenueAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$104,363	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Printing Publications Postage	$4,288	PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total	$40,813	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$149,464	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-$16,587	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$80,284	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$63,697	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part II	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$40,161	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,314	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total Detail OtherAssetsTotalDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$44,540	BOYAmt
EOY	$60,010	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$84,701	BOYAmt
EOY	$73,324	EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,417	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,627	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$80,284	BOYAmt
EOY	$63,697	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Primary Exempt Purpose	PRESENT,PROMOTEANDPRODUCEMUSICALPERFORMANCESFORTHEPUBLICINSOUTHERNCALIFORNIA.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc Accom	PianoSpheresSummerJazzSeries,presentedJulyandAugustof2021atthePasadenaConservatoryofMusicfeaturedartistsGeorgeClayton07 31,RogerKellaway08 14andJoshuaWhite07 17.Themusicianspresentedthreeperformances,eachseenbynearly200audiencemembersand1,200onlineviewers.Autumn2021performancesincluded:Sep26thOlivierMessiaenCatalogued'oiseauxattheAudubonCenteratDebsPark13musicians audienceof163;Oct3rdPaulCornishWorkshop MasterClassatPasadenaConservatoryofMusic3musicians audienceof53;Oct5thEmergingArtistPaulCornishrecitalatColburnSchool3musicians audienceof83;Oct10thAndreasFolvosApostolouWorkshop MasterClassatColburnSchool2musicians audienceof54;Oct19thEmergingArtistAndreasFoivosApostolouperformed"MusicConFusion"atColburnSchoolaudienceof124.Springof2022featuredfourperformances,whichincluded:Apr16thFredericRzewski-AnAppreciation23musicians audienceof273;Mar1stVickiRayperformed"FrozenImprovisations"audienceof167;Apr5thonlinevideoprogramfeaturedTakashiHarada,OndesMartenot,MarkRobsonandKojiriUmezakiandhas1,200views;May24thDavidKaplanperformed"Phfantasyies"atColburnSchoolforanaudienceof121.	DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Grants And Allocations	$0	GrantsAndAllocationsAmt
Program Service Expenses	$113,224	ProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$113,224	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt	Employee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmt	Expense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
Jess Morton
President	5.00	$0	$0	$0
Mary Hannon
Secretary	3.00	$0	$0	$0
Karl Montevirgen
Treasurer	3.00	$0	$0	$0
Sarah Gibson
Member	3.00	$0	$0	$0
Latherine Colbert
Member	3.00	$0	$0	$0
Mark Saltzman
Member	3.00	$0	$0	$0
Catherine Uniack
Member	3.00	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	false	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers	false	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Heidi Lesemann	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4209 VIA ARBOLADA UNIT 231	AddressLine1Txt
City	LOS ANGELES	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	900425095	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3232260326	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	false	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	false	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$71,541	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$70,411	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$91,552	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$180,062	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$126,985	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$540,551	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$17,041	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$27,415	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$22,142	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$866	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,222	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$73,686	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$88,582	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$97,826	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$113,694	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$180,928	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$133,207	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$614,237	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$614,237	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$88,582	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$97,826	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$113,694	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$180,928	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$133,207	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$614,237	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	1	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.00	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part III - Line 12	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	\| Year:, Amount:, Description:\| 2017, , \| 2018, \| 2019, \| 2020, \| 2021, \|	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, line 16	\| Other Expenses:, Amount:\| Performance Hall Venues, $20529\| Artist Travel & Accommodations, $1858\| Royalties & Licensing, $293\| Marketing & Advertising, $9524\| Fundraising Expenses, $1251\| Insurances, $1613\| Bank and Merchant Service Fees, $2138\| Office Supplies and expenses, $3607\|
Part II, line 24	\| Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:\| Accunts Receivable, $44540, $57580\| Prepaid Expenses, $0, $2430\|
Part II, line 26	\| Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:\| Accounts Payable, $4417, $9627\|