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COAST LIVE MUSIC INC

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $76K · expenses $140K · assets $191K

EIN
85-2257543
Address
254 CORTE MADERA RD, PORTOLA VALLY, CA 94028-7817
NTEE code
A20
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2021
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Mission

TO CURATE INSPIRED MUSICAL GATHERINGS BY PRESENTING WORLD-CLASS CHAMBER MUSIC ACROSS THE BAY AREA.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Livia Sohn President & Sec2021-2024 $32,828$40,328 1
James Austin Smith Director2023-2024 $19,000$25,000 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

4 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Leah Frelinghuysen Director2021-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Ben Knelman Director2021-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Lori Muffly Director2023-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Geoff Nuttall (former) Director2021-2022 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 5 people listed · 2 paid, $52K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LIVIA SOHN President & Sec4 $32,828-- $32,8281
JAMES AUSTIN SMITH Director4 $19,000-- $19,0001
LEAH FRELINGHUYSEN Director0 $0-- $01
BEN KNELMAN Director0 $0-- $01
LORI MUFFLY Director0 $0-- $01
2023 · 5 people listed · 2 paid, $14K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LIVIA SOHN President & Sec4 $7,500-- $7,5001
JAMES AUSTIN SMITH Director4 $6,000-- $6,0001
LEAH FRELINGHUYSEN Director0 $0-- $01
BEN KNELMAN Director0 $0-- $01
LORI MUFFLY Director0 $0-- $01
2022 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LIVIA SOHN President & Sec0 $0-- $01
GEOFF NUTTALL Director0 $0-- $01
LEAH FRELINGHUYSEN Director0 $0-- $01
BEN KNELMAN Director0 $0-- $01
2021 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LIVIA SOHN President & Sec0 $0-- $01
GEOFF NUTTALL Director0 $0-- $01
LEAH FRELINGHUYSEN Director0 $0-- $01
BEN KNELMAN Director0 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$75,505$139,541 $190,899$190,663 $45,040$30,442 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$196,560$29,089 $256,768$254,699 $192,350$4,210 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$9,251$1,029 $87,228$87,228 $9,251- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$82,261$3,255 $79,249$79,006 $82,261- ---

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $88,350 in all, tax years 2021 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor Exact 2021, 2024 2$58,350 2024$38,350
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THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2021 1$22,000 2021$22,000
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AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2021 1$8,000 2021$8,000
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Where the money went

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $139,541 spent · pay $51,828 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $51,828 37.1%
Fees to independent contractors $49,728 35.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $35,440 25.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $2,370 1.7%
Printing, publications, postage $175 0.1%
Total$139,541100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $29,089 spent · pay $13,500 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $13,500 46.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $9,724 33.4%
Fees to independent contractors $5,750 19.8%
Printing, publications, postage $115 0.4%
Total$29,089100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $1,029 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $750 72.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $279 27.1%
Total$1,029100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $3,255 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,021 92.8%
Printing, publications, postage $163 5.0%
Fees to independent contractors $71 2.2%
Total$3,255100%

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