HEAR NOW MUSIC FESTIVAL

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $190K · expenses $230K · assets $13K

EIN
47-1040885
Address
4209 VIA ARBOLADA UNIT 231, LOS ANGELES, CA 90042-5095
Website
WWW.HEARNOWMUSICFESTIVAL.COM
NTEE code
A99
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
August 2014 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE - TO EXPLORE AND BRING TO THE PUBLICS ATTENTION THE BREADTH, DIVERSITY AND ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE OF CONCERT MUSIC BEING WRITTEN BY COMPOSERS LIVING IN AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOS ANGELES 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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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
Hugh Levick PRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR2020-2024 $71,500$231,750 1
Heidi Lesemann TREASURERCFO2020-2024 $30,550$110,950 2

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

7 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
Dennis Dreith SECRETARY2020-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Jonathan Flint BOARD MEMBER2022-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Jonathan Steinberg BOARD MEMBER2022-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Bianca Roberts BOARD MEMBER2022-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Anthony Parnther (former) BOARD MEMBER2020-2021 0 $0 reported 1
Marianne Afifi (former) BOARD MEMBER2020-2021 0 $0 reported 1
Nita Heimbaugh (former) SECRETARY AND ASST MGR2020-2021 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 6 people listed · 2 paid, $102K · 0 employees · 6 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
HUGH LEVICK PRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR30 $71,500$0$0 $71,5001
HEIDI LESEMANN TREASURERCFO30 $30,550$0$0 $30,5502
JONATHAN STEINBERG BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
JONATHAN FLINT BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
BIANCA ROBERTS BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
DENNIS DREITH SECRETARY0 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 6 people listed · 2 paid, $94K · 0 employees · 7 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
HUGH LEVICK PRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECT30 $66,000$0$0 $66,0001
HEIDI LESEMANN TREASURERCFO30 $28,200$0$0 $28,2002
DENNIS DREITH BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
JONATHAN FLINT BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
JONATHAN STEINBERG SECRETARY0 $0$0$0 $01
BIANCA ROBERTS BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 6 people listed · 2 paid, $63K · 0 employees · 14 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
HUGH LEVICK PRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECT30 $40,500$0$0 $40,5001
HEIDI LESEMANN TREASURER GMGR20 $22,100$0$0 $22,1002
JONATHAN STEINBERG BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
BIANCA ROBERTS BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
JONATHAN FLINT BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
DENNIS DREITH SECRETARY0 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 6 people listed · 2 paid, $41K · 0 employees · 7 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
HUGH LEVICK PRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECT30 $25,350$0$0 $25,3501
HEIDI LESEMANN TREASURER GMGR20 $15,200$0$0 $15,2002
DENNIS DREITH BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
ANTHONY PARNTHER BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
MARIANNE AFIFI BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
NITA HEIMBAUGH SECRETARY AND ASST MGR0 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 6 people listed · 2 paid, $43K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
HUGH LEVICK PRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR30 $28,400-$0 $28,4001
HEIDI LESEMANN TREASURER GMGR20 $14,900-$0 $14,9002
NITA HEIMBAUGH SECRETARY AND ASST MGR0 $0-$0 $01
MARIANNE AFIFI BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
DENNIS DREITH BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
ANTHONY PARNTHER BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$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 990 period ending 2025-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$190,067$230,065 $13,133$13,133 $115,008$5,059 $102,05006
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2024-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$149,940$345,492 $53,131$53,131 $143,283$6,657 $94,20007
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2023-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$280,055$226,845 $248,683$248,683 $274,553$5,502 $73,600014
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$315,225$158,212 $195,473$195,473 $313,911$1,314 $43,55007
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$93,426$83,967 $38,460$38,460 $84,060- ---

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

9 grantors reported grants to this organization, $321,450 in all, tax years 2016 to 2025. 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
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2016-2019, 2021-2024 8$110,700 2024$25,000
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HARVEY AND ELLEN KNELL FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “HEAR NOW MUSIC FESTIVAL” 2018-2024 7$63,000 2024$10,000
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VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM DAF sponsor Exact 2023-2024 2$41,000 2024$30,000
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2020-2022, 2024 4$37,500 2024$12,000
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JERRY AND TERRI KOHL FAMILYFOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “HEAR NOW MUSIC FESTIVAL” 2016-2017, 2019 4$36,000 2019$15,000
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LIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2020 1$15,000 2020$15,000
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AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2024 1$10,000 2024$10,000
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PETER W MULLIN FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “HEAR NOW MUSIC FESTIVAL” 2025 1$5,000 2025$5,000
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COLBURN FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “HEAR NOW MUSIC FESTIVAL” 2016 1$3,250 2016$3,250
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $230,065 spent · pay $115,550 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
All other expenses $109,404$79,390$16,463$13,551 47.6%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $102,050$72,475$22,425$7,150 44.4%
Other salaries and wages $13,500$10,800$1,350$1,350 5.9%
Fees: accounting $4,110-$4,110- 1.8%
Office expenses $1,001-$1,001- 0.4%
Total$230,065100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $345,492 spent · pay $105,200 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
All other expenses $217,676$160,228$19,329$38,119 63.0%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $94,200$66,900$20,700$6,600 27.3%
Travel $21,379-$21,379- 6.2%
Other salaries and wages $11,000$8,800$1,100$1,100 3.2%
Fees: accounting $1,070-$1,070- 0.3%
Office expenses $167-$167- 0.0%
Total$345,492100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $226,845 spent · pay $82,100 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
All other expenses $141,872$127,315$6,507$8,050 62.5%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $73,600$52,250$16,200$5,150 32.4%
Other salaries and wages $8,500$6,800$850$850 3.7%
Fees: accounting $2,200-$2,200- 1.0%
Travel $403-$403- 0.2%
Office expenses $270-$270- 0.1%
Total$226,845100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $158,212 spent · pay $55,825 · grants $0 · events $769
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
All other expenses $100,618$94,850$4,918$850 63.6%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $43,550$5,750$37,800- 27.5%
Other salaries and wages $12,275$6,770$4,305$1,200 7.8%
Fees: accounting $1,000-$1,000- 0.6%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $769-$769- 0.5%
Total$158,212100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $83,967 spent · pay $43,300 · grants $0 · events $90
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $43,300 51.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $40,667 48.4%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$90reported apart
Total$83,967100%

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Federal grants and contracts

Awards from USAspending.gov to a recipient with this organization's name and zip code. Obligations by federal fiscal year (October to September); each award links to its page on usaspending.gov.

Fiscal yearGrants and other assistanceContractsAwards
2026$25,000$01
2023$10,000$01
2021$10,000$01
2018$10,000$01
Largest awards · 4 shown
YearAgencyKindProgramDescriptionObligated
2026National Endowment for the ArtsGrant or other assistancePROMOTION OF THE ARTS GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS 45.024PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE ANNUAL HEAR NOW MUSIC FESTIVAL IN RECOGNITION OF AMERICA’S 250TH ANNIVERSARY.$25,000
2023National Endowment for the ArtsGrant or other assistancePROMOTION OF THE ARTS GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS 45.024PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT A MENTORING PROGRAM FOR A STUDENT ENSEMBLE DURING THE HEAR NOW MUSIC FESTIVAL. $10,000
2021National Endowment for the ArtsGrant or other assistancePROMOTION OF THE ARTS GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS 45.024TO SUPPORT THE HEAR NOW FESTIVAL.$10,000
2018National Endowment for the ArtsGrant or other assistancePROMOTION OF THE ARTS GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS 45.024TO SUPPORT THE HEAR NOW MUSIC FESTIVAL.$10,000

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