THE AMERICAN POPS ORCHESTRA

2021 · Form 990 · revenue $1.7M · expenses $1.6M · assets $258K

EIN

81-2627557

Address

3244 38TH ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20016-3729

Website

www.theamericanpops.org

NTEE code

A69

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

June 2026 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt: reinstated January 15, 2026 after an automatic revocation on December 15, 2025 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))

Principal officer

Luke Frazier (its 2016 Form 990-N)

Form 990-N e-postcards

1 filed, 2016 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗

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Mission

The American Pops Orchestra is dedicated to bringing American popular music to diverse audiences in dynamic ways. APO's mission is to build community through the preservation promotion and re-imagination of American popular music. Through live and virtual performances educational initiatives and collaborations APO makes the highest quality art accessible to the broadest audiences.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

None of the 9 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

9 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.

People by year

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 Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Funders of this organization

19 grantors reported grants to this organization, $1,938,212 in all, tax years 2019 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

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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.

Federal lobbying

Lobbying Disclosure Act reports naming a client or registrant with this organization's name and state. Spent: what lobbying for it cost (firm income plus its own reported expenses). Earned: income it reported as a lobbying firm.

Issues: Arts/Entertainment

Firms hired: BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP

State business registration

• The American Pops Orchestra DC, Domestic Nonprofit Corporation, Active - In Good Standing, formed 2016-04-19

The same business name in the same state, from the state’s official registry data.