Adam Yauch Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460603976
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3105531707
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Public Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$182
Expenses
$0
Assets
$289,852
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DECHEN YAUCH (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • LOSEL YAUCH (VICE PRESIDENT (OFFICER ONLY))

People named in this filing

  • DECHEN YAUCH (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • FRANCES YAUCH (SECRETARY)
  • MIKE DIAMOND (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Adam yauch was a member of the famous band beastie boys which was recently inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in april of 2012. In 2009, at the young age of 44, adam was diagnosed with cancer. Adam passed away three years later in may of 2012. In adam's loving memory, his family and former band mates (mike diamond and adam horovitz) set up the adam yauch foundation. It is anticipated that the charity's primary function will be to make grants to charitable organizations that further the projects and objectives set by the board of directors

What it reported doing in 2024

Thus far, the Charity's past and present activities have been limited to (i) organizing the Charity, and (ii) preparing the 1023 Application for Recognition of Exemption. Application").

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -25.6% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.