Fear No Music
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 931122115
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Portland, OR, USA
- Phone
- 9712206366
- Rating
- 46
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Performing Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $123,006
- Expenses
- $135,257
- Assets
- $66,924
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MONICA OHUCHI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- RYAN FRANCIS (PRESIDENT)
- NICHOLAS EMERSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KENJI BUNCH (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR)
- MONICA OHUCHI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- RYAN FRANCIS (PRESIDENT)
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
Fear no music, co-founded in 1992, is a 21st century ensemble exploring and performing compelling music of the 20th and 21st century, with a special focus on supporting the work of Oregon and pacific northwest composers, as well as composers around the world who face challenges receiving performances of their work in our region.
What it reported doing in 2024
Present concerts of new, unusual, challenging works, while maintaining a commitment to artistic integrity and audience engagement.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 28.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.