International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival, U.S.A.
Legal name: International Keyboard Odyssiad and Festival Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272579604
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Fort Collins, CO, USA
- Phone
- (970) 402-3277
- Rating
- 96
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $107,373
- Expenses
- $101,841
- Assets
- $67,529
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
People named in this filing
- Susan Spelius Gannon (Director, Italy)
- Kyung-Soon Cho (Director, USA/Korea)
- Dr Cindy Lindeen-Martin (Competition Co-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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Dedicated to promoting new generations of young keyboard artists through an internationally linked competition and festival.
What it reported doing in 2025
The international keyboard odyssiad & festival (ikof) ishosted annually in the U.S.a. And exported to musicschools in different countries around the world through anetwork of participating member associates. Each member countryhosts its own competition and festival under license of the U.S.a.headquarters that provides a turnkey operation for distribution tomember associates.the ikof supports the exchange of keyboard students and facultyvia scholarships and fellowships, conferences, workshops, masterclasses, and performance opportunities around the world.unique in its vision, format, and global outreach, the ikof isdesigned for young musicians, teachers, distinguished amateurs, patrons, sponsors, and those who love the piano and itsrepertoire.the international keyboard odyssiad & festival, U.S.a. Showcases aseries of evening recitals, special topic presentations onrepertoire, performance, and pedagogy, masterclasses by guestartists and faculty, and a live audience for the odyssiadcompetition.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.8%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: 5.2%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 94.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $102K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.