KV 265
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 900586938
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2009
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 630-886-6443
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Performing Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $91,372
- Expenses
- $118,001
- Assets
- $87,448
- Liabilities
- $1,666
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DR JOSE FRANCISCO SALGADO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- DR NEELUM AGGARWAL (DIRECTOR)
- JUSTIN BERRIE (DIRECTOR)
- CAROL DIETZ (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
The communication of science through art to communities worldwide.
What it reported doing in 2025
Kv 265 is a non-profit organization whose mission is the communication of science through music & the visual arts to communties worldwide. Kv 265 achieves its mission through its acclaimed science & symphony series of films for symphony orchestra. These works have been presented in 277 countries and 230 talks reaching a combined audience of almost 500,000 people in 21 countries.activity reportkv 265 continued to further its mission with its series of science & symphony films and related events with concerts and talks in the USA and canada.live performances:2025-04-06 victoria symphony victoria, bc, ca2025-09-26 daniel schlosberg, pianist chicago, il tedx global event2025-10-31 allentown band allentown, pa2025-10-31 allentown band allentown, pa2025-11-01 allentown band allentown, pa2025-11-08 tulsa symphony orchestra tulsa, okspecial presentations:2025-03-14 & 17 presentations about kv 265's mission at theamerican physical society (aps) global summit in anaheim, California given by physicist dr, michael albrow.2025-09-02 through 2025-11-12 entangled beauty- a 60 day art and science exhibit featuring kennedy center indian artist, shanthi chadrasekar and scientific writings by physicist, dr. Michael albrow at the athenaeum center of understanding & culture in chicago, Illinois.production: during 2025 kv 265 continued filming for a new science & symphony work about the sea and coastlines along the atlantic and pacific ocean. First, we filmed in vancouver island, british columbia and then in the island of vieques, puerto rico. This production will form part of our water series of science & symphony films.we also filmed in the spanish regions of castilla y len, galicia, and asturiasplaces which are going to experience a total solar eclipse in august 2026. The footage obtained will be featured in new kv 265 eclipse-themed productions which will be premiered and presented in madrid, la corua, and other spanish cities in the summer of 2026. As with all of our concerts, these will include education and public outreach events. In this case, to communicate about three eclipse that spain will experience in the span of 18 months.
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 100% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.9%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 67.3%; rating input score 67
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -29.1%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 64%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 8 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 87.9% of revenue deployed · 67.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $79K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.