Lyrical Opposition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474435583
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Brisbane, CA, USA
Phone
4156504415
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$124,178
Expenses
$100,678
Assets
$47,577
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Christian Bustos (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Christian Bustos (Executive Director)
  • Shabnam Afshar (Secretary)
  • Ashley Budelli (Treasurer)

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

Lyrical Opposition cultivates artists and activists to inspire social change through creative expression, performance, and community engagement. The organization provides platforms for spoken word, music, and film that amplify underrepresented voices, foster dialogue on social justice issues, and empower individuals to create positive impact in their communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

We oppose injustice through lyrical arts. We strive to keep artists passionate about the arts and creating by providing creative space where artists, educators and social workers can be sustained financially, holistically, mentally. We see a lot of burn out and fatigue in social sector and lost ambition in those spaces. With Lyrical Academy, we focus on artist development and management for local and upcoming artists. With Lyrical Studios, we provide a safe space to record and create music for local and BIPOC artists. We also use arts as social awareness that leads to systemic change. We do this through artistic mediums like spoken word, music and film.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue 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: 6
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 5.6%; rating input score 6
  • Program expense ratio: 7%; rating input score 7

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.9%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.8%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -48.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 5.6% of revenue deployed · 7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 6/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.