2026-01-30T11:26:31-08:00 2025-03-31 204994635 Iryna AC 1000 Broadway Ste 200-C Oakland CA 94607 990 2024-04-01 770140627 San Jose Jazz SANJ 4082887557 310 S 1st Street San Jose CA 95113 Julie Ramirez Chair 2026-01-29 true true Kostyantyn Oreshkov EA P00923916 5104679506 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Brendan Rawson 310 S 1st Street San Jose CA 95113 3315986 false X www.sanjosejazz.org X 1986 CA San Jose Jazz's mission is to enrich the community through jazz education and performance. 18 18 153 400 0 1509840 936812 1775067 2282362 56483 67642 13968 9806 3355358 3296622 0 0 1316509 1209973 0 128704 1885054 1837069 3201563 3047042 153795 249580 2589174 2626752 330243 118241 2258931 2508511 The purpose of the Organization is to enrich the community through music education and performance. San Jose Jazz is an innovative educational organization whose commitment to education and the community goes back over thirty years. false false 1758075 1983096 FestivalThe San Jose Jazz Summer Fest is one of the leading urban music festivals in the nation. It draws in excess of 40,000 diverse attendees annually and features legendary Jazz, Blues, and Salsa, Latin Jazz artists while providing performance opportunities for emerging and local musicians. With over 90 performances and events over 3 days, Summer Fest celebrates the diversity of jazz, America's great contribution to global culture, with a wide variety of music and performing arts disciplines, all with an international flair reflective of the Silicon Valley community. Attracting visitors from all over California, the U.S. and internationally, the festival promotes San Jose as an essential arts, cultural and entertainment destination in Silicon Valley.Summer Fest's primary goals are:1. To bring people together through music, arts and culture in an affordable format that is accessible for all.2. To provide performance opportunities for emerging and local musicians (enabling artists to be exposed to audiences who enjoy discovering new musicians and great music.)3. To continue being widely known as one of the leading jazz/live music festivals in the United States.Mission: Summer Fest exemplifies SJZ's mission as it promotes jazz through performance and education. Summer Fest explores and celebrates the musical and cultural heritage of San Jose's rich diverse community. Modest admission prices and free performances ensures accessibility for everyone to attend the festival. 541201 262568 Youth DevelopmentSan Jose Jazz Education Programs Progressions is San Jose Jazz's year-round in-school youth development program that uses music to connect with low-income, at-risk students, challenges them with a rigorous music education program, and helps them to build a pro-social community. The program focuses on helping to keep participants in school, out of gangs, and on the road to becoming better students and contributing citizens. Progressions is taught by professional musicians/educators/mentors who teach students to read music, master instruments, and collaborate in ensembles, bands, and choirs which help them: develop as individuals, learn to set and achieve goals, and understand what it takes to succeed in life and in the classroom. In addition to music instruction the program provides homework support, nutrition (a supper meal), mentorship, and recreation opportunities. Summer Jazz Camp (100-130 students) propels student-musicians forward as musicians and individuals. The two-week camp enables young students to work closely with professional Jazz musicians to help them achieve a greater mastery of performance and improvisation techniques while advancing their knowledge of music theory, arranging, composition, performance, and Jazz history. San Jose Jazz High School All Stars big band program provides motivated, young jazz musicians in the South Bay region with an advanced opportunity to grow and develop as musicians and young adults. Participation is accomplished through a competitive audition process. 396186 36698 Concert SeriesSan Jose Jazz's first venue, the SJZ Break room provides a unique and intimate way to experience live music. With a capacity of just 100, almost every seat is within 30 feet of the action. With the performers on the same level as the audience, each show has the intimate feel of a private concert. The SJZ Break Room is a unique setting for live music, shaped by the evolution of audience habits and technology. As you arrive, youll recognize the bold new aqua entrance vestibule painted by San Jose artist Ben Henderson to reference the venues symbolic water cooler icon. Inside, professional theatrical lighting and audio turns an office-by-day space into a hip, bar-appointed club space-by night with video projection mapping behind the performance stage area, and a welcoming jazz club seating arrangement for patrons. Most performances are live streamed, with the live feed also projected onto a towering bank of windows for an immersive experience not found anywhere else.The SJZ New Works Festival, April May, feature nine nights of live and streamed performances by some of the most exciting artists in jazz, blues, R&B, soul and electronic music in the SF Bay Area and New York. The festival is an outgrowth of SJZs Jazz Aid Fund initiative, which provided grants individually to 33 artists, each to produce a new work. A direct response to the Coronavirus pandemic, these grants provided immediate funds to these musicians, who had been largely excluded from regional and national aid efforts. The works submitted have proven to be extraordinary, and weve chosen 10 artists to present 45-minute segments available to create great evenings of music . The Fest also includes a free International Jazz Day live stream on April 30. These concerts will be captured in the SJZ Break Room, a popup video recording studio and venue that SJZ has developed in its ground floor offices at first and San Carlos in San Joses SoFA District. The technology of the space is first-class with marvelous sound, lighting and video, and all the action is projection-mapped to a 35' X 14' bank of windows, providing the show free to the public and enlivening downtown street life. 2695462 true true false false false false false false false false true true false false false true true false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 173 0 true 153 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 18 18 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false false CA X VERA GERT 4082887557 310 S 1st Street San Jose CA 95113 Brendan Rawson Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 150000 0 12660 Julie Ramirez Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Tony Alexander Vice-Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Mike Warner CFO 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Dan Shafer Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Shawneequa Badger BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Baldwin BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jean Cohen BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bob Escobar BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Curtis Jacobson BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tony Lindsay BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Raul Peralez BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Christina Ramos BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Chris Sulek BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Erica Warren BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Maria West BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 James A Williams BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joel Wyrick BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Chris Esparza BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 150000 12660 1 false true false 0 81830 35770 412503 406709 20300 936812 Festival revenue 711130 1983096 1983096 Program fees 611710 299266 299266 2282362 67642 67642 0 0 0 0 29170 35770 19364 9806 9806 0 0 0 3296622 2282362 77448 X 0 0 0 0 162660 81330 16266 65064 0 906440 805777 80816 19847 0 59149 50769 4792 3588 81724 67578 7716 6430 0 0 0 0 0 0 886449 870545 10571 5333 198098 160631 36024 1443 54206 36546 9688 7972 0 0 36359 27041 7265 2053 5318 5318 0 19179 304 18875 53 36 9 8 0 24561 16456 4421 3684 19337 12955 3481 2901 Production Cost 256230 250754 67 5409 Equipment rental 249367 244631 1125 3611 Concession costs 67920 66559 1361 Dues and other charges 16392 16392 3600 3550 50 3047042 2695462 222876 128704 606021 260406 100099 200706 309095 533989 49694 63315 0 0 0 0 42591 43121 165320 102618 87263 62702 0 1308640 1373732 0 0 85771 88781 2589174 2626752 82845 45212 247398 73029 330243 118241 X 1937268 1928192 321663 580319 2258931 2508511 2589174 2626752 249580 X false true X true false X 1048885 2175034 1572460 1447517 936812 7180708 0 0 1048885 2175034 1572460 1447517 936812 7180708 790760 6389948 8767 56483 67642 132892 0 20310 13968 9806 44084 7357684 6975519 0.86850 0.91000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 143820 85418 58402 21500 17200 4300 62702 1373732 X 3376703 60717 19364 80081 3296622 3296622 3127123 60717 19364 80081 3047042 3047042 Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Organization is a not-for-profit organization that is exempt from federal income tax on income under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and from state franchise tax under California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701 (d). However, income from activities not directly related to its tax-exempt purpose is subject to taxation as unrelated business income. There was no tax on unrelated business income for year ended March 31, 2025.The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions and has concluded that as of March 31, 2025, the Organization does not have any significant tax positions for which a provision would be necessary. Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990 Fundraising events (net) $19364 Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S Fundraising events (net) $19364 false concert 64940 35770 29170 4000 12864 2500 64940 35770 29170 4000 12864 2500 19364 9806 X X false false false false false false false false false Brendan Rawson Executive Dir. 150000 12660 162660 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b FINANCE COMMITTEE Review 990 before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c IF A CONFLICT ARISES AT ANYTIME DURING A BOARD MEMBER'S TERM, THE MEMBER IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THE CONFLICT. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 available upon request.