2026-09-18T15:32:31-07:00 2025-12-31 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 548 Market St PMB 97503 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2025-01-01 680351651 Arhoolie Foundation ARHO 5105257471 10341 San Pablo Avenue El Cerrito CA 94530 Adam Machado Executive Dir. 2026-09-18 true Felix Gorrindo P01658413 5108352727 2025 Adam Machado 10341 San Pablo Avenue El Cerrito CA 94530 1491939 false X www.arhoolie.org X 1995 CA Our mission is to document and celebrate blues, Cajun, zydeco, gospel, jazz, Tejano/Norteo, old-time, and other tradition-based styles of music through archival preservation, exhibits, community and educational outreach, live performance, and direct support to artists. By our activities, we seek to broaden public awareness of our diverse music history, support the vitality of living traditions, and reinforce the value and sustainability of community-based cultures. 11 10 4 10 0 2291553 1414245 3852 3803 14243 69378 6080 4513 2315728 1491939 375000 0 343176 310154 0 28742 161500 232478 504676 917632 1811052 574307 2655339 3213085 14733 33891 2640606 3179194 X Our mission is to document and celebrate blues, Cajun, zydeco, gospel, jazz, Tejano/Norteo, old-time, and other tradition-based styles of music through archival preservation, exhibits, community and educational outreach, live performance, and direct support to artists. By our activities, we seek to broaden public awareness of our diverse music history, support the vitality of living traditions, and reinforce the value and sustainability of community-based cultures. true false 385471 375000 Down Home Building: The Arhoolie Foundation is a controlling member of 10341 San Pablo Ave LLC, a building that houses four cultural non-profit organizations: the Arhoolie Foundation, Les Blank Films, Source Light, and Down Home Music Foundation. Together, the Arhoolie Foundation and Source Light leadership and staff manage the building and produce free public events there featuring music and film. 166223 1013 Acquiring, archiving, preserving, curating, and creating equitable public access to various collections of audio recordings, photographs, film, video, papers, posters, and other archival materials documenting blues, Cajun, zydeco, gospel, jazz, and other tradition based styles of music. We maintain a physical and digital online archive. 163918 2790 Strachwitz Archive: Cataloging, preserving, digitizing, and curating various collections gathered by Chris Strachwitz and related to his life's work documenting American roots music: photographs, videos, audio recordings, posters, papers, etc. 97686 Emerging Projects:Barbara Dane -- Fiscal sponsor for a documentary film being made about this local jazz and blues singer. 97686 813298 true true false false false false false true false false true false true false false true true false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true 10 0 true 4 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 11 10 false false false false false false false true true false false false true true false true false false false false CA X Traynor Group 5102805772 384 Colusa Ave Ste 2 Kensington CA 94707 Adam Machado Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X X 107219 0 5361 Laura DeFreyne Sec/Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Seth Kertzer Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tom Diamant Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mike Kappus Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Larry Batiste Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Laurie Lewis Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Nick Spitzer Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Davia Nelson Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Suzy Thompson Board Member 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Govea Board Member 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 107219 5361 1 false false false 0 128402 1285843 1414245 Sales & licensing 900099 3803 3803 3803 69378 69378 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other income 900099 4513 4513 4513 1491939 3803 73891 X 375000 375000 0 0 0 110580 77406 16587 16587 0 163004 152426 5410 5168 7709 7264 228 217 7760 6526 623 611 21101 17799 1663 1639 0 18449 18449 25082 25082 0 0 0 108787 103172 2363 3252 6 6 16834 16043 774 17 20418 19366 1052 0 11189 10294 783 112 5184 4381 751 52 0 0 0 0 12164 10253 961 950 3166 2793 236 137 Dues, license & service fees 11199 10569 630 0 917632 813298 75592 28742 170040 83163 447193 1472611 2007860 13904 0 0 0 0 0 15579 14682 70930 31496 14667 39434 0 0 1589291 0 0 2655339 3213085 14733 33891 14733 33891 X 496732 3108791 2143874 70403 2640606 3179194 2655339 3213085 X 574307 -35719 X false true X false false X 770401 922039 388832 291553 1415757 3788582 0 0 770401 922039 388832 291553 1415757 3788582 2243936 1544646 179 3643 13063 15801 69378 102064 0 920 1000 4522 4513 10955 3901601 34995 0.39590 0.44950 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X false 70930 31496 39434 39434 1589291 X 1491939 1491939 1491939 917632 917632 917632 Part III, Line 1a: If organization elected under SFAS 116 to not report are, historical treasures, o The Organizations collections consist primarily of records, open reel audio recordings, video recordings, DVD masters, historic photos and songbooks, papers, posters, and other archival artifacts. The items in the collection were acquired through purchases and contributions from the entity's inception and are not recognized as assets on the statement of financial position. Collection items are subject to a policy that requires proceeds from their sales, if any, to be used to acquire other items for collections. No collection items were deaccessioned during the year ended December 31, 2025. Part III, Line 4: Description of organization's collections and how it furthers its purpose. The Organizations collections consist primarily of records, open reel audio recordings, video recordings, DVD masters, historic photos and songbooks, papers, posters, and other archival artifacts. This archive is a valuable cultural resource documenting the vernacular history of various cultures. The organization publicizes and makes these collections available for educational purposes to the public. Through preservation efforts the organization makes sure this valuable resource will remain available for future generations. Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board have determined that the Organization is exempt from federal and state income taxes under IRC 501(c)(3) and California RTC 23701(d). The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of December 31, 2025 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. The Organizations tax returns are generally subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. true Source Light 10341 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito CA 94530 333996100 501c3 375000 0 Independent rights for artists 1 0 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used The Organization has a partnership with respect to it's property ownership with another non-profit and is closely involved in the activity of the property. Form 990, Part III, Line 2 New LLC member 50% owner, purchased the building in May 2025. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b ED reviews the tax return. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Available upon request. 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