BANG ON A CAN INC

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

80 HANSON PL STE 301, BROOKLYN, NY 11217-2998

In care of

% MOSES & SCHREIBER

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

KENNETH SAVELSON, 80 HANSON PLACE 301, BROOKLYN, NY 11217

Signed the 990

KENNETH SAVELSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Phone

(718) 852-7755

Website

WWW.BANGONACAN.ORG

Return prepared by

LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP

Mission

PRESENTING, COMMISSIONING, PERFORMING, RECORDING AND TEACHING CONTEMPORARY MUSIC.

Program accomplishments

• DURING THE 2024-25 (FY25) SEASON, BANG ON A CAN DEEPENED OUR ARTISTIC IMPACT AND CONTINUED TO GROW OUR REACH THROUGH BOLD, INCLUSIVE PROGRAMMING AND WIDE-RANGING PARTNERSHIPS. WE PRESENTED OVER 100 CONCERTS AND PUBLIC EVENTS ACROSS NEW YORK CITY AND INTERNATIONALLY, COMMISSIONING AND PREMIERING NEW WORK, SUPPORTING EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS, AND CONNECTING DIVERSE AUDIENCES TO ADVENTUROUS MUSIC. AT THE CENTER OF OUR SEASON WAS THE FOURTH ANNUAL LONG PLAY FESTIVAL, HELD MAY 2-4, 2025. IN 2025, LONG PLAY WELCOMED OVER 10,000 ATTENDEES ACROSS 12 VENUES INCLUDING BAM, ROULETTE, PIONEER WORKS, ISSUE PROJECT ROOM, THE SPACE AT IRONDALE, BRIC, PUBLIC RECORDS, FORT GREENE PARK, AND MORE. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)BOX OFFICE REVENUE MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM $103,000 TO $235,000. THE FESTIVAL INCLUDED A FREE TWO-DAY "FREE IN FORT GREENE" SERIES WITH 15 CONCERTS IN PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY-ACCESSIBLE SPACES. THE LINEUP SPANNED GENERATIONS AND GENRES--FROM EXPERIMENTAL ICONS TO NEW VOICES--UNDERSCORING OUR COMMITMENT TO MUSICAL INNOVATION AND CULTURAL INCLUSIVITY.PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED A 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF TERRY RILEY, FEATURING A NEW ARRANGEMENT OF A RAINBOW IN CURVED AIR PERFORMED BY THE BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS AND A LARGE-SCALE, CROSS-CULTURAL PERFORMANCE OF IN C; THE WORLD PREMIERE OF PULITZER PRIZE WINNER HENRY THREADGILL'S LISTEN SHIP; ANTHONY BRAXTON'S MONUMENTAL COMPOSITION NO. 19 (FOR 100 TUBAS) AS A FREE, OUTDOOR EVENT, AND MUCH MORE. OTHER FEATURED ARTISTS INCLUDED KIM GORDON, TIM HECKER, ENSEMBLE SIGNAL PERFORMING WORKS BY JULIA WOLFE AND DAVID LANG, THE TOMEKA REID QUARTET, RINGDOWN (CAROLINE SHAW & DANNI LEE PARPAN), AND ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING FROM AUSTRALIA WITH A WORLD PREMIERE BY KATE MOORE. THE FESTIVAL'S "FREE IN FORT GREENE" SERIES EXPANDED PUBLIC ACCESS THROUGH TWO DAYS OF FREE CONCERTS AT BRIC STOOP, BAMCAF, AND FORT GREENE PARK.OUTSIDE OF LONG PLAY, WE SUSTAINED A YEAR-ROUND SLATE OF PROGRAMMING THAT BROUGHT MUSIC TO AUDIENCES ACROSS NYC AND BEYOND. WE CONTINUED LONG-RUNNING NY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE JEWISH MUSEUM AND THE NOGUCHI MUSEUM, PRESENTING GALLERY CONCERTS THAT FOSTER INTIMATE ENCOUNTERS WITH CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND VISUAL ART. 2024-25 CONCERTS AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM INCLUDED BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS PERFORMING PHILIP GLASS, DITHER GUITAR QUARTET PLAYING MORTON FELDMAN AND JULIUS EASTMAN, AND FRANK LONDON'S KLEZMER BRASS ALL-STARS FOR THE MUSEUM MILE FESTIVAL.OUR ANNUAL 3-WEEK RESIDENCY AT MASS MOCA HOSTED 45 COMPOSERS AND PERFORMERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, OFFERING AN ALWAYS-UNIQUE AND INSPIRING OPPORTUNITY FOR MUSICIANS TO EXPLORE, NETWORK, AND CREATE COMMUNITY , CULMINATING IN LOUD WEEKEND WITH 30+ CONCERTS OVER 3 DAYS THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM CAMPUS (JULY 31-AUGUST 2, 2025).OUR RENOWNED ENSEMBLE, BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS, PERFORMED IN OVER 20 ENGAGEMENTS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, INCLUDING NEW COLLABORATIONS, WORLD PREMIERES, AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AIMED AT FOSTERING CREATIVE EXCHANGE. BANG ON A CAN ALSO CONTINUED TO PUT ITS 38+ YEAR EXPERIENCE AS LEADING PRODUCERS OF INNOVATIVE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC TO WORK IN ADVENTUROUS STAGED PRODUCTIONS WITH THE NASHVILLE SYMPHONY, THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY/KENNEDY CENTER, THE OSLO PHILHARMONIC, AND MORE.SOME TOURING PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED THE WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES OF BEFORE AND AFTER NATURE BY CO-FOUNDER DAVID LANG, A MONUMENTAL MULTIMEDIA MEDITATION ON THE NATURAL WORLD, PERFORMED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LA MASTER CHORALE AND THE HELSINKI CHAMBER CHOIR AMONG OTHER CELEBRATED VOCAL ENSEMBLES, WITH STUNNING VISUAL DESIGN BY TAL ROSNER. AFTER A WORLD PREMIERE AT STANFORD LIVE, THIS WORK TRAVELED TO PENN STATE, AND THE HELSINKI FESTIVAL, WITH 2025-26 PERFORMANCES TAKING PLACE AT THE RUHRTRIENNALE, DISNEY CONCERT HALL IN LOS ANGELES AND MORE, AND EVENTUALLY TO CARNEGIE HALL NEXT SEASON (APRIL 2027), REINFORCING OUR INTERNATIONAL FOOTPRINT AND REPUTATION FOR BOUNDARY-CROSSING INNOVATION.BANG ON A CAN CO-FOUNDER JULIA WOLFE'S WORK ALSO CONTINUES TO REACH GLOBAL AUDIENCES. DURING THE 2024-25 SEASON, BANG ON A CAN PRODUCED TOURING PERFORMANCES OF STEEL HAMMER, HER WIDELY CELEBRATED RETELLING OF THE JOHN HENRY BALLAD, IN UTRECHT, DEN HAAG, AND THE ELBPHILHARMONIE IN HAMBURG, FEATURING THE BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS WITH TRIO MEDIAEVAL; PERFORMANCES AND A RECORDING OF FLOWER POWER--AN ORCHESTRAL ODE TO 1960S COUNTERCULTURE--WITH THE NASHVILLE SYMPHONY; HER STORY - A TELLING OF WOMEN'S STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY THROUGH AMERICAN HISTORY - FEATURING LORELEI ENSEMBLE AND THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AT THE KENNEDY CENTER; AND MORE.FROM THE BARBICAN IN LONDON TO THE STREETS OF FORT GREENE, OUR REACH IS WIDER THAN EVER, BUT OUR ARTISTIC FOCUS REMAINS SHARP: CHAMPIONING INNOVATION, AMPLIFYING VOICES ACROSS THE MUSICAL SPECTRUM, AND CREATING SPACES WHERE AUDIENCES ENCOUNTER MUSIC AS SOMETHING THRILLINGLY ALIVE.
  Expenses $1,270,738 · revenue $759,115
• THROUGH A COMPETITIVE FEDERAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, THE ORGANIZATION WAS AWARDED A GRANT IN SEPTEMBER 2011 TO ADMINISTER AN INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM CALLED ONEBEAT. THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED THROUGH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE BURUEAU OF EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. THE PROGRAM CALLS FOR THE CREATION OF TWO (2) ITERATIONS OF MONTH- LONG RESIDENCY AND TOUR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR MORE THAN TWO DOZEN WORLD CLASS MUSICIANS FROM NATIONS SUCH AS CHINA, PAKISTAN, CONGO, POLAND, VENEZUELA, HAITI AND OTHERS, AS WELL AS PROGRAMS ABROAD DETERMINED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THE PROGRAM BEGAN DURING FISCAL YEAR 2012 AND HAD BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2028 UNTIL THE ABRUPT TERMINATION BY THE FEDERAL GOVERMENT IN FEBRUARY 2025.
  Expenses $1,867,778 · grants $1,568,928

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

13-3392963

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1988

Accounting year ends

August

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Arts, culture and humanities (A680)

Assets (IRS master file)

$1,060,966

Income (IRS master file)

$3,242,248

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 13-3392963).

Questions about BANG ON A CAN INC

What is the EIN of BANG ON A CAN INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of BANG ON A CAN INC is 13-3392963.

Is BANG ON A CAN INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1988.

Are donations to BANG ON A CAN INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does BANG ON A CAN INC file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of BANG ON A CAN INC due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did BANG ON A CAN INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.

Who is the principal officer of BANG ON A CAN INC?

The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names KENNETH SAVELSON.

Who are the officers and directors of BANG ON A CAN INC?

The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 19 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $132,500 (KENNETH SAVELSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).

How much revenue does BANG ON A CAN INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $3,242,248, expenses of $3,427,986 and total assets of $1,060,966 at year end.

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