Nonprofit · EIN 91-1923624
MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE
Tax-exempt · SEATTLE, WA 98115
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2025 | 990 | $641,800 | $837,665 | -$195,865 | $1,062,809 | $40,974 | $1,021,835 |
| August 31, 2024 | 990 | $649,206 | $885,245 | -$236,039 | $1,209,994 | $11,804 | $1,198,190 |
| August 31, 2023 | 990 | $591,233 | $677,558 | -$86,325 | $1,415,811 | $10,088 | $1,405,723 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $570,390
- of which government grants
- $58,750
- Program service revenue
- $57,365
- Investment income
- $13,460
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $54
- Net income from fundraising events
- $585
- Other revenue
- $585
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $229,157
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $316,385
- Professional fundraising fees
- $103,020
- Legal fees
- $65
- Accounting fees
- $17,659
- Occupancy
- $12,207
- Travel
- $47,082
- Depreciation
- $2,876
- Program services (functional)
- $525,397
- Management and general (functional)
- $156,850
- Fundraising (functional)
- $155,418
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,209,994
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,062,809
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $40,974
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,021,835
- Publicly traded securities
- $908,555
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $980,472
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $41,363
- Gross receipts
- $670,335
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 16
- Year formed
- 1998
- State of legal domicile
- WA
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.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LORRI STAAL | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $85,000 | $20,320 |
| MINA MILLER | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $97,500 | $733 |
| DAVID EPSTEIN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 | $0 |
| JONATHAN GREEN | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SANDRA SPEAR | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 | $0 |
| RUSSELL LEBERT | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ALI ALEXANDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ROYAL ALLEY-BARNES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDA CROME | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| THEA FEFER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| TONI FREEMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ALICE GREENWOOD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ADDIE HITCHCOCK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOAN SANDLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CYNTHIA SHUMATE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
3 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREGORY WALLACE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| FREDERICK YUDIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| STANLEY ZEITZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2024: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINA MILLER | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $85,000 |
| LORRI STAAL | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 40 | $0 |
| DAVID EPSTEIN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 |
| JONATHAN GREEN | VICE-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| SANDRA SPEAR | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 |
| RUSSELL LEBERT | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ALI ALEXANDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ROYAL ALLEY-BARNES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LINDA CROME | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| THEA FEFER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TONI FREEMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ALICE GREENWOOD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 6 | $0 |
| ADDIE HITCHCOCK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JOAN SANDLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CYNTHIA SHUMATE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GREGORY WALLACE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| FREDERICK YUDIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| STANLEY ZEITZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2023: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MINA MILLER | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $76,533 | $733 |
| DAVID EPSTEIN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 | $0 |
| JONATHAN GREEN | VICE-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| RUSSELL LEBERT | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SANDRA SPEAR | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 | $0 |
| ALICE GREENWOOD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 6 | $0 | $0 |
| CYNTHIA SHUMATE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| FREDERICK YUDIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| GREGORY WALLACE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOAN SANDLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KYOKO TAGUCHI | DIRECTOR (OU Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| STANLEY ZEITZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| THEA FEFER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| TONI FREEMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDA CROME | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ROYAL ALLEY-BARNES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ADDIE HITCHCOCK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 6310 NE 74TH ST STE 202E, SEATTLE, WA 98115-8168
- In care of
- % MINA MILLER PRES
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- MINA MILLER, PO BOX 27500, SEATTLE, WA 98165
- Signed the 990
- MINA MILLER, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (206) 365-7770
- Website
- MUSICOFREMEMBERANCE.ORG
- Return prepared by
- VINE DAHLEN PLLC
Mission
MOR IS A PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES. FOUNDED IN 1998, IT EVOLVED FROM A FOCUS ON HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE TO HONORING THE RESILIENCE OF ALL PEOPLE EXCLUDED OR PERSECUTED FOR THEIR FAITH, ETHNICITY, GENDER OR SEXUALITY.
Program accomplishments
- MOR PRODUCED FOUR MAJOR CONCERTS DURING ITS 27TH SEASON: FOUR PROGRAMS ON OUR MAINSTAGE AT SEATTLE'S BENAROYA HALL AND ONE IN SAN FRANCISCO. ADDITIONALLY, WE CONTINUED OUR ONLINE PROGRAMMING OF PAST PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE. OUR OPENING CONCERT ON OCTOBER 27, 2024, TITLED "PEACE IMAGINED," FEATURED TWO WORKS BY AFGHAN-BORN COMPOSER MILAD YOUSUFI, WHICH REFLECT A MESSAGE OF HOPE AMID A WORLD OF CONFLICT AND A REFUGEE'S LONGING FOR HOME. ON JANUARY 27, MOR PRODUCED OUR ANNUAL "ART FROM ASHES" CONCERT MARKING INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY (CONTINUED)AND THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF AUSCHWITZ'S LIBERATION. THIS FREE, SOLD-OUT PROGRAM SHOWCASED MUSIC CREATED WITHIN GHETTOS AND CONCENTRATION CAMPS, BRINGING TOGETHER GENERATIONS OF ARTISTS, INCLUDING THE NORTHWEST BOYCHOIR, SEATTLE GIRLS CHOIR, A YOUNG MOR AWARD RECIPIENT, AND ENSEMBLE PLAYERS FROM THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY. ON MARCH 16, WE PRESENTED "IDENTITY," EXPLORING IDENTITIES UNDER EXISTENTIAL THREAT. THE PROGRAM FEATURED TWO WORLD PREMIERES COMMISSIONED BY MOR, INCLUDING "TRIBULATIONS" BY ACCLAIMED PORTUGUESE COMPOSER LUIS TINOCO, RECIPIENT OF PORTUGAL'S PRESTIGIOUS 2024 PESSOA PRIZE. THIS WORK, FOR SOPRANO AND CHAMBER ENSEMBLE, GIVES VOICE TO CRYPTO-JEWS WHO SECRETLY PRACTICED THEIR FAITH TO SURVIVE THE INQUISITION. TINOCO JOINED MOR FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MINA MILLER ONSTAGE FOR A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PIECE. THE PROGRAM ALSO SHOWCASED WORKS BY LEADING BLACK AMERICAN COMPOSERS, HONORING COURAGE AND RESISTANCE FROM SLAVERY AND JIM CROW THROUGH THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO TODAY. A BOLD NEW DANCE COMMISSION BY RENOWNED CHOREOGRAPHER DONALD BYRD OF SPECTRUM DANCE THEATER ACCOMPANIED JESSIE MONTGOMERY'S COMPOSITION, "SOURCE CODE."WE CONCLUDED OUR SEASON IN MAY WITH TWO PERFORMANCES OF "AFTER LIFE," THE GRIPPING ONE-ACT OPERA BY COMPOSER TOM CIPULLO AND LIBRETTIST DAVID MASON, WHICH MOR COMMISSIONED IN 2015. THE OPERA IMAGINES THE GHOSTS OF GERTRUDE STEIN AND PABLO PICASSO CONFRONTING THEIR MORAL CHOICES DURING WWII, AND IS UPENDED BY AN ORPHAN GIRL EMBODYING INNOCENCE AND TRUTH. THE FIRST PERFORMANCE WAS IN ON MAY 18 IN SEATTLE, FOLLOWED BY A PERFORMANCE ON MAY 21 IN SAN FRANCISCO. MOR PRODUCED HIGH-QUALITY VIDEOS OF EACH CONCERT TO EXTEND OUR REACH WITH ONLINE STREAMING.IN RECENT SEASONS WE HAVE COMMISSIONED AND PREMIERED COMPELLING NEW WORKS ON NATIVE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, THE WARTIME INCARCERATION OF JAPANESE AMERICANS, THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, THE WORLDWIDE REFUGEE CRISIS, THE PERSECUTION OF GAY PEOPLE, THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION, THE CONSEQUENCES OF RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE OF ALL KINDS, THE HEARTBREAK OF FAMILIES SEPARATED BY BORDERS, AND MANY OTHER PRESSING HUMANITARIAN ISSUES.Expenses $525,397 · revenue $57,365
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.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | August 31, 2026 | January 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | August 31, 2025 | January 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | August 31, 2024 | January 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 91-1923624
- 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
- 1998
- Accounting year ends
- August
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A680)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,062,809
- Income (IRS master file)
- $670,335
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | August 2025 | $641,800 | $837,665 | $1,062,809 | XML |
| 990 | August 2024 | $649,206 | $885,245 | $1,209,994 | XML |
| 990 | August 2023 | $591,233 | $677,558 | $1,415,811 | XML |
| 990 | August 2022 | $1,390,659 | $461,846 | $1,488,524 | IRS |
| 990 | August 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
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 91-1923624).
Questions about MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE
- What is the EIN of MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE is 91-1923624.
- Is MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1998.
- Are donations to MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE 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 MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE 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 MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE 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 MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names MINA MILLER.
- Who are the officers and directors of MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 18 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $85,000 (LORRI STAAL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $641,800, expenses of $837,665 and total assets of $1,062,809 at year end.
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