Helix Collective
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Education and performance of classical and other forms of music
- Income
- $87,805
- Spending
- $87,628
- Reserves
- 19.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 89%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $21,422 spent. Game Jams: A concert of video game music in West Hollywood and Burbank supported by a grants from the cities sponsors and ticket sales. This concert included 10 musicians conductor video of game play and technical experts to support the performance and preparation of the video with live music. Approximately 250 audience members of all ages including family groups attended the concerts.
- $11,237 spent. Click Clack Moosic: Series of educational concerts in the Spring of 2025 for children ages 3-7 based on the Click Clack Moo books with original music written by the ensemble music director. Performance included 10 musicians conductor and narrator. The series included 7 performances and reached approximately 700 children and families. 400 children attended as a free event through their school educational program during the school day. This program was supported by a grant from the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts and from a performance fee and in-kind donations of staffing by Boston Court Pasadena.
- $10,200 spent. Cue Connection - concert of original works by American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers members performed by 10 musicians and conductor of Helix Collective at the Bandrika Studio in Los Angeles supported by a grant from the City of Los Angeles sponsor support and ticket sales.
- $10,761 spent. Various live performances workshops and recordings in the Los Angeles area including a collaboration with SAG Indie and the Swing Sing Swing and L.A. Stories concerts.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 2012.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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