Quince New Music
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Our primary exempt purpose is educational, and we are funded almost entirely by public support, granting organizations, and payment for services rendered as a musical ensemble with educational aims. We commission and perform music by living composers, and educate composers on how to write for voices.
- Income
- $56,396
- Spending
- $51,254
- Reserves
- 9.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 51%
- Highest pay
- $11,550, executive director and performer
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 June 30, 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 June 30, 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 (3)
- $8,995 spent. Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival - January 2025 Traveled to and performed 2 concerts as a quartet for a total of over 500 music patrons. One performance included the teaching and inviting audience-performers onstage during the premiere of a new work.
- $5,875 spent. Residency and performance at Cleveland Institute of Music - mentored 6 student performers in a "side-by-side" performance; presented a music business/entrepreneurship workshop for 30 CIM undergraduate students, performed concert of original music for 85 attendees.
- $7,668 spent. New Mexico - collaboration with Chatter ABQ Performed three concerts at two venues over three days, for a total of roughly 500 patrons. Services included the world premiere of a new work by an Albuquerque-based composer.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on November 15, 2013 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on November 15, 2013.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 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 June 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 August 2014.
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 November 4, 2026.
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