International Committee of Artists for Peace
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE PRIMARY PURPOSES OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE TO:1. ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE IN THE PERFORMING ARTS THAT PROMOTES PEACE;2. PROVIDE HUMANISTIC PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE EDUCATION FOR YOUTH THROUGH DIALOGUE AND THE PERFORMING ARTS;3. PROMOTE THE EXPANSION OF THE CAPACITY OF THE PERFORMING ARTS TO TRANSCEND NATIONAL, CULTURAL, RACIAL, ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS, AND ALL OTHER BARRIERS THAT SEPARATE PEOPLE AND TO SERVE AS A POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR BUILDING PEACE;4. AIMS TO EXPAND OUR CIRCLES OF FRIENDSHIP AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION AND PROGRAM OF ACTION TOWARD A CULTURE OF PEACE.
- Income
- $6,643
- Spending
- $177,057
- Reserves
- 0.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 82%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 34 out of 100. Higher than 7% of charities in its peer group (international, under $250k).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.4 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 2565% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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, 2024, 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 (6)
- $18,643 spent. GUAM TALENT SHOW-AN ABUNDANCE OF TALENTED GUAM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CAME TOGETHER TO SHOWCASE THEIR REMARKABLE TALENTS AND EXPRESS THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PEACE AND UNITY IN A COMPETITION CALLED "VOICES OF COURAGE AND HOPE." THE TALENT SHOWCASE INCLUDED TWO ELEMENTS: SINGING AND A POETRY SLAM.THE EVENT, EMCEED BY ANTONIO WHATLEY II, AND HELD AT THE MICRONESIA MALL, PROVED TO BE MORE THAN JUST A TALENT CONTEST - IT WAS A CELEBRATION OF CREATIVITY AND COLLABORATION. ORGANIZED WITH SUPPORT FROM THE MICRONESIA MALL, TUMON BAY YOUTH ORCHESTRA, GUAM PHILHARMONIC FOUNDATION, TAMUNING-TUMON-HARMON MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND ICAP, THE EVENING WAS A POWERFUL DISPLAY OF HOW ART CAN INSPIRE AND PROMOTE HARMONY. PRIOR TO THE EVENT, LATIN GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING FLUTIST NESTOR TORRES, THE EVENING'S GUEST OF HONOR, WORKED WITH 50 YOUNG MUSICIANS FROM THE TUMON BAY YOUTH ORCHESTRA. TOGETHER, THEY DELIVERED CAPTIVATING PERFORMANCES FEATURING ANIME THEMES, SOUNDTRACKS FROM SUCH FILMS AS PHANTOM OF THE OPERA AND THE "JAMES BOND" SERIES, AND THE TIMELESS CLASSIC FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ, "OVER THE RAINBOW."IN A VIDEO MESSAGE, ICAP PRESIDENT HERBIE HANCOCK REFLECTED ON GUAM'S HISTORICAL TRANSFORMATION AND ITS PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE GLOBAL PEACE MOVEMENT AND ADDED: "OUR WISH IS THAT THIS EVENT, 'VOICES OF COURAGE AND HOPE', SERVES AS A TURNING POINT FOR EACH PARTICIPANT TO GROW INTO GLOBAL CITIZENS DEDICATED TO FOSTERING PEACE WORLDWIDE. SHARING IN THIS MISSION IS MY GREATEST HOPE."FORMER SPEAKER OF THE GUAM LEGISLATURE (2009-2017), DR. JUDITH TERESITA PEREZ WON PAT, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF ICAP, ONE OF THE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE EVENT, BRINGING TO EVERYONE'S AWARENESS THE IMPACTFUL RECOGNITION THAT THE ARTS ARE ONE LANGUAGE THAT EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND, AND THAT THE MAIN GOAL OF THE ARTS IS PEACE. TAMUNING-TUMON-HARMON VICE MAYOR ALBERT M. TOVES EXTENDED HIS OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS BY PRESENTING A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO THE TBYO ON BEHALF OF ICAP.
- $4,398 spent. MENTORINGHERBIE HANCOCK: SHAPING AND MENTORING THE FUTURE OF JAZZON AUGUST 14, THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL IN LOS ANGELES RESOUNDED WITH THE TIMELESS MELODIES OF JAZZ MAESTRO (AND ICAP PRESIDENT) HERBIE HANCOCK. THE CONCERT, A GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF HANCOCK'S REVOLUTIONARY ALBUM, HEAD HUNTERS, MARKED THE FIRST REUNION OF THE HEADHUNTERS BAND IN 50 YEARS. THE AUDIENCE WAS TAKEN ON A TWO-PART MUSICAL JOURNEY, TITLED "THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW."THE OPENING SEGMENT BROUGHT TOGETHER THE ORIGINAL HEADHUNTERS BAND MEMBERS HARVEY MASON, BENNIE MAUPIN, AND BILL SUMMERS, WITH MARCUS MILLER FILLING IN FOR THE LATE PAUL JACKSON. THE BAND SET THE TONE WITH "WATERMELON MAN," FIRST COMPOSED BY MR. HANCOCK IN 1962, AND THEY SAILED THROUGH OTHER TUNES FROM THE ALBUM, INCLUDING THE PIECE CREATED THROUGH GROUP IMPROVISATION, "CHAMELEON."THE SECOND HALF OF THE CONCERT SPOTLIGHTED HIS CURRENT BAND, PERFORMING A VARIETY OF PIECES, INCLUDING WAYNE SHORTER'S "FOOTPRINTS AND A REPRISE OF "CHAMELEON," THUS UNDERSCORING MR. HANCOCK'S COMMITMENT TO NURTURING NEW TALENT AND ENSURING THE LONGEVITY OF JAZZ.HIS DEDICATION TO THE FUTURE OF JAZZ EXTENDS BEYOND THE STAGE. AS ICAP PRESIDENT, AND THROUGH HIS WORK WITH THE HERBIE HANCOCK INSTITUTE OF JAZZ, HE HAS BECOME A MENTOR TO NUMEROUS YOUNG ARTISTS, FOSTERING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE LEARNING IS A TWO-WAY STREET. HE FIRMLY BELIEVES IN THE RECIPROCAL NATURE OF TEACHING; HE NOT ONLY IMPARTS WISDOM BUT ALSO LEARNS FROM THE FRESH PERSPECTIVES OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF MUSICIANS. THIS DYNAMIC EXCHANGE IS CRUCIAL TO MAINTAINING THE VIBRANCY AND EVOLUTION OF JAZZ.JOHN BEASLEY: BRIDGING THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF JAZZJOHN BEASLEY IS A HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED, GRAMMY-AWARD-WINNING JAZZ PIANIST, COMPOSER, AND ARRANGER. HIS INFLUENCE SPANS ACROSS VARIOUS MUSICAL GENRES AND MEDIA. HIS ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER INCLUDES COLLABORATIONS WITH ICONIC FIGURES SUCH AS DIANNE REEVES, STEELY DAN, AND MILES DAVIS. SINCE 2011, BEASLEY HAS SERVED AS THE MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR UNESCO'S ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY GLOBAL GALA CONCERTS, A TESTAMENT TO HIS ENDURING IMPACT ON THE JAZZ WORLD.AS A RECORDING ARTIST, MR. BEASLEY HAS RELEASED OVER A DOZEN ALBUMS. HIS PROJECT MONK'ESTRA, A TRILOGY OF ALBUMS REIMAGINING THELONIOUS MONK'S MUSIC, HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL, EARNING SIX CONSECUTIVE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS AND ONE WIN. IN 2021, HE WON THE GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA FOR HIS ARRANGEMENT OF "DONNA LEE."BEYOND JAZZ, BEASLEY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO FILM AND TELEVISION MUSIC, WORKING WITH RENOWNED COMPOSER THOMAS NEWMAN ON FILMS LIKE 1917 AND FINDING DORY. HIS MARK CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON PROJECTS KNOWN BY MILLIONS, INCLUDING WALL-E, FAMILY TIES, FINDING NEMO, CHEERS, AUSTIN POWERS, SKYFALL, AND ERIN BROCKOVICH. ADDITIONALLY, HE SERVED AS THE LEAD ARRANGER FOR AMERICAN IDOL.IN THE STUDIO AND ONSTAGE, MR. BEASLEY HAS PLAYED WITH A DIVERSE ARRAY OF ARTISTS, INCLUDING BARBRA STREISAND, DESTINY'S CHILD, JAMES BROWN, QUEEN LATIFAH, AND CHAKA KHAN. HIS TOUCH HASN'T GONE UNNOTICED BY THE GREATS. HE ENTERED THE 'BIG TIME' IN THE LATE 1980S WHEN MILES DAVIS INVITED HIM TO JOIN HIS BAND.IN ADDITION TO HIS PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS, MR. BEASLEY IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO MUSIC EDUCATION. JUST AS HE HAS RECEIVED MENTORSHIP AND TRAINING FROM THE BEST OF THE BEST, DESPITE HIS BUSY SCHEDULE, HAS DEDICATED HIS TIME AND ENERGY TO DEVELOPING THE GREAT ARTISTS OF THE FUTURE, YOUNG MUSICIANS FROM YOUTH ORCHESTRAS AND VARIOUS HIGH SCHOOLS. HE HAS WRITTEN COMMISSIONS FOR THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC'S YOUTH ORCHESTRA AND THE CARNEGIE HALL NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA.EARLIER THIS YEAR, HE VISITED SANTA MONICA (CALIF.) HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE PERFORMED AND WAS A GUEST TEACHER. BEFORE HIS PERFORMANCE AT THE SCHOOL, MR. BEASLEY SHARED, "I'LL BE SITTING IN WITH MY HIGH SCHOOL ALMA MATER JAZZ BAND AND ONE OF MY HEROES, STANLEY CLARKE. I STARTED PLAYING WITH STANLEY IN 1987, A FEW YEARS AFTER I GRADUATED . . . WE'VE MADE MUSIC OFF AND ON THROUGHOUT THESE YEARS."HIS DEDICATION TO MENTORING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ALIGNS WITH HIS BROADER EFFORTS TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF JAZZ MUSICIANS, LEVERAGING HIS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AND SUCCESS IN THE INDUSTRY. RECENTLY, HE PERFORMED WITH HIS NEW TRIO, CIRCLE, AT SAM FIRST JAZZ BAR NEAR LOS ANGELES AIRPORT. CIRCLE CONSISTS OF GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM THE THELONIOUS MONK INSTITUTE OF JAZZ, WHICH IS NOW THE HERBIE HANCOCK INSTITUTE OF JAZZ.GUAM TO VIENNAONE OF THE GREATEST RENEWABLE GLOBAL RESOURCES IS THE SPIRIT TO GIVE BACK. THIS SPIRIT IS A HALLMARK OF ICAP, AS IT CONNECTS WITH YOUTH-FUTURE ARTISTS AND PEACEMAKERS WHO WILL SOON TAKE THE LEAD ON THE WORLD STAGE-THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF THE ARTS.IN THAT SPIRIT, ICAP MEMBER AND JAZZ FLAUTIST NESTOR TORRES PROVIDED MENTORING TO TUMON BAY YOUTH ORCHESTRA PARTICIPATING IN THE "ACTION FOR PEACE" TALENT CONTEST AT THE AGANA SHOPPING CENTER.MORE THAN 200 GUAM MUSICIANS FROM THE GUAM TERRITORIAL BAND AND THE TUMON BAY YOUTH ORCHESTRA HELD A SENDOFF CONCERT AT THE SGI GUAM IKEDA PEACE AND CULTURE CENTER, GIVING THE LOCAL AUDIENCE A PREVIEW OF THEIR PERFORMANCES FOR THEIR HISTORIC VIENNA MUSICAL TOUR.THE DELEGATION OF NEARLY 150 MUSICIANS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL REPRESENTED GUAM FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE SUMMA CUM LAUDE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL IN THE HISTORIC CITY OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA. CONSISTING OF BOTH THE GUAM TERRITORIAL BAND AND THE TUMON BAY YOUTH ORCHESTRA, THESE MUSIC SCHOLARS HAVE INVESTED HUNDREDS OF HOURS IN PERSONAL PRACTICE AND REHEARSALS TO HONOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM IN THE CITY OF MUSIC GREATS SUCH AS STRAUSS, BEETHOVEN, AND MOZART.THE TUMON BAY YOUTH ORCHESTRA IS LED BY MAXIMO RONQUILLO JR., THE INTERIM RESIDENT CONDUCTOR, AND THE GUAM TERRITORIAL BAND IS LED BY CHIEF BANDMASTER JESSICA PANGELINAN.FOUNDED IN 2007, THE SUMMA CUM LAUDE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL INVITES CHOIRS, BANDS, AND ORCHESTRAS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE ANNUALLY TO GATHER IN THE "CITY OF MUSIC AND PERFORM AT THE GO
- $7,637 spent. KIINA DIALOGUE-THE POPULAR JAPANESE SINGER KIYOSHI HIKAWA HAS MADE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON JAPAN'S ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND BROADER SOCIETY. KNOWN FOR A DYNAMIC STAGE PRESENCE AND FOR DISPLAYING VERSATILITY IN OTHER POPULAR MUSIC GENRES, SUCH AS ROCK AND ANIME THEME SONGS (FOR EXAMPLE, THE SECOND OPENING THEME FOR THE POPULAR ANIME DRAGON BALL SUPER), MR. HIKAWA'S CAREER IS MARKED BY NUMEROUS ACCOLADES. HONORS INCLUDE MULTIPLE NUMBER-ONE SINGLES ON THE CHARTS OF ORICON (A JAPANESE MUSIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION) AND THE PRESTIGIOUS JAPAN RECORD AWARD. HIS ABILITY TO BLEND TRADITIONAL AND MODERN ELEMENTS IN HIS MUSIC AND PERSONAL STYLE HAS MADE HIM A UNIQUE AND INFLUENTIAL FIGURE IN JAPAN'S CULTURAL LANDSCAPE.HAVING FACED YEARS OF BULLYING AND INTERNAL STRUGGLE OVER ISSUES OF SEXUAL IDENTITY, IN 2020, HE MADE HEADLINES BY EMBRACING A "GENDERLESS" IDENTITY, CHALLENGING TRADITIONAL GENDER NORMS IN JAPAN. THIS MOVE WAS WELL-RECEIVED BY FANS AND CELEBRATED AS A STEP TOWARD GREATER ACCEPTANCE AND DIVERSITY IN JAPANESE SOCIETY, AND IT HAS GIVEN BIRTH TO A NEW PERFORMING IDENTITY CALLED "KIINA."MR. HIKAWA/KIINA EMBARKED ON A NATIONAL THEATER CONCERT TOUR AND A CHRISTMAS DINNER SHOW. WHILE VISITING LOS ANGELES, KIINA MET SEVERAL TIMES WITH JAZZ MAESTRO, AND ICAP PRESIDENT, HERBIE HANCOCK. THEY SPOKE FRANKLY ABOUT KIINA'S CAREER AND LIFE STORY, AND MR. HANCOCK TOLD THE PERFORMER, "I READ ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES AND WAS DEEPLY MOVED. YOU'VE SHOWN GREAT COURAGE IN YOUR FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ERADICATION OF INJUSTICE. YOUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE EVERYONE THROUGH THE POWER OF THE MELODIES YOUR VOICE AND HUMANITY CREATE, INCLUDING FOR THOSE WHO ARE FORGOTTEN AND SUFFERING."KIINA EXPRESSED A PASSIONATE DETERMINATION TO EMBODY HERBIE HANCOCK'S ENCOURAGEMENT AND CONTINUE TO INSPIRE OTHERS.
- $90 spent. INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY-IN A RADIANT DISPLAY OF CULTURAL HARMONY AND A CELEBRATION OF HUMANITY, OF OUR SHARED HUMAN HISTORY, AND OUR BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL FOR HARMONY, THE 13TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY (APRIL 30) CELEBRATION WRAPPED UP WITH A SPECTACULAR ALL-STAR GLOBAL CONCERT AT THE NEW PALACE OF ARTS AND CULTURE IN TANGIER, MOROCCO. HOSTED BY ACCLAIMED ACTOR JEREMY IRONS, THE CONCERT FEATURED AN INTERNATIONAL ROSTER OF RENOWNED JAZZ ARTISTS FROM MORE THAN 190 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING ABDELLAH EL GOURD (MOROCCO), HERBIE HANCOCK (USA), CLAUDIA ACUA (CHILE), AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE (USA), DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER (USA), JOHN BEASLEY (USA), LAKECIA BENJAMIN (USA), RICHARD BONA (CAMEROON), MOREIRA CHONGUIA (MOZAMBIQUE), ANTONIO FARA (ITALY), MELODY GARDOT (USA), JK KIM (REPUBLIC OF KOREA), MAGNUS LINDGREN (SWEDEN), ROMERO LUBAMBO (BRAZIL), MARCUS MILLER (USA), YASUSHI NAKAMURA (JAPAN), TAREK YAMANI (LEBANON) AND MANY OTHER VIRTUOSOS WHO LENT THEIR TALENTS TO A MUSICAL TAPESTRY THAT TRANSCENDED BORDERS AND GENRES.THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, THE MUSIC CROSSED CONTINENTS AND BRIDGED DIVIDES. THE ALL-STAR GLOBAL CONCERT WAS THE CULMINATION OF A MONTH-LONG CELEBRATION THROUGH WHICH JAZZ ONCE AGAIN REVERBERATED ACROSS THE GLOBE. FROM JAM SESSIONS IN JAKARTA TO MASTER CLASSES IN MOSCOW, INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY 2024 WAS YET ANOTHER ANNUAL TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF MUSIC TO UNITE AND INSPIRE. AND THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE DORIS DUKE FOUNDATION, GROW @ ANNENBERG, THE FORD FOUNDATION, AND UNITED AIRLINES, THE MAGIC OF JAZZ REACHED EVEN THE FARTHEST CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
- $5,326 spent. LATTE PEACE FESTIVAL-GUAM'S 12TH ANNUAL LATTE PEACE FESTIVAL PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON UNITY AND HARMONYAMID GLOBAL POLITICAL TENSIONS THAT INCLUDE THE ISLAND OF GUAM, THE GUAM MUNICIPALITY OF TAMUNING-TUMON-HARMON ("TATUHA") COURAGEOUSLY CONTINUED ITS TRADITION OF PROMOTING PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, DIVERSITY, AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE - NOT ONLY FOR THE CITIZENS AND VISITORS OF GUAM, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD BY HOSTING ITS 12TH ANNUAL LATTE PEACE FESTIVAL AT THE TAMUNING MAYOR'S OFFICE PARK.SPEAKERS INCLUDED FORMER MAYORS' COUNCIL OF GUAM (MCOG) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANGEL R. SABLAN - THE EMCEE FOR THE EVENT, MAYOR LOUISE C. RIVERA, VICE MAYOR ALBERT M. TOVES, EDUCATOR AND FORMER SPEAKER OF THE GUAM LEGISLATURE, DR. JUDITH WON PATELEVEN YEARS AGO, IN JANUARY 2013, INSPIRED BY PEACE EFFORTS OF ACTIVIST, PHILOSOPHER AND SGI PRESIDENT DAISAKU IKEDA, TAMUNING-TUMON-HARMON MAYOR LOUISE RIVERA AND HER OFFICE CONCEIVED THE LATTE PEACE FESTIVAL. HER VISION WAS TO CREATE AN EMPOWERING COMMUNAL CELEBRATION OF UNITY, DIVERSITY, COLLECTIVE STRENGTH, AND PEACE. OVER THE YEARS, IT HAS EVOLVED INTO A SIGNIFICANT EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOSTERING CULTURAL EDUCATION AND EXCHANGE.FESTIVAL SPONSORS INCLUDED MR. SABLAN, LEAH'S FABULOUS PRODUCTIONS, BUDDY'S HOME FURNISHINGS OF GUAM, AND THE BANK OF GUAM - AS WELL AS THE AMERICAN LEGION, THE VFW, THE JOHN F. KENNEDY ROTC, THE GOVERNOR OF GUAM, THE SGI GUAM, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF ARTISTS FOR PEACE, THE CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS, MPC MEMBERS, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, VENDORS, AND ENTERTAINERS.CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TWO-DAY EVENT INCLUDED MANY PERFORMANCE GROUPS, INCLUDING TROPIC TRIO, THUN GASES, DANIEL DELEON GUERRERO, FAS REFIN BAND, POETRY SLAM CONTEST, SGI JOSE SAN NICOLAS, SGI ISA CHORUS, SGI BON DANCE, TUMON BAY YOUTH ORCHESTRA, TATUHA HULA AND FIRE CULTURAL DANCE GROUP, OPENING OF DECORATING CONTEST, KOREAN DRUM GROUP, SKIP,TALENT BOX, PATRICK CAMACHO AND PACIFIC COOL."GUAM YOUTH PEACE FESTIVAL: FOSTERING INSPIRATION, UNITY, AND FRIENDSHIPON MARCH 17, GUAM'S YOUTH GATHERED TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS AT THE PEACE AND CULTURE CENTER, MARKING A VIBRANT CELEBRATION OF UNITY AND CREATIVITY. THE TUMON BAY YOUTH ORCHESTRA (TBYC), UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF MAXIMO RONQUILLO, GRACED THE FESTIVAL WITH A REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE, CAPTIVATING THE AUDIENCE WITH THEIR MUSICAL PROWESS.THROUGHOUT THE EVENT, YOUTH PARTICIPANTS EXPRESSED THE CREATIVITY THROUGH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING DRAWING, SKETCHING, BRACELET MAKING, AND ENGAGING IN KARAOKE SESSIONS. THE FESTIVAL RESONATED WITH THE HARMONIOUS MELODIES OF SINGING AND MELODIOUS TUNES OF MUSICIAN INSTRUMENTS.IN ALIGNMENT WITH MES CHAMORU MONTH, THE FESTIVAL FEATURED DEMONSTRATIONS HIGHLIGHTING THE DIVERSE USES OF THE COCONUT IN LOCAL CULTURE, SPANNING ALL GENERATIONS. ATTENDEES ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INDULGE IN VARIOUS LOCAL TREATS PROVIDED FOR SAMPLING, FURTHER ENRICHING THE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE.THEN, IN A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT, THE HONORABLE LOUISE C. RIVERA, MAYOR OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF TAMUNING-TUMON-HARMON, ON BEHALF OF ICAP, PRESENTED A DONATION TO SEVERAL STUDENTS REPRESENTING THE TUMON BAY YOUTH ORCHESTRA IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR SERVICES AND COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING PEACE THROUGH MUSIC.
- $9,452 spent. VARIOUS OTHER PROGRAMS, INCLUDING WEBSITE OUTREACH AND ACCESS TO RECORDED PERFORMANCES, FACILITATE THE PROMOTION OF WORLDWIDE CULTURAL PEACE THROUGH ARTS AND MUSIC.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 2024.
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 January 2004.
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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