Ascanios Purse
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Ascanio's Purse provides funding for select concerts and recordings of the great French composer Hector Berlioz in addition to other great masterpieces as evidenced by our latest recording of Handel's Messiah.
- Income
- $16,538
- Spending
- $44,401
- Reserves
- 94.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 64%
- Highest pay
- $11,000, president
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending October 31, 2024, 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 October 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 October 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 (1)
- $25,516 spent. To provide funding for select concerts and recordings of the great French composer Hector Berlioz. A previous sponsored event was the first complete recording of Berlioz's opera "Benvenuto Cellini" on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth in Paris, France (December 2003). In 2017 we recorded "Les Troyens", taken from two live concerts in Strasbourg, France and in 2019 we recorded a concert performance of the "Requiem" ("Grande Messe des morts") in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, on the 150th anniversary of Berlioz's death as well as Berlioz's "Damnation de Faust" in Strasbourg. We also recorded Berlioz's "Romeo and Juliette" in Strasbourg in June of 2022. In addition, Berlioz's "Harold en Italie"Les Nuits d'Ete" were released in November 2022. To date we have won eight international awards, among them Opera Recording of the Year from Gramophone for "Les Troyens" as well as a number of others. In addition to the above Ascanio's Purse sponsored another great m
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending October 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending October 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2003.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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