Taste of Talent Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF TASTE OF TALENT IS TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE LIVE PERFORMING ARTS, TO EDUCATE AUDIENCES ABOUT THE HISTORICAL ROOTS, CULTURAL RELEVANCE, AND CONNECTIVE POWER OF MUSIC AND ART, TO PROMOTE MUSICAL AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE PERFORMING ARTS INDUSTRY, AND TO PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURIAL EMPOWERMENT OF AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMERGING ARTISTS.
- Income
- $192,249
- Spending
- $167,136
- Reserves
- 4.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 68%
- Highest pay
- $40,200, ceo
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
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, 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 (1)
- $156,463 spent. IN 2023, TASTE OF TALENT MADE REMARKABLE STRIDES IN ADVANCING ITS MISSION TO SHOWCASE THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MUSIC AND ART THROUGH INNOVATIVE CULTURAL PROGRAMS AND IMMERSIVE, MULTI-SENSORY EXPERIENCES. THIS YEAR, OUR FOCUS WAS ON FOSTERING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURIAL EMPOWERMENT AMONG ARTISTS. BY CURATING THREE FLAGSHIP PROGRAMSOPERA ALOHA, JIVE (JEWISH INNOVATIVE VOICES AND EXPERIENCES), AND A TASTE OF MXICOWE NOT ONLY CELEBRATED CULTURAL DIVERSITY BUT ALSO POSITIONED OURSELVES FOR FUTURE GROWTH, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, AND INCREASED COMMUNITY SUPPORT.OPERA ALOHA TOOK CENTER STAGE IN 2023, CELEBRATING THE DIVERSE MUSICAL TRADITIONS OF HAWAII THROUGH GLOBAL OPERA TALENT AND PERSONAL STORIES. THE PROGRAM MADE ITS DEBUT AT THE KAHILU THEATER ON THE BIG ISLAND, FEATURING A STELLAR LINEUP INCLUDING KOREAN-AMERICAN MEZZO-SOPRANO ALICE CHUNG, AMERICAN COUNTERTENOR ARYEH NUSSBAUM COHEN, AND MEXICAN-AMERICAN BARITONE EFRAN SOLIS, UNDER THE MENTORSHIP OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN TENOR RENSON MADARANG. WE CLOSED THE YEAR WITH A HOLIDAY CONCERT FEATURING SAMOAN-NEW ZEALAND TENOR PENE PATI, BRINGING TOGETHER THE SAMOAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND YOUTH FROM THE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY CENTER. THIS PERFORMANCE CELEBRATED THE SPIRIT OF POLYNESIAN AND HAWAIIAN MUSICAL TRADITIONS DURING THE FESTIVE SEASON, DEEPENING OUR IMPACT ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.JIVE (JEWISH INNOVATIVE VOICES AND EXPERIENCES) WAS CO-FOUNDED BY BARITONE AND CANTOR OF SHERITH ISRAEL SIMON BARRAD, ARYEH NUSSBAUM COHEN, AND PIANIST-PRODUCER RONNY MICHAEL GREENBERG. THIS PROGRAM EXPLORED THE DIVERSITY OF JEWISH MUSICAL TRADITIONS, BLENDING GENRES LIKE KLEZMER, SEPHARDIC SONGS, MUSICAL THEATER, OPERA, JAZZ, AND BOTH SACRED AND SECULAR MUSIC. BY CONNECTING COMMUNITIES THROUGH THESE RICH TRADITIONS, JIVE BROUGHT AN INNOVATIVE PLATFORM FOR CULTURAL DIALOGUE AND ARTISTIC COLLABORATION TO THE BAY AREA.A TASTE OF MXICO WAS ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT, CELEBRATING MEXICAN CULTURE THROUGH MUSIC THAT MERGES TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY INFLUENCES. THIS YEARS PROGRAM SHOWCASED MEXICAN-AMERICAN TENOR MOISS SALAZAR, WHO INTRODUCED THE NEW GENRE OF OPERACHI, A UNIQUE BLEND OF OPERA AND MARIACHI MUSIC. HIS DEBUT PERFORMANCE WITH THIS GENRE IN SAN FRANCISCO WAS A CENTERPIECE OF OUR EL DA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATION. THE PROGRAM ALSO FEATURED SOPRANO MARLEN NAHHAS, WHOSE DUAL MEXICAN-LEBANESE HERITAGE BROUGHT A UNIQUE VOICE TO OUR CULTURAL CELEBRATION. THE TOUR EXTENDED TO THE EUREKA CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES, ENRICHING OUR OUTREACH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.THROUGHOUT 2023, WE ENGAGED 24 PROMISING PROFESSIONAL AND YOUNG ARTISTS THROUGH OTHER SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING OUR ANNUAL DEATH BY ARIA HALLOWEEN SHOWCASE AND OUR EXCLUSIVE SALON SERIES HOSTED IN PRIVATE HOMES AROUND THE BAY AREA. THE DEATH BY ARIA EVENT CREATIVELY INTERTWINED OPERATIC TRADITIONS WITH THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT, WHILE THE SALON SERIES PROVIDED EMERGING ARTISTS WITH INTIMATE SETTINGS TO REFINE THEIR CRAFT, EXPAND THEIR NETWORKS, AND EXPLORE NEW MUSICAL IDEAS. THESE INITIATIVES GAVE ARTISTS THE INVALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH SUPPORTIVE AND ENGAGED AUDIENCES, FURTHERING OUR MISSION TO EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF TALENT.ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS WERE MET WITH SOLD-OUT AUDIENCES ACROSS THE BAY AREA, HAWAII, AND BEYOND, UNDERSCORING OUR COMMITMENT TO ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSIC AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE.
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 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 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 May 2020.
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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