Lieder Alive
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Lieder Alive! expands the scope and relevance of Lieder music by promoting, developing, and educating the public on Lieder (art songs).
- Income
- $43,486
- Spending
- $66,269
- Reserves
- 9.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 95%
- Highest pay
- $22,230, board president and co-artistic director
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
Fair: 69 out of 100.
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 9.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 52% of income.
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)
- $21,253 spent. In 2024-25 Lieder Alive's annual Liederabend Series branched out to performances in two new venues, the Old First Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA and Maybeck's Masterpiece Church in Berkeley, CA; and featured ten artists performing German Lieder, multi-lingual vocal repertoire, and instrumental chamber music to an expanded audience of 810.
- $31,606 spent. Recording Projects: In 2024/25, Lieder Alive and San Francisco based classical recording engineer and producer, Matt Carr, have been working with Esther Rayo and Peter Grunberg in preparation for a CD recording of Classical Spanish songs to be launched in November 2025. It is expected that this CD release will expand Lieder Alive's audience to an estimated number of 1500.
- $5,172 spent. The Neue Lieder Commissioning Program: Led by Composer-in-Residence Kurt Erickson, this program is temporarily on hiatus as the organization focuses on commissioning and presenting composers and artists from historically disenfranchised groups and locales which might not be as familiar with Lieder music. With this intent, Lieder Alive and the San Francisco International Piano Festival jointly commissioned in 2024/25 a new song cycle by African American composer/conductor Quinn Mason using the poetry of Latinx maestra/conductor/poet Kalena Bovell.
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? 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 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 October 2021.
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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