Pathos Ensemble Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Our primary exempt purpose is to offer accessible arts/music programs such as free music educational programming, present concerts year round, commission composers, and provide free community outreach projects as an organization that benefits the general public either free of charge or at a very low, affordable cost, and the ways we pay for and support our extensive programming is to raise contributed income through receiving private/public grant funding, receiving funding from city/state/federal entities, and receiving funding individual donor contributions.
- Income
- $54,000
- Spending
- $0
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
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 (3)
- $65,700 spent. For our Performance Program: As a chamber music ensemble, performing is at the forefront of what we do. In a given year we present 15-22 public concerts & reach between 2,000 to 2,500 audiences goers through in-person performances and tens of thousands more through the release of new music videos we record each season. Through the various commissions weve accumulated, our group offers a wide variety of music programs that we can present for various occasions & tailor to presenters depending on where we perform. In 2024 for example, through observing box office sales, and online RSVPs, we performed a total of 18 in-person concerts and reached roughly 2,250 audience goers through our performances.
- $37,800 spent. For our Educational Program: Outside of the concert hall, we engage with schools across New York City, Chicago, and Florida, to provide free educational programming, which we deliver in the form of 5-6 week music residencies. We currently have 7 school partners across New York City, Chicago, and in Sarasota, FL that include PS163 (Brooklyn), Corlears School (Manhattan), Sunset Park High School (Chicago), Renaissance Charter School in Jackson Heights (Queens), Marvin Camras Childrens Engineering School (Chicago), Sarasota High School, and Alta Vista Elementary (Sarasota). In 2024 we served 476 students directly between all 7 locations. Each school year we craft our music residency curriculums alongside our supervising teachers and staff, in order to tailor each of our residencies to the wants and needs of each school and their students. We also offer a wide variety of other educational services outside of public school teaching residencies, such as: 1) Being able to provide various types of guest lectures (such as talking about fundraising, setting up a 501c3, promoting your ensemble's events, etc) 2) Offering masterclasses and workshops for students from High School to Collegiate Level that focus on topics such as (but not limited to) orchestral playing, writing for percussion and piano, and chamber music playing as an ensemble 3) Leading audiences through our rehearsal process, to answering questions regarding our commissioned repertoire through open rehearsals and demonstrations of our music to those interested in getting an introduction to how our group operates and performs as a unit Through all of our educational programming we serve roughly between 2,500 to 4,000 students annually.
- $25,000 spent. For our Commission Program: Every season we commission 4-6 composers who come from underrepresented communities, have had little opportunities to present their work in public, and write music that reflects Pathos Trio's interests in chamber music. Since this program started in 2018 we've commissioned 32 composers and through performing their commissioned works and producing audio/video recordings for some of these works that have been publicized these works have reached over 53,000 viewers/listeners.
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 June 2024.
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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