Public Charity

BERKELEY SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC

Based in BERKELEY, CA, BERKELEY SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $5.3M in revenue, $5.5M in expenses, $17.6M in total assets for fiscal year 2024. Imperigo tracks 92 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $4.3M.

EIN: 942887073 BERKELEY, CA Arts & Culture NTEE: A20 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$5.3M
Total Expenses$5.5M
Total Assets$17.6M
Grant Records92
Funding Total$4.3M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

THE FREIGHT & SALVAGE IS A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ARTS ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC - MUSIC THAT IS ROOTED IN AND EXPRESSIVE OF THE GREAT VARIETY OF REGIONAL, ETHNIC, AND SOCIAL CULTURES OF PEOPLES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

Where $100 goes at Berkeley Society for the Preservation of Traditional Music

How Berkeley Society for the Preservation of Traditional Music divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$69 Programs the work itself
$22 Management running the organization
$9 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $69 for programs

$23
In 2024, the freight began a major reinvention process which involved crafting a new mission and vision and leaning into an expanded musical focus
34% of program spending
$23
The freight's education programs continued to thrive in 2024, including two sold out sessions of our popular freight singers community chorus, five sessions of our instrumental and vocal…
About 33% (cost not reported) · Reported in the filing: 2,000 students
$23
The freight continued to foster new partnerships and collaborations with our Berkeley neighbors in 2024: we participated in a youth summer camp hosted by our fellow arts organization…
About 33% (cost not reported)
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Adam Davis
CO-CHAIR Barbara Higbie
BOARD MEMBER Bryan Dyer
INTERIM MANAGING DIRECTOR Calvin Eng Thru 51524
MANAGING DIRECTOR Clayton Shelvin
CO-CHAIR Elizabeth Seja Min

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Arts & Culture
$3,300,711 32 grants
General Support
$805,701 47 grants
Health & Medicine
$65,000 2 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
$50,000 1 grant
Education
$13,361 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $5.3M $5.5M $17.6M
2023 $5.0M $5.6M $17.7M
2022 $5.2M $4.6M $18.2M
2020 $2.6M $2.4M $15.9M
2019 $4.8M $4.6M $15.4M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $4.8M to $5.3M (+9%), with total assets most recently reported at $17.6M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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