Liabilities / Assets
56th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
Liabilities / Assets
56th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Liabilities / Revenue
55th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
33rd percentile
Higher net margin than 33% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
79th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 79% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 23.4% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
22nd percentile
Faster asset growth than 22% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
15th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 15% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Down$6,518
Down $1,465 (-18%) from 2015
Net Assets
Down$6,518
Down $1,465 (-18%) from 2015
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2015
Revenue
Down$42,653
Down $23,197 (-35%) from 2015
Expenses
Down$44,118
Down $40,620 (-48%) from 2015
Net Income
Up-$1,465
Up $17,423 (+92%) from 2015
Our mission is to engage others to become involved in their communities through volunteerism. We achieve this goal through volunteer drives, music downloads on our record label, live concert events, and classroom workshops in colleges and high schools.
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Our recording label income allowed us to make grants to organizations like Childrens Cancer Research Fund, Boys and Girls Club, Ronald McDonald House, and others. Our charities report that they benefit from residual direct donations from donors who discover their cause, by learning about them first through a Rock the Cause digital music stream, download, or CD. Rock the Cause music releases were streamed over 2 million times in 2016. That is a significant amount of consumer interaction. Our music released are monetized on all digital platforms to capture revenues that we in-turn grant to charitable organizations as decided by our BOD. | $17,966 | $15,718 |
| Special events. In 2016 Rock the Cause produced multiple concert events and volunteer drives that helped raise support and awareness for organizations like Ronald McDonald House, Bridge for Runaway Youth, St. Baldricks Foundation, High School for Recording Arts, Rock the Cause, and others. These events helped to generate direct donations for these orgs as well. For example we produced a concert called Battle of the Bald were participants raised money directly for St. Baldrick's Foundation totalling over $14,000 in direct donations to St. Baldricks Foundation. This money would not have been possible without our help. In other instances we partnered with celebrities to do fan meet & greets in exchange for direct donations both financial and in-kind to the charities we partnered with. This resulted in thousands of dollars in residual direct support and in-kind support, dozens of new members, for these orgamizations. | $10,125 | $7,951 |
| In 2016 we spent an entire semester at High School for Recording Arts a charter based in Saint Paul, MN that serves under-served children and high school dropouts. We conducted an in classroom program that teaches students job skills like how e-commerce works, or digital distribution, or how to write a press release, or do promotion to radio. We also covered subjects like nonprofits careers and entertainment law. Once the students were trained on this knowledge they worked directly with Rock the Cause staff and volunteers to release a music single and video called 'Royalty'. A project designed to change the perception of who black youth are in America. We helped the students deliver the single and it's video the national media, radio, and celebrities. Our work paid off as 'Royalty' spent over 32 weeks on the Billboard top 20 Urban Gospel music charts, and was nominated for 2 NAACP image awards. | $5,000 | $6,176 |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Herold | CEO | PT | $10,000 | - | $10,000 |
| Betsy Butwin | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Andy Butwin | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Darin Lynch | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Rurik Hover | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
“These are grants to various partner 501c3 organizations i.e. Childrens Cancer Research Fund, Bridge for Runaway Youth, Team Kendal Kidz, Ronald McDonals House, Boys and Girls Club etc.. These grants are made through allocated funds that were received at special events and through music downloads and streams. The funds disbursement is decided and approved by BOD members.”
“These expenses are for direct marketing expenses, event expenses, meetings & travel, technology based services and subscription, insurance, and financial services charges.”
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| IRS990EZ/ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp/DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt | 0 | Our recording label income allowed us to make grants to organizations like Childrens Cancer Research Fund, Boys and Girls Club, Ronald McDonald House, and others. Our charities report that they benefit from residual direct donations from donors who discover their cause, by learning about them first through a Rock the Cause digital music stream, download, or CD. Rock the Cause music releases were streamed over 2 million times in 2016. That is a significant amount of consumer interaction. Our music released are monetized on all digital platforms to capture revenues that we in-turn grant to charitable organizations as decided by our BOD. |
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 0 | These are grants to various partner 501c3 organizations i.e. Childrens Cancer Research Fund, Bridge for Runaway Youth, Team Kendal Kidz, Ronald McDonals House, Boys and Girls Club etc.. These grants are made through allocated funds that were received at special events and through music downloads and streams. The funds disbursement is decided and approved by BOD members. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 1 | These expenses are for direct marketing expenses, event expenses, meetings & travel, technology based services and subscription, insurance, and financial services charges. |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 0 | Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 1 | Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 |
| ReasonableCauseExplanation/ExplanationTxt | 0 | We will mail in a formal statement to the IRS. |
| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2018-03-14 21:41:22Z |
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| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/PersonTitleTxt | 0 | CEO |
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| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/SignatureDt | 0 | 2018-01-10 |
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| ReturnHeader/ReturnTs | 0 | 2018-01-15T17:47:58-07:00 |
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| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodBeginDt | 0 | 2016-01-01 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodEndDt | 0 | 2016-12-31 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxYr | 0 | 2016 |
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