Liabilities / Assets
56th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
0.00x
Liabilities / Revenue
56th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
32nd percentile
Higher net margin than 32% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
80th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 80% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 37.9% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
23rd percentile
Faster asset growth than 23% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
14th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 14% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Down$5,473
Down $1,045 (-16%) from 2016
Net Assets
Down$5,473
Down $1,045 (-16%) from 2016
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2016
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
Down$27,726
Down $14,927 (-35%) from 2016
Expenses
Down$28,771
Down $15,347 (-35%) from 2016
Net Income
Up-$1,045
Up $420 (+29%) from 2016
Historical Trend
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2017 to Dec 31, 2017
- Signed
- Nov 14, 2020
- Return Version
- 2017v2.0
- Gross Receipts
- $59,121
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
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.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Our recording label income allowed us to make grants to organizations like Children's 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 4 million times in 2017. 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. | $11,298 | $11,298 |
| In 2017 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 music singles and student-made compilations on the High School for Recording Arts Record Label. We also developed a paid internship program giving vulnerable populations of youth the opportunity to participate in vocational discover. | $6,298 | $6,298 |
| In 2017 Rock the Cause conducted multiple artist workshops on how the music industry works. | $6,298 | $6,298 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Herold | CEO | PT | $10,500 | - | $10,500 |
| Betsy Butwin | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Andy Butwin | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Rurik Hover | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Rock the Cause Inc
- EIN
- 26-0591013
- Phone
- 6513873121
- Address
- 2601 Sunset Boulevard Suite B1, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Signing Officer
- Name
- Lee Herold
- Title
- CEO
- Phone
- 6513873121
- Signed
- 2020-11-14
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10
“Grants awarded to various charities from sales and streams of music downloads and fundraising events.”
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| ReasonableCauseExplanation/ExplanationTxt | 0 | There is no excuse. We were just experiencing growing pains. |
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Filings
Displayed year
2017 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $5,473
- Liabilities
- $0
- Net assets
- $5,473
- Revenue
- $27,726
- Expenses
- $28,771
- Net income
- -$1,045