Civic Intelligence

Secret Knowledge

EIN 46-4364813 • 501(c)3 • Portland, OR

Profile

Secret Knowledge is a new Oregon nonprofit corporation that was formed to offer educational programming to the public. Secret Knowledge will offer classes, workshops, art exhibits, and performances designed to educate attendees. Subject areas of focus will be cultural education, creativity, arts, and helping creative people to build skills needed to succeed as independent artists.

618 NW Glisan Street Suite 303Portland, OR 97209

www.secretknowledge.org

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.

Liabilities / Assets

60th percentile

0.00x

Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Liabilities / Revenue

62nd percentile

0.00x

Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Net Margin

64th percentile

10%

Higher net margin than 64% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Top Officer Pay

81st percentile

$0

Higher top officer pay than 81% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Asset Growth

95th percentile

201%

Faster asset growth than 95% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2017 to 2018

Revenue Growth

5th percentile

-96%

Faster revenue growth than 5% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2017 to 2018

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / Assets60th percentile

Assets

Up

$620

Up $414 (+201%) from 2017

Liabilities

Flat

$0

Flat from 2017

Net Assets

Up

$620

Up $414 (+201%) from 2017

Operations
Liabilities / Revenue62nd percentileNet Margin64th percentile

Revenue

Down

$4,083

Down $92,253 (-96%) from 2017

Expenses

Down

$3,667

Down $92,963 (-96%) from 2017

Net Income

Up

$416

Up $710 (+241%) from 2017

Trend Graphs

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth95th percentile

Grouped bars show assets, liabilities, and net assets across loaded filings.

$1.5K$1.0K$500$0Assets 2013: $0Liabilities 2013: $0Net Assets 2013: $02013Assets 2015: $1,344Liabilities 2015: $578Net Assets 2015: $7662015Assets 2016: $500Liabilities 2016: $0Net Assets 2016: $5002016Assets 2017: $206Liabilities 2017: $0Net Assets 2017: $2062017Assets 2018: $620Liabilities 2018: $0Net Assets 2018: $6202018

Highlighted filing

2018

Assets$620
Liabilities$0
Net Assets$620
Open 2018 Filing

Operations Trend

Revenue Growth5th percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income by year, with the latest filing highlighted.

$100K$50K$0-$50KRevenue 2013: $900Expenses 2013: $900Net Income 2013: $02013Revenue 2015: $20,717Expenses 2015: $20,015Net Income 2015: $7022015Revenue 2016: $11,356Expenses 2016: $11,622Net Income 2016: -$2662016Revenue 2017: $96,336Expenses 2017: $96,630Net Income 2017: -$2942017Revenue 2018: $4,083Expenses 2018: $3,667Net Income 2018: $4162018

Highlighted filing

2018

Revenue$4,083
Expenses$3,667
Net Income$416
Open 2018 Filing

Filings

Most recent year

2018 • Form 990EZXML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.

Open filing
Assets
$620
Liabilities
$0
Net assets
$620
Revenue
$4,083
Expenses
$3,667
Net income
$416
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2018XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.62$0.00$0.62$4.08$3.67$0.42
2017XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.21$0.00$0.21$96.3$96.6$0.29
2016XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.50$0.00$0.50$11.4$11.6$0.27
2015Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$1.34$0.58$0.77$20.7$20.0$0.70
2013Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.90$0.90$0.00
Latest Detailed Filing

The latest 2018 filing currently has linked XML that has not been fully parsed yet. Showing the latest detailed filing from 2015 below.

Jump To
Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2015 to Dec 31, 2015
Signed
Jun 13, 2016
Return Version
2015v2.1
Gross Receipts
$20,717
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

Secret Knowledge is an Oregon nonprofit corporation formed to offer educational programming to the public. Secret Knowledge offers classes, workshops, art exhibits, and performances designed to educate attendees. Subject areas of focus include cultural education, creativity, arts, and helping creative people to build skills needed to succeed as independent artists.

Secret Knowledge offers educational programming to the public. Formed in 2013 amid rapid city growth and looming gentrification, Secret Knowledge works to transform the world around us into a more equitable place where creative people from diverse backgrounds are empowered to lead fulfilling lives and succeed on their own terms. We believe that investing directly in education to support artists, musicians, and creative workers in their struggle to grow their working livelihoods is the very best way support arts & culture in our region. Creative people can grow WITH cities. Secret Knowledge offers classes, workshops,and cultural programming designed to educate attendees; hosts an annual conference, The Secret Knowledge Conference, which brings together creative workers for community connection and professional training; and develops innovative programming to help empower creative adults throughout the year. Creative business education is something people need. Talent alone isn't enough.

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
Workshops & First Annual Secret Knowledge Conference - The conference was attended by 50 creative professionals & 25 volunteers (including expert instructors). An additional 15 people attended short workshops offered earlier in the year. In 2015 we launched the first annual Secret Knowledge Conference, which brought together creative professionals from a broad range of backgrounds, for a day of community connection and utterly useful professional development. Response to the conference was overwhelmingly positive. Attendees have requested new programming throughout 2016 and many plan on returning to the conference in the year to come. Attendees report greater ease in planning their creative careers and greater understanding of aspects of their creative work: QUOTES FROM ATTENDEES: "I have been working in the music industry for more than 15 years and people have tried numerous times to explain the complicated minutiae of music licensing to me. Thanks for the dose of clarity and empowerment, Secret Knowledge!" - Anna Fritz, folksinger/cellist "The Secret Knowledge Conference really delivered. I got a lot out of the workshops but the real "secret" of the conference, for me, was what I learned from talking with the other attendees. Applying what I learned at the conference made planning the next year so much easier. I finally know what my next steps are and how to go about taking them." - Rebecca Van Damm, Musician QUOTE FROM THE OREGONIAN: "As our town grows into the 21st century, artists and creative types will need to grow with it. For those still struggling to get by in the city, a bit of Secret Knowledge may just be what they need. " The Oregonian - 11/11/15$0$9,637
Video Lessons - In 2015 our training videos were watched by over 7,500 people thanks to $115,349 in in-kind contributed advertising services. Secret Knowledge produced two new creative business education video lessons in 2015, based on our workshop series "Skills You Need to Make It Here" and promoted these and our previously released video lessons as free skills building resources via our website, SecretKnowledge.org and on YouTube. A generous grant of online advertising services promotes these free lessons to creative people nationwide. The goal of these lessons is to help creative people promote their work more effectively, market their services & creations, set prices, increase sales, and grow their working livelihoods.$0$856
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay81st percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
Noah KleimanExecutive DirectorFT$11,667-$11,667
Joel BarkerBoard President-$0--
Travis McGeeBoard Secretary-$0--
Julia AlenaBoard Treasurer-$0--
Paul Van OrdenDirector-$0--
Sarah Crampton GitchellDirector-$0--
Alan TrunnellDirector-$0--
Ean RevesDirector-$0--
Nancy McFaddenDirector-$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Secret Knowledge
EIN
46-4364813
Phone
5034828255
Address
618 NW Glisan Street Suite 303, Portland, OR 97209

Signing Officer

Name
Noah Kleiman
Title
Executive Director
Phone
5039367642
Signed
2016-06-13
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16

“Description;Amount^Business Registration Fees;60|Bank or Credit Processing Fee;409|Advertising;472|Insurance;303^Total;1244^”

Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26

“Payroll Tax Liabilities”

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ReasonableCauseExplanation/ExplanationTxt0Statement from Noah Kleiman, made under penalty of perjury, the following is a true account: Secret Knowledge is a very small nonprofit run by a single staff person, with no budget for professional tax preparation or outside accounting services. We're filing our 990-EZ after the deadline because of a simple mistake, one we won't ever repeat. We request any penalties be waived as our late filing was due to a reasonable cause and not do to any willful neglect. We were unaware of the May 15th filing deadline this year due to a change of our address during 2015, combined with our relative inexperience preparing the 990-EZ as a relatively new organization, which lead to the possibly incorrect assumption that the IRS would send a notification letter and/or forms in advance of the filing deadline each year - in a similar fashion to the notification we received during our first complete tax year, the prior year - whatever the case may be, we didn't receive a notification of the filing deadline this year and made the mistake of thinking it was June 15th rather than May 15th. It's possible a notification was sent out, but was lost in the change of address shuffle with the post office. This is entirely plausible given that we discovered two other incidents in the last year of lost correspondence (from donors we knew were sending contributions) due to problems with mail delivery to our new location. Secret Knowledge dutifully notified the IRS of the address change last year. The mail delivery problem with the post office has been addressed. In early June we investigated the filing deadline directly, by checking the IRS website, and were shocked to discover it had already passed. We immediately set to work preparing this filing. We at Secret Knowledge endeavor to be diligent in filing on time. Had we discovered the looming deadline in time to request an automatic 3-month extension we would have taken steps to file for that extension, and then followed up with a complete filing in a matter of days. With the exception of this filing we are aware of no prior incidents of missed filing deadlines. We've dutifully worked to provide clear and accurate returns to the IRS and other agencies. In addition to filing our 990-EZ forms for the last two years, we also provided a timely and well received response to a random quality check IRS audit of our 501(c)(3) application which covered our operations in 2014, this was in November of 2015, as scarce organizational resources were focused on launching our first annual conference. Given the surprise of being audited in our very first program year, we pay very close attention to communications which arrive from the IRS. We're not a careless agency, just small. Sometimes in the course of this work we make mistakes. This mistake was a reasonable mistake, not a negligent one. It's a symptom of small capacity, not inattention or willful ignorance. We've pulled out all the stops to correct it right away. We ask for your understanding and compassion on behalf of the people we work so hard to serve; the impact of the statutory penalty on our important mission would be substantial, and would directly impact our program offerings this year. Thank you for your consideration and understanding in resolving this matter. Noah Kleiman, Founding Executive Director
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