Liabilities / Assets
56th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Ode to Joy Foundation Inc.
990EZ • Fiscal year 2024 • EIN 99-3725389
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
0.00x
Liabilities / Revenue
57th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
88th percentile
Higher net margin than 88% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
82nd percentile
Higher top officer pay than 82% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 25.8% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Revenue Growth
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No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Balance Sheet
Assets
$12,974
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Net Assets
$12,974
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Liabilities
$0
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
$31,017
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Expenses
$18,043
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Net Income
$12,974
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
- Signed
- Jun 20, 2025
- Return Version
- 2024v5.0
- Gross Receipts
- $31,017
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
Music education. As a new foundation beginning in July of 2024, the Ode To Joy Foundation Inc is building its program services. As a music education foundatio, we make films, and present them to various audiences. In the last half of 2024 550 people in person and over 15,000 on line were provided with our films an curriculum. Besides the film production, we are building on line curriculum using music, primary documents, interview clips with scholars and musicians which focus on Beethoven's music and his biography There are no foreign grants.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Music education. As a new foundation beginning in July of 2024, the Ode To Joy Foundation Inc is building its program services. As a music education foundatio, we make films, and present them to various audiences. In the last half of 2024 550 people in person and over 15,000 on line were provided with our films an curriculum. Besides the film production, we are building on line curriculum using music, primary documents, interview clips with scholars and musicians which focus on Beethoven's music and his biography | $0 | $5,000 |
| Beside film producion, we are building on on line curriculum using music, primary documents, interview clips with scholars and musicians, which focus on Beethoven's music and his life. education foundatio, we make films, and present them to various audiences. In the last half of 2024 550 people in person and over 15,000 on line were provided with our films an curriculum. | $0 | $4,000 |
| The Ode to Joy Foundation Inc has featured lectures by the CEo in Florida, Oklahoma, and California. | $0 | $3,000 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Candaele | CEO | PT | $8,000 | - | $8,000 |
| Bruce Crum | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Liliam Cesaro-Molina | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| William Kinderman | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Ode to Joy Foundation Inc
- EIN
- 99-3725389
- Phone
- 3104301954
- Address
- 954 INDIANA AVE, VENICE, CA 90291-2801
Signing Officer
- Name
- Kerry Candaele
- Title
- CEO
- Phone
- 3104301954
- Signed
- 2025-06-20
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Part I, Line 20
“This is the first year of filing. There have been no accounting changes, as the foundation began in July of 2024.”
Part II, Line 24
“The Ode to Joy Foundatiion inc has no property in land or buildings, or investment assets. Just cash on hand, and no savings.”
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Filings
Displayed year
2024 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $12,974
- Liabilities
- $0
- Net assets
- $12,974
- Revenue
- $31,017
- Expenses
- $18,043
- Net income
- $12,974