American Composers Forum
To advocate for and support living composers
American Composers Forum at a glance
- Total assets
- $9,309,057
- -0.1% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $850,749
- +1.7% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $240,313
- +19.9% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,572,810
- -19.4% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who American Composers Forum funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
3 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 3 (100%).
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2021, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2019) to $19K (2021). In 2021 it made 3 grants totaling $19K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Children's Choir Chicago, IL | Composer Fee | $10,000 |
| Miami Foundation Miami, FL | Composer Fee | $6,000 |
| The Singers MN Choral Artists St. Paul, MN | Composer Fee | $2,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9,309,057 | $850,749 | $1,572,810 | — | — | $240,313 |
| 2024 | $9,322,826 | $836,485 | $1,952,095 | — | — | $200,471 |
| 2023 | $9,563,629 | $1,610,866 | $1,780,482 | — | — | $159,271 |
| 2022 | $9,023,516 | $1,393,403 | $1,724,741 | — | — | $260,670 |
| 2021 | $10,856,448 | $1,034,445 | $1,509,147 | $18,500 | 3 | $312,792 |
| 2020 | $9,452,588 | $1,975,627 | $1,620,686 | $7,500 | 1 | $279,160 |
| 2019 | $9,045,174 | $1,093,493 | $1,603,970 | $5,000 | 1 | $300,171 |
About American Composers Forum
Based on IRS filings
American Composers Forum is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in St. Paul, MN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $9.3M in total assets. Net investment income was $240K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
American Composers Forum is led by Vanessa Rose, Executive Director since 2022 (on filings since 2021); 1 of 18 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Vanessa Rose
Executive Director
President & CEO → Executive Director, 2022
On filings since 2021
60 hrs/week
$102K (2021) → $144K (2025)
Lee Bynum
Chair
Director → Co-Chair, 2024
Co-Chair → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nancy Huart
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gao Hong
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Douglas Kearney
Director
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Koven Smith
Director
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Williams
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Kwan Loucks
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Peter Colin
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Antonia C. Cuyler
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Deidre Chadwick
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jimmie A. Parker Sr.
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ken Ueno
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Matthew Evan Taylor
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roque Diaz
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rosie Contreras
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carol Ann Cheung
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Diana Schutter
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (45)
- Former: Kathrine Handford (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Nirmala Rajasekar (2019–2024) — Co-Chair
- Former: Isaac Thompson (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Luther Ranheim (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Mateusz Troicki (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Scott Legere (2020–2024) — Vice Chair
- Former: Patrick Castillo (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Derrick Skye (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Loki Karuna (2024) — Director
- Former: Andrew Paulus (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Bill Sands (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Janis Lane-Ewart (2019–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Stanford Thompson (2019–2023) — Vice Chair
- Former: Stephen Miles (2019–2023) — Chair
- Former: Stephen Usery (2019–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Garrett McQueen (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Nina Sun Eidsheim (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Srinivasan V. (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Tomeka Reid (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Debra Kermeen (2023) — Director
- Former: Paul Hanson (2019–2022) — Director of Finance & Administrator
- Former: Sarah Lutman (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Laura Kelly Johnston (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Mary Kouyoumdjian (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Anne Lebaron (2019–2021) — Past Chair
- Former: Jeff Cadwell (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Lucy Dhegrae (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Reinaldo Moya (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Vivian Fung (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Deborah Kermeen (2019–2020) — Treasurer
- Former: Evans Mirageas (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Jeff Graves (2019–2020) — Secretary
- Former: Joseph Ohrt (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Mary Ellen Childs (2019–2020) — Past Chair
- Former: Vanessa Rose-Pridemore (2019–2020) — President & CEO
- Former: Fred Moore (2020) — Director
- Former: Alfred P. Moore (2019) — Director
- Former: Asha Srinivasan (2019) — Director
- Former: Chris Osgood (2019) — Director
- Former: Delta David Gier (2019) — Director
- Former: J. Anthony Allen (2019) — Director
- Former: John Nuechterlein (2019) — President & CEO
- Former: Melitta Drechsler (2019) — Director
- Former: Michelle Kinney (2019) — Director
- Former: Sam Hseng-Hung Hsu (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $144K, to Vanessa Rose (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about American Composers Forum
How large is American Composers Forum?
American Composers Forum reported $9.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $851K.
What is American Composers Forum?
American Composers Forum is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in St. Paul, MN. It holds $9.3M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does American Composers Forum operate?
American Composers Forum has awarded grants in Florida, Illinois, Minnesota.
What is American Composers Forum's EIN?
American Composers Forum's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7452688. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 9, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 1, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 23, 2022)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 4, 2026)
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