Beats Rhymes and Life
Donations deductibleRevenue
$2m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$2.2m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$408k
$305k liabilities
Net assets
$103k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
5.9y av
Staff
27
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Artavia Berry
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Beats Rhymes and Life's network
4 people1 organisationi4 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artavia Berry Chair | Board Chair | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Dominique Paiste Ponder | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Eugene Stovall | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Malkia Chionesu | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| John Gill | Chief of Operations | since 2022 |
| Jonathan Kim | Chief of Staff | since 2023 |
| Robert Jackson | Executive Director | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Jackson | Executive Director | 40 | $186k | ||
| John Gill | Chief of Operations | 40 | $174k | ||
| Jonathan Kim | Chief of Staff | 40 | $153k | ||
| Artavia Berry | Board Chair | 5 | $0 | ||
| Malkia Chionesu | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Eugene Stovall | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Dominique Paiste Ponder | Director | 5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Beats Rhymes and Life
- EIN
- 452382705
- Address
- 450 Santa Clara Ave, Oakland, CA, 94610-1924
- State
- California
- Mission
- To promote mental health and wellness among youth and young adults of color, and other marginalized youth, by utilizing hip hop and other forms of youth culture as catalysts for change and development (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- F60 Mental health and crisis intervention
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2004
- Principal officer
- Rob Jackson (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 2011
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsArtavia Berry
≥6years on the filingsEugene Stovall
≥6years on the filingsMalkia Chionesu
≥3years on the filingsDominique Paiste Ponder
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $408k
- Total liabilities
- $305k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $103k
- Contributions and grants received
- $1.9m
- Program service revenue
- $80k
- Employees
- 27
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7m | $2.5m | $166k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.