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US nonprofit · EIN 680437536 · Sebastopol, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 680437536) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990EZ for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Voice of Roma's network

6 peoplei6 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

6 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.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Benjamin RifatiDirector2020
6 yrs
Carol SilvermanDirector2018
8 yrs
Merrilyn JoyceCompany secretary2018
8 yrs
Petra GelbartDirector2018
8 yrs
Sani RifatiPresident2018
8 yrs
Sylvia SawislakDirector2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Bruce CochranCFOsince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Sani RifatiPresident16$0
Bruce CochranCFO8$0
Merrilyn JoyceSecretary2$0
Petra GelbartDirector4$0
Sylvia SawislakDirector2$0
Carol SilvermanDirector8$0
Benjamin RifatiDirector2$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Voice of Roma
EIN
680437536
Address
1606 Gravenstein Hwy South, Sebastopol, CA, 95472-4837
State
California
Activity (NTEE)
A23 Arts, culture and humanities
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Size band
2 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 November 1999
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsCarol Silverman
≥8years on the filingsMerrilyn Joyce
≥8years on the filingsPetra Gelbart
≥8years on the filingsSani Rifati

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$12k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$12k

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$15k$9k$6k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.