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US nonprofit · EIN 770515534 · San Jose, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 770515534) - 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 tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). 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

American Beethoven Society's network

25 people10 organisationsi25 people and 10 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (25). Violet dotted lines (10) 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

25 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 25 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Bonnie BamburgMembership Sec2019
7 yrs
Brian HolmesTreasurer2019
7 yrs
Charlene ArchibequeDirector2021
5 yrs
Doris DavisDirector2019
7 yrs
Erica BuurmanCenter Director2019
7 yrs
Fred CohenDirector2021
5 yrs
James GreenDirector2019
7 yrs
Kevin BrownDirector2019
7 yrs
Marilyn SefchovichDirector2019
7 yrs
Michael MethDirector2022
4 yrs
Mona OnsteadDirector2019
7 yrs
Patricia StrohCurator2019
7 yrs
Paul EllisonPresident2023
3 yrs
Paul HertelendyDirector2019
7 yrs
Peter E KalenDirector2019
7 yrs
Quan TruongDirector2019
7 yrs
Richard SoggDirector2019
7 yrs
Robert BrilliantVice President2019
7 yrs
Shannon MillerDirector2021
5 yrs
Sue CollierDirector2019
7 yrs
Ted Edward LorraineBoard Secretary2021
5 yrs
Thomas Bailey DVM (also filed as Thomas Bailey)Director2019
7 yrs
Thuy LeDirector2019
7 yrs
Victoria KokorasDirector2019
7 yrs
William MeridithDirector2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 25 →

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Karin BrockAdministrator10$16k
Paul EllisonPresident3$3k
Erica BuurmanCenter Director3$312
Fred CohenDirector1$0
Patricia StrohCurator3$0
Charlene ArchibequeDirector1$0
Bill PalmerTreasurer3$0
Robert BrilliantVice President3$0
Sue CollierDirector1$0
Deborah DavisDirector1$0
Thuy LeDirector1$0
Ted Edward LorraineBoard Secretary3$0
Mona OnsteadDirector1$0
Bruce E ClausenDirector3$0
Marilyn SefchovichDirector1$0
Richard SoggDirector3$0
Chris HeppDirector1$0
Michael MethDirector1$0
Shannon MillerDirector1$0

About

Legal name
American Beethoven Society
EIN
770515534
Address
1 Washington Sq, San Jose, CA, 95192-1000
State
California
Mission
The mission of the american beethoven society is to support the work and projects of the ira f. Brilliant center for beethoven studies at san jose state university and to create a community of individuals interested in ludwig van beethoven. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
A80 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
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1999
Principal officer
Karin Brock (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 2000
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsBonnie Bamburg
≥7years on the filingsBrian Holmes
≥7years on the filingsDoris Davis
≥7years on the filingsErica Buurman

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$837k
Total liabilities
Minus $5k
Net assets or fund balances
$842k
Contributions and grants received
$181k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
2
Volunteers
2