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US nonprofit · EIN 821899094 · San Diego, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 821899094) - 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 - 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. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2016.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Young Lions Jazz Conservatory

Donations deductible
Revenue
$572k
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$533k
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$530k
$2k liabilities
Net assets
$528k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
9
5.3 years on average
Staff
0
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Chair observed
≥7 yrs
Lee McCracken
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
How am I connected?

Young Lions Jazz Conservatory's network

9 people6 organisationsi9 people and 6 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Violet dotted lines (6) 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

9 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.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. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Lee McCracken Chair (also filed as Lee McCracken)Board Chair2018
8 yrs
Bill LeschenskyBoard Treasurer2023
3 yrs
Brian MatthewsBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Catherine SmithBoard Secretary2023
3 yrs
Dan Atkinson (also filed as Dan Atkinson)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Gilbert CastellanosBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Larna HartnackBoard Member2025
1 yr
Leslie SanchezPresident2023
3 yrs
Paul VianiBoard Member2018
8 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
Brian DysonDirector of Technology2018

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
Brian MatthewsBoard Member1$0
Catherine SmithBoard Secretary1$0
Bill LeschenskyBoard Treasurer1$0
Leslie SanchezPresident2$0
Dan AtkinsonBoard Member1$0
Lee McCrackenBoard Chair2$0
Paul VianiBoard Member1$0
Gilbert CastellanosBoard Member2$0
Larna HartnackBoard Member1$0

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

About

Legal name
Young Lions Jazz Conservatory
EIN
821899094
Address
4454 Felton St, San Diego, CA, 92116-4514
State
California
Mission
Mission is to enrich young lives, and the san diego county community where they live, by inspiring imagination, intellectual curosity, character, and self-confidence through jazz music instruction provided to middle and high school students; to facilitate exclusive performance opportunities for young musicians at public venues; to promote awareness and appreciation of jazz music in the... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
A25 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
2017
IRS ruling date
1 June 2017
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)
Principal officer
Brian Dyson (Form 990-N, tax year 2016)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsLee McCracken
≥8years on the filingsDan Atkinson
≥8years on the filingsPaul Viani
≥7years on the filingsBrian Matthews

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
$530k
Total liabilities
$2k
Net assets or fund balances
$528k
Contributions and grants received
$400k
Program service revenue
$174k
Employees
0