2024-09-16T19:40:58-05:00 2023-10-30 BDO USA 4999 Pearl E Circle Ste 300 Boulder CO 80301 990 2022-11-01 810589153 Ascanio's Purse % ROBERT SOBEL ASCA 3035648840 1343 Humboldt Street Denver CO 80218 Robert Sobel Executive Director 3035648840 2024-09-16 true Kimberly A Tortora CPA P01856820 3034400399 2022 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z Robert Sobel 1343 Humboldt Street Denver CO 80218 180894 false X N/A X 2002 CO PRODUCTION OF CONCERTS & FULL RECORDINGS OF CLASSICAL OPERAS 5 4 0 5 0 0 682886 139557 0 0 281 350 2676 14797 685843 154704 1550 1000 0 0 77000 15000 0 0 4238 864367 114845 942917 130845 -257074 23859 98786 122645 0 0 98786 122645 X Ascanio's Purse provides funding for select concerts and recordings of the great French composer Hector Berlioz in addition to other great masterpieces as evidenced by our latest recording of Handel's Messiah. false false 92567 1000 0 HAVING TURNED 20 YEARS OLD IN 2023, ASCANIO'S PURSE CELEBRATES ITS PAST PRODUCTION, RECORDING, AND WIDE DISSEMINATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF MANY MAJOR OPERATIC AND OTHER WORKS OF THE CLASSICAL MUSIC CANNON. THESE HAVE BEEN GENERATIONAL MUSICAL RECORDINGS, ALL RESULTING FROM THE EFFORTS OF AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF MAJOR ARTISTS, RECORDING PROFESSIONALS, AND THE RECORD LABELS OF WARNER MUSIC. SUCH RECORDINGS HAVE MADE AVAILABLE TO A LARGE PUBLIC AUDIENCE WORLDWIDE AND IN THE UNITED STATES COMPLETE, AUTHENTIC, AND HIGH-FIDELITY CONCERT VERSIONS OF MUSICAL MASTERPIECES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ECONOMICAL OR FEASIBLE TO PRODUCE. NONE OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED BUT FOR THE CHARITABLE EFFORTS AND FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF ASCANIO'S PURSE AND ITS GENEROUS DONORS. THROUGH THE ASSEMBLY AND STRUCTURE OF ITS TEAM, ASCANIO'S PURSE WAS ABLE TO FUND AND PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT BODY OF HECTOR BERLIOZ'S MAJOR OPERAS AND OTHER VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL WORKS. IT ALSO WAS ABLE TO BRANCH OUT TO SIMILAR REPERTOIRE BY OTHER CLASSICAL COMPOSERS THE PARTICULAR INTEREST AND EXPERTISE OF THE TEAM, FOR EXAMPLE, HANDEL'S MESSIAH. ASCANIO'S PURSE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED ACTIVITIES WITH ITS TEAM. IN 2022 THE ORGANIZATION FUNDED AND PRODUCED HANDEL'S MESSIAH AND THE OPERA ROMEO AND JULIET. 92567 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false X 5 4 true false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false false false X ROBERT SOBEL 3035648840 1343 HUMBOLDT STREET Denver CO 80218 X JOHN NELSON PRESIDENT 5.0 0.0 X X 15000 0 0 MR JACK FIRESTONE TREASURER 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 DAVID FULLER SECRETARY 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 ROBERT SOBEL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 5.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 WILL WYTIAS-SOBEL Chair and Vice-President 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 15000 0 0 0 false false false 0 139557 26190 139557 0 366 366 0 14797 14797 0 0 0 26174 26190 -16 -16 -16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154704 15147 1000 1000 0 0 0 15000 15000 0 0 0 0 0 0 23250 23250 2000 2000 0 0 0 0 0 6000 6000 0 0 0 28893 28893 0 0 0 0 0 1170 1170 PRODUCTION EXPENSES 39029 39029 RECORDING EXPENSES 8645 8645 DONOR APPRECIATION 4238 4238 BANK & FILING FEES 1620 1620 130845 92567 34040 4238 X 42177 25102 1520 15932 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55089 81611 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98786 122645 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 98786 122645 0 0 98786 122645 98786 122645 23859 X false false false X 1073890 222749 568802 682886 139557 2687884 0 0 1073890 222749 568802 682886 139557 2687884 2160741 527143 0 21557 21 2773 15163 39514 0 0 2727398 0.19328 0.17680 X FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES PRIOR TO THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2021, ASCANIO'S PURSE CONSISTENTLY EXCEEDED THE REQUIRED ONE-THIRD PUBLIC SUPPORT PERCENTAGE. HOWEVER, DURING THE YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2021, OCTOBER 31, 2022 AND OCTOBER 31, 2023, TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN IN PRIOR YEARS DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THE PANDEMIC VIRTUALLY STOPPED ALL CONCERT PRODUCTIONS WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY SERVED BY ASCANIO'S PURSE AND DOES NOT COMPRISE A MAJORITY OF LARGE DONORS. ONLY ONE SMALLER MAJOR DONOR CURRENTLY SERVES AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE ORGANIZATION'S EFFORTS TO PRESERVE AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE WORKS OF HECTOR BERLIOZ ARE PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION. TO INCREASE ITS PERCENTAGE OF PUBLIC SUPPORT IN 2023, ASCANIO'S PURSE PLANS TO CONTINUE TO CONDUCT DIRECT MAIL AND EMAIL APPEALS TO ITS DONOR BASE. THE ORGANIZATION IS ACTIVELY SOLICITING GRANTS FROM VARIOUS FOUNDATIONS AND WORKING TO INCREASE ITS DONOR BASE. THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD REFLECTS REPRESENTATION FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND ACTIVELY WORKS WITH THE ORGANIZATION TO DEVELOP A STRONG BASE OF QUALIFYING SUPPORT. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) 0 7 Program Services Classical Music Record 39029 0 7 0 7 39029 39029 X 1 26190 FMV false false false FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2: ROBERT SOBEL AND WILL WYTIAS-SOBEL HAVE A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B: A COPY OF THE 990 IS PROVIDED TO EACH BOARD MEMBER BEFORE FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19: THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.