2025-09-14T16:08:15-05:00 2024-10-31 BDO USA 4999 Pearl E Circle Ste 300 Boulder CO 80301 990EZ 2023-11-01 810589153 Ascanio's Purse % ROBERT SOBEL ASCA 3035648840 1343 Humboldt Street Denver CO 80218 Robert Sobel Executive Director 3035648840 2025-09-15 true true Kimberly A Tortora P01856820 3034400399 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X 16538 X 10500 6038 0 0 0 0 0 0 16538 450 11000 32951 44401 -27863 122645 254212 348994 X 122645 348994 0 0 0 0 122645 348994 0 0 122645 348994 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. To provide funding for select concerts and recordings of the great French composer Hector Berlioz. A previous sponsored event was the first complete recording of Berlioz's opera "Benvenuto Cellini" on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth in Paris, France (December 2003). In 2017 we recorded "Les Troyens", taken from two live concerts in Strasbourg, France and in 2019 we recorded a concert performance of the "Requiem" ("Grande Messe des morts") in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, on the 150th anniversary of Berlioz's death as well as Berlioz's "Damnation de Faust" in Strasbourg. We also recorded Berlioz's "Romeo and Juliette" in Strasbourg in June of 2022. In addition, Berlioz's "Harold en Italie"Les Nuits d'Ete" were released in November 2022. To date we have won eight international awards, among them Opera Recording of the Year from Gramophone for "Les Troyens" as well as a number of others. In addition to the above Ascanio's Purse sponsored another great m 450 25516 25516 WILL WYTIAS-SOBEL CHAIR AND VICE PRESIDENT 1.0 0 0 0 DAVID FULLER SECRETARY 1.0 0 0 0 JACK FIRESTONE TREASURER 1.0 0 0 0 JOHN NELSON PRESIDENT 5.0 11000 0 0 ROBERT E SOBEL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 5.0 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false ROBERT SOBEL 1343 HUMBOLDT STREET Denver CO 80218 3035648840 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 222749 568802 682886 139557 10500 1624494 0 0 222749 568802 682886 139557 10500 1624494 1270134 354360 21557 21 2773 15163 6038 45552 0 0 1670046 0.21219 0.19330 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, OCTOBER 31, 2023, AND OCTOBER 31, 2024, 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 2024, 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 Form 990-EZ Part I Other Changes in Fund Balances: The prior period adjustment of $261,888 is required to include a bank account inadvertently left out of prior years' 990 presentation. FORM 990EZ PART I LINE 16 Description:OFFICE EXPENSES Amount:18885 FORM 990EZ PART I LINE 16 Description:DONOR APPRECIATION Amount:4217 FORM 990EZ PART I LINE 16 Description:BANK AND FILING FEES Amount:1590 FORM 990EZ PART I LINE 16 Description:PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS Amount:1084 FORM 990EZ PART I LINE 20 Description:PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT Amount:261888 FORM 990EZ PART I LINE 20 Description:FOREIGN CURRENCY CONVERSION Amount:7676