California · Nonprofit
First Friday Music Club Inc
First Friday Music Club Inc (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,236 to it, the largest being RYAN FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $56k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $48k
What First Friday Music Club Inc does
Mission
The primary goal of the First Friday Music Club is to enhance and supplement deficiencies in the arts especially music caused by continuous budget cuts in music education. By hiring professional musicians to assist teachers conduct workshops provide free lessons to students in need and give students unique performance and training opportunities throughout the community we are able to fill that void.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Performance experiences: In 2024 the students had 42 performances at 14 different venues including 9 community events reaching several thousand people. About 50 students of all ages benefitted from performing live. Live performances in a band setting teach responsibility listening to fellow band members taking turns so besides mastering your instrument the students also learn basic life skills they will benefit from their whole life.
$21,175 spentof which $10,000 as grants49% of program spendingThe First Friday Music Club assists music programs at local schools by hiring professional musicians during the whole school year to assist teachers with Guitar classes Orchestra and Jazz classes. Professional musicians help individual students or small groups of students master their instrument or newly learned songs. The professionals also will help with phrasing or improvisation and any other musically more advanced techniques teachers dont have the ability to teach in a big class setting. The First Friday Music Club also provides annual Jazz workshops for Jazz class at the local Middle School which culminates in a live performance where students get a chance to perform with the professionals. There are 90 students in three guitar classes at the local High School Point Loma High School and 130 student in Guitar Orchestra and Jazz at the local Middle School Correia Middle School. The number of students vary each year depending on enrollment. In 2024 we provided a total of 162 hours of assistance benefitting 220 students. The First Friday Music Club especially president Glen Fishers passion of music education have been instrumental in a sequential guitar program from 5th to 12th…
$15,624 spentof which $10,000 as grants36% of program spendingProviding music lessons at no cost to students in need is a priority spreading the love for music to all people. We are also committed to provide musical opportunities for special needs students creating ensembles for them to play with. In 2024 we provided 5 students with weekly 1 hour free music instruction for the entire year. We hired a guitar and bass player to benefit a student with special needs creating a band setting during lessons.
$6,600 spentof which $2,500 as grants15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $43,399.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $6k → $14k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of First Friday Music Club Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
First Friday Music Club Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of First Friday Music Club Inc's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
First Friday Music Club Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,682 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,682 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for First Friday Music Club Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds First Friday Music Club Inc?
- First Friday Music Club Inc (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,236 to it, the largest being RYAN FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does First Friday Music Club Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $50,236 in grants to First Friday Music Club Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of First Friday Music Club Inc?
- RYAN FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like First Friday Music Club Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing