California · Nonprofit
MUSIC FOR RELIEF
MUSIC FOR RELIEF (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,352 to it, the largest being MAKEYOURSELF FOUNDATION ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2018
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $74k
- Net assets
- $0
What Music for Relief does
Mission
Comprised of musicians, music industry professionals and fans, Music for Relief is dedicated to providing aid to natural disaster survivors and protecting the environment.
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Program
Music for Relief donated $298,453 to "we care solar" in support of their mission to promote safe motherhood and reduces maternal mortality in developing regions by providing health workers with reliable lighting, mobile communications and medical devices using solar electricity.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $71k → $4k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 MUSIC FOR RELIEF’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
MUSIC FOR RELIEF leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
31% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MUSIC FOR RELIEF.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
91% of MUSIC FOR RELIEF's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like MUSIC FOR RELIEF
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MUSIC FOR RELIEF: 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 MUSIC FOR RELIEF?
- MUSIC FOR RELIEF (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,352 to it, the largest being MAKEYOURSELF FOUNDATION ($40,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MUSIC FOR RELIEF have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $74,352 in grants to MUSIC FOR RELIEF.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSIC FOR RELIEF?
- MAKEYOURSELF 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 MUSIC FOR RELIEF 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2018 (financials across 2018–2018), and the filings of 7 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