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MUSIC IS EXTRAORDINARY INC

MUSIC IS EXTRAORDINARY INC (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $990,390 to it, the largest being SAGE FOUNDATION ($400,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$738k
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$990k
Net assets
$984k
7/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 21%
01What it does

What Music Is Extraordinary Inc does

Mission

To teach a variey of music arts through providing economical lessons and concerts

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. A leader in music education in the bay area, more than 300 young people have been exposed to quality music from different genres. In addition we have increased the music literacyof over 700 students through our summer music academy. We have also trained over 900 fledgling musicians through preparatory studies and developed pre-professional musicians through the frederick douglass youth ensemble. 95% of our students who have graduated our programs have entered high school, college or conservatory music programs. Since our formation we have provided direct music education for over 1,200 students

    $420,895 spentof which $634,583 as grants$69,314 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $420,895.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($347k) Expenses 100 ($339k) Net assets 100 ($239k)2021 Revenue 127 ($442k) Expenses 101 ($343k) Net assets 147 ($353k)2022 Revenue 92 ($321k) Expenses 71 ($241k) Net assets 181 ($433k)2023 Revenue 218 ($755k) Expenses 115 ($391k) Net assets 347 ($830k)2024 Revenue 213 ($738k) Expenses 172 ($584k) Net assets 411 ($984k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (213)Expenses (172)Net assets (411)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $463k to $835k (+80%).

$297k
$378k
$463k
$835k
$995k
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 43% · 2021 88% · 2022 78%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

90% of MUSIC IS EXTRAORDINARY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$8k
’20
$99k
’21
$80k
’22
$365k
’23
$154k
’24
16
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Angela Wellman

Chief executive officer

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed88866
Joined·+0+4+1+0
No longer listed·0430
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $26k → $65k.

6 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 IS EXTRAORDINARY 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

MUSIC IS EXTRAORDINARY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

39% 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 IS EXTRAORDINARY INC.

40%
largest funder
78%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 84% · 2019 53% · 2020 89% · 2021 65% · 2022 60% · 2023 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.

How long its funders stay

29% of MUSIC IS EXTRAORDINARY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

MUSIC IS EXTRAORDINARY INC draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 4 states in all.

WA
NY
CA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $334k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MUSIC IS EXTRAORDINARY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin21% · top quartile
Months of reserve16.2mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)21% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like MUSIC IS EXTRAORDINARY INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 26%Fundraising 2%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

52%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds MUSIC IS EXTRAORDINARY INC?
MUSIC IS EXTRAORDINARY INC (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $990,390 to it, the largest being SAGE FOUNDATION ($400,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MUSIC IS EXTRAORDINARY INC have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $990,390 in grants to MUSIC IS EXTRAORDINARY INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MUSIC IS EXTRAORDINARY INC?
SAGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MUSIC IS EXTRAORDINARY 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 15 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