Arizona · Nonprofit
MUSIC SERVING THE WORD MINISTRIES
MUSIC SERVING THE WORD MINISTRIES (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,325,003 to it, the largest being THE JAZZBIRD FOUNDATION ($1,325,003). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.7M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $26M
What Music Serving the Word Ministries does
Programs
Ravenscroft is an outreach ministry of msw that is dedicated to presenting creativity that gives glory to god. In 2024, ravenscroft opened its doors to more than 90 events to the public. These events ranged from live jazz performances to chamber music, and from humanitarian benefit concerts to community engagement opportunities with the tourism and hospitality industries. Every week, ravenscroft presented arts and music in the unparalleled facilities and concert spaces in ways that brought encouragement and light into the lives of all in attendance.
$139,146 spentThe valley jazz cooperative offered instruction to area music students, focusing on jazz and the art of improvisation. The program served 39 students from 15 different area high schools. The students performed three concerts in ravenscroft hall in february, april and may 2024. Select hs seniors also performed in jazzbird in may, enjoying a side-by-side experience with professional musicians. Both may events were benefit concerts for hart pantry and featured guest artist john wojciechowski.
$34,639 spentBe-in-couraged has been working alongside dignity for daughters, iringa to bring a program designed to empower female students by educating and equipping them with basic menstrual products which will make a meaningful difference in their lives today and in the future. We are very fortunate to be a part of such an amazing project and look forward to the many more lives we will touch in the years to come. The fifth children's book, brandon the bee:bee cool was released in august 2024. This book encourages children to find ways to cool their tempers when losing a game. It brings tremendous encouragement and joy to children and parents.
$0 spent
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $1.4M to $13M (+827%).
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1.2M → $10k.
From the IRS filings of MUSIC SERVING THE WORD MINISTRIES’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.
Where its funders are
100% of MUSIC SERVING THE WORD MINISTRIES's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
MUSIC SERVING THE WORD MINISTRIES has grown faster than half of the 2,394 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MUSIC SERVING THE WORD MINISTRIES
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MUSIC SERVING THE WORD MINISTRIES: 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 SERVING THE WORD MINISTRIES?
- MUSIC SERVING THE WORD MINISTRIES (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,325,003 to it, the largest being THE JAZZBIRD FOUNDATION ($1,325,003). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MUSIC SERVING THE WORD MINISTRIES have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,325,003 in grants to MUSIC SERVING THE WORD MINISTRIES, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUSIC SERVING THE WORD MINISTRIES?
- THE JAZZBIRD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,325,003 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUSIC SERVING THE WORD MINISTRIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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