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Screen a listProject Music Inc
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$480krevenue
FY2025 · +40% in 3 yrs11staff
7 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin20.2%
Months of reserve5.5mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+15.0%
Middle half of peersMedianProject Music
Where the money goes FY2025 · $383k spent
Programs$321k84%Management and general$35k9%Fundraising$27k7%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
A funder worth 11% of revenue stopped after FY2021
Robert and Ardis James Foundation Inc gave $30k in FY2021, 11% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsIn its favor2
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 15% a year since FY2018, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortA history of government grants
Government grants on 4 of its 5 returns, 29% of revenue in FY2025.
990 Part VIII26funders
$94ka year, last 3 years
37%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23El Sistema USAStopped after FY2020$20k$15k$10k–Connecticut Humanities Council IncSince FY2022$21k$12kStamford Rotary Trust FundOn and off$15k$5k$8k$4kThe Scripps Family Fund for Education and the ArtsSince FY2021$10k$10k$10kRobert and Ardis James Foundation IncOn and off$30kCraig B Tate FoundationSince FY2019$3k$3k$3k$3k$3kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$21k$69k$42k$49k$32k$76k8 other fundersUp to $8k a year each$2k$2k$7k$3k$1k$10k$1k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped