Nonprofit screen
Screen a listShelter Music Boston Inc
Can you give?
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)
$322krevenue
FY2025 · +51% in 3 yrs8staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−1.0%
Months of reserve7.2mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+9.4%
Middle half of peersMedianShelter Music Boston
Where the money goes FY2025 · $325k spent
Programs$138k42%Management and general$59k18%Fundraising$128k39%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$102k in FY2023, −$88k in FY2024 and −$3k in FY2025. Cash covers 7.2 months, above the peer median of 5.6.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 9% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort32funders
$191ka year, last 3 years
22%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23The Ilene Beal Charitable FoundationEvery year since FY2017$50k$50k$50k$60k$75k$25k$25kMargaret S Lindsay Foundation of 1989Since FY2019$30k$35k$50k$25k$25kYawkey Foundation IISince FY2022$30k$25kLincoln & Therese Filene Foundation Inc #0706176Since FY2020$13k$13k$13k$10kThe Good People Fund IncStopped after FY2021$10k$10k$8k$10k$10k–Ellis L Phillips FoundationNew in FY2023$35kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$37k$14k$35k$56k$57k$51k$64k15 other fundersUp to $25k a year each$12k$6k$10k$21k$1k$7k$35k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped