Nonprofit screen
Screen a listThe Music Academy
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)
$354krevenue
FY2025 · +33% in 3 yrs23staff
7 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin9.0%
Months of reserve2.2mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+18.7%
Middle half of peersMedianMusic Academy
Where the money goes FY2025 · $322k spent
Programs$265k82%Management and general$57k18%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
No return on record for FY2021
It filed for FY2020 and FY2022, with nothing on record in between.
IRS 990 e-file recordsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$38k in FY2023 and −$20k in FY2024. Cash covers 2.2 months, under the peer median of 5.6.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 19% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort3funders
$5ka year, last 3 years
96%from its largest funder
Funder’20’21’22’23The Blake and Linda Gall Family FoundationSince FY2022$250$250Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$14k$8k$5k$27
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund