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Music in Schools Today

San Francisco, California · EIN 94-2920480 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · tax-exempt since 1983

D

Charity Clarity grade D (score 43.5 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended January 2024.

Graded against 71,155 arts, culture & humanities nonprofits with revenue $100K–$500K filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.-13.0 months0
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.79% of practices79
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.32
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.76% from one source38
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.67.1%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.9.4%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.37not scored

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Year by year

20172018201920202021202220232024grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jan 2024Form 990$312K$486K−$174K−$528K-13.017D
Jan 2023Form 990$220K$402K−$182K−$354K-10.625D
Jan 2022Form 990$274K$360K−$86K−$172K-5.714D
Jan 2021Form 990$209K$349K−$140K−$86K-2.912F
Jan 2020Form 990$482K$496K−$14K$54K1.338C
Jan 2019Form 990$537K$495K$41K$68K1.74C
Jan 2018Form 990$480K$493K−$13K$27K0.74C
Jan 2017Form 990$477K$422K$55K$40K1.13C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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