Totals
- Total revenue
- $405,016
- Total expenses
- $341,862
- Contributions and grants received
- $428,000
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $1
- Other revenue
- -$22,985
- Total assets, end of year
- $145,833
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $171,623
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$25,790
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $250,211
- Management and general expenses
- $31,981
- Fundraising expenses
- $59,670
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $250,211
Program services were 73.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1c · Fundraising events
$172,664
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$255,336
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$38,622
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3 · Investment income
total $1 · excluded $1
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$84,293
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$172,664
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$110,795
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$26,502 · excluded -$26,502
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$824
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $824 · related or exempt $824
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11d · All other revenue
total $2,693 · excluded $2,693
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11e · Other revenue, total
$2,693
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $110,641 · program services $86,643 · management and general $7,877 · fundraising $16,121
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $83,704 · program services $65,549 · management and general $5,959 · fundraising $12,196
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $11,786 · program services $9,256 · management and general $841 · fundraising $1,689
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11b · Fees: legal
total $1,456 · program services $891 · management and general $186 · fundraising $379
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $14,200 · program services $8,520 · management and general $3,550 · fundraising $2,130
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $3,923 · fundraising $3,923
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11g · Fees: other
total $33,778 · program services $27,290 · management and general $2,780 · fundraising $3,708
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $3,660 · program services $2,745 · management and general $366 · fundraising $549
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13 · Office expenses
total $25,515 · program services $11,701 · management and general $4,486 · fundraising $9,328
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14 · Information technology
total $451 · program services $338 · management and general $45 · fundraising $68
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16 · Occupancy
total $3,795 · program services $2,277 · management and general $949 · fundraising $569
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17 · Travel
total $5,977 · program services $3,454 · management and general $1,316 · fundraising $1,207
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20 · Interest
total $7,692 · program services $4,615 · management and general $1,923 · fundraising $1,154
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,143 · program services $686 · management and general $286 · fundraising $171
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23 · Insurance
total $2,688 · program services $1,613 · management and general $672 · fundraising $403
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24a · Other expenses: Production expenses
total $23,197 · program services $19,038 · fundraising $4,159
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24b · Other expenses: Dues and subscriptions
total $7,171 · program services $5,378 · management and general $717 · fundraising $1,076
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24e · All other expenses
total $1,085 · program services $217 · management and general $28 · fundraising $840
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $82,518 · end of year $138,625
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $2,154 · end of year $2,155
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $800 · end of year $300
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,798 · end of year $1,854
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$56,731
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$53,832
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $4,042 · end of year $2,899
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $30,356 · end of year $21,723
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $149,900 · end of year $149,900
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$103,275 · end of year -$46,426
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $14,331 · end of year $20,636
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
We bring hope, connection, and the power of music to people battling illness.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Melodic Caring Project (MCP) brings hope, connection and the power of music to people battling illness and isolation around the world.
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At MCP we believe in transparency, community and inclusivity. Our vision is to provide love, encouragement and healing through music to every person in need and inspire our communities worldwide to do the same.At Melodic Caring Project, the patients are the rockSTARS and we are their #1 Fans. Since 2010, we've supported over 57,000 patients and family members battling illness and isolation around the world. We've partnered with over 465 artists and supported patients at over 350 hospitals in 50 countries around the world. In 2025, we impacted nearly 8,000 rockSTAR patients and family members providing over 745 personalized song requests, 486 1:1 Music Therapy Sessions, 70 Group Music and Art Therapy Sessions and 5 special livestream concerts including Regina Spektor, Mount Joy, OK GO, Thee Sacred Souls and Switchfoot.In just four years, Melodic Caring Project has grown from providing 186 programs to now, more than 1,300 annually. Our 1:1 Music Therapy Sessions have increased twentyfold from 24 to nearly 500 annually and our total programs have grown by over 600%. Every one of our programs is provided completely free of charge, ensuring that patients from marginalized and underserved communities along with their families, siblings, and caregivers receive consistent, compassionate, and ongoing support.Our programs offer consistent, ongoing and accessible support for free to patients of all ages as well as the whole family including siblings and parents. As we continue to experience huge growth and demand for our services we are seeing an even greater positive impact on the patients and families we serve through self-discovery, emotional expression, and genuine connection allowing patients the safe space and freedom to express themselves, navigate their personal journeys, and build meaningful friendships. Our programs are making a tremendous impact on the mental, emotional and spiritual health of patients. Patients who receive support through our programs say they experience:-decreased feelings of isolation;-positive shift in mood;-normalization of hospital environment;-positive coping;-increased socialization;-increased emotional identification and/or expression;-increased resilience;-facilitated movement and/or range of motion; as well as-increased self-esteem.We accomplish our mission by connecting patients with musicians, performers, celebrities, and our team of Rockologists offering a range of programs including 1:1 Music Therapy Sessions, Personalized Livestream Concerts, Weekly Group Music & Art Therapy Sessions, personalized Song Requests, Therapeutic Songwriting Sessions and other specialty programs.This has been an exciting year of growth and change. As our impact increases, so does the demand for our programs and next year we plan to add another Music Therapist to our team to keep up with the increasing requests for patient support. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, our programs are free to all patients and families through the generosity of individual donors, foundations, corporate giving and sponsorships.Thank you for your continued support and belief in our mission. We can't wait to see what we can do together in 2026.
Expenses $250,211 · Revenue $824
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Levi Ware
President/CEO
- Total calculated
- $66,154
- From this org
- $66,154
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Stephanie Ware
Treasurer/CFO
- Total calculated
- $38,333
- From this org
- $38,333
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Amanda Chomyszak
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Christopher Bien
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jody McKinley
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jonah Essers
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jay Martin Jr
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Daniel Reinharz
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Elise Brueske
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
James Chapple
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nick Scarcelli
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Abe Claiborne
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Related corporations and trusts
Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.
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Boots Builders Inc dba Melodic Caring Productions
S · Video production · WA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 January 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202620149349301002
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