Totals
- Total revenue
- $5,323,236
- Total expenses
- $7,096,370
- Contributions and grants received
- $5,499,297
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $177,608
- Investment income
- $137,304
- Other revenue
- -$490,973
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,467,732
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $227,669
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $4,240,063
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $5,107,981
- Management and general expenses
- $938,189
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,050,200
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $5,107,981
Program services were 72.0% 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.
-
1c · Fundraising events
$641,829
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$4,857,468
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$1,475,019
-
2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE
total $177,608 · related or exempt $177,608
-
3 · Investment income
total $137,304 · excluded $137,304
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$60,500
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$641,829
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$577,521
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$517,021 · excluded -$517,021
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $26,048 · related or exempt $26,048
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$26,048
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $782,699 · program services $475,316 · management and general $145,020 · fundraising $162,363
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,423,151 · program services $1,471,527 · management and general $448,964 · fundraising $502,660
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $57,496 · program services $34,916 · management and general $10,653 · fundraising $11,927
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $327,057 · program services $203,507 · management and general $62,412 · fundraising $61,138
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $241,321 · program services $149,619 · management and general $45,851 · fundraising $45,851
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $281,620 · program services $177,076 · management and general $104,544
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $429,900 · program services $360,679 · fundraising $69,221
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,329 · program services $1,863 · fundraising $466
-
13 · Office expenses
total $49,257 · program services $29,837 · management and general $11,645 · fundraising $7,775
-
14 · Information technology
total $197,251 · program services $122,570 · management and general $35,954 · fundraising $38,727
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $23,930 · program services $14,836 · management and general $4,547 · fundraising $4,547
-
17 · Travel
total $302,954 · program services $229,485 · management and general $20,117 · fundraising $53,352
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $370,378 · program services $290,822 · management and general $6,564 · fundraising $72,992
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $22,680 · program services $14,062 · management and general $4,309 · fundraising $4,309
-
24a · Other expenses: INSTRUMENTS & CURRICULUM
total $1,501,912 · program services $1,501,912
-
24b · Other expenses: LICENSES, DUES AND FEES
total $65,362 · program services $22,027 · management and general $37,597 · fundraising $5,738
-
24c · Other expenses: OTHER
total $10,058 · program services $924 · fundraising $9,134
-
24d · Other expenses: VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHY
total $7,015 · program services $7,003 · management and general $12
-
24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $2,157,113 · end of year $2,455,082
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,757,821 · end of year $366,666
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $2,330,608 · end of year $1,121,788
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $263,928 · end of year $165,133
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $145,436 · end of year $214,544
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $350 · end of year $144,519
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $437,174 · end of year $190,353
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $145,712 · end of year $37,316
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,033,835 · end of year $3,395,828
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,038,535 · end of year $844,235
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
MUSIC WILL, INC. (FORMERLY LITTLE KIDS ROCK) TRANSFORMS LIVES BY RESTORING, EXPANDING, AND INNOVATING MUSIC EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS. OUR NETWORK OF THOUSANDS OF K-12 TEACHERS ACROSS 48 STATES LEAD A NATIONAL MOVEMENT THAT BRINGS INNOVATIVE AND INCLUSIVE MUSIC EDUCATION TO STUDENTS. USING GENRES INCLUDING ROCK, POP, LATIN, AND RAP, OUR PROGRAM EMPOWERS TEACHERS TO BUILD MUSIC PROGRAMS AS DIVERSE AS THE KIDS THEY SERVE. AS A RESULT, STUDENTS SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN THEIR CLASSES, WHICH STRENGTHENS THEIR CONNECTION TO THEIR SCHOOL, THEIR PEERS, AND THEIR COMMUNITY. MUSIC WILL, ALSO DONATES NECESSARY INSTRUMENTS AND CURRICULUM, MEETING A KEY NEED OF MANY SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAMS. THE WORLD OF MUSIC EXPANDS THROUGH INNOVATION. WE ENSURE THAT MUSIC EDUCATION DOES AS WELL. SINCE 2002, THE ORGANIZATION HAS REACHED MORE THAN 1,800,000 STUDENTS WITH HIGHLY INCLUSIVE AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT MUSIC EDUCATION. TODAY, MORE THAN 900,000 KIDS PARTICIPATE IN MUSIC WILL'S PROGRAMS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
MUSIC WILL, INC. (FORMERLY LITTLE KIDS ROCK) TRANSFORMS LIVES BY RESTORING, EXPANDING, AND INNOVATING MUSIC EDUCATION. THOUSANDS OF K-12 TEACHERS ACROSS 48 STATES LEAD A NATIONAL MOVEMENT THAT BRINGS INNOVATIVE AND INCLUSIVE MUSIC EDUCATION TO STUDENTS... SEE SCHEDULE O
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K-12 Music Education Professional Development: By providing professional development, and a connected national community of music educators, Music Will is providing a growing network of thousands of music educators with the skills, support, and confidence to transform their approach to music education and their music classrooms, with a focus on student-centered pedagogy, student-driven curriculum, and space for students to create, connect, and grow through music.Music Education Systems-Transformation: Music Will is also committed to supporting music education at the systems-level by 1) training faculty and partnering with higher ed institutions who are training the next generation of music educators, 2) investing in research and evaluation that strengthen the case for student-centered music education and popular music in music education, and 3) participating in state and national coalitions and conferences to make the case for student-centered music education and popular music in music education.
Expenses $3,600,266
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K-12 Music Program Resources: Music Will donates and provides deeply discounted instruments, technology, classroom materials, subscriptions, and other curricular resources that make the teaching of popular music styles possible in K-12 classrooms that otherwise are not equipped to match the music taught in school with the music students know and love.
Expenses $1,507,715
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
JANICE POLIZZOTTO
INTRM. CEO/ CRO
- Total calculated
- $206,429
- From this org
- $206,429
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $206,429
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $206,429
-
DAVE WISH
CHIEF FOUNDER AND VISIONARY OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $205,038
- From this org
- $200,367
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,671
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $200,367
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported + $4,671 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $200,367 + $4,671 related
-
WILLIAM ROBALINO
CFO
- Total calculated
- $190,112
- From this org
- $178,414
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,698
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $178,414
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,698
- Filer's total
- $190,112
-
TIFFANY SMALL-MCKELVIN
CHIEF PEOPLE & CULTURE OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $185,791
- From this org
- $179,370
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,421
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $179,370
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $5,367
- Nontaxable benefits
- $1,054
- Filer's total
- $185,791
-
DIANE JIGGETTS
FINANCE DIR
- Total calculated
- $174,387
- From this org
- $128,633
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $45,754
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $128,633
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $34,056
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,698
- Filer's total
- $174,387
-
KEITH A HEIJNA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $158,210
- From this org
- $142,258
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,952
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $142,258
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $4,254
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,698
- Filer's total
- $158,210
-
ABASI ANITON
DIR OF TECH
- Total calculated
- $142,042
- From this org
- $127,270
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,772
- Hours/week
- 40
-
SCOTT D BURSTEIN
PROGRAM DIR
- Total calculated
- $135,991
- From this org
- $120,689
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,302
- Hours/week
- 40
-
BRYAN J POWELL
CHIEF PROGRAM OFF
- Total calculated
- $126,846
- From this org
- $124,717
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,129
- Hours/week
- 40
-
NICOLE CRYSTAL
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
CHRIS DONOHOE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JULES FOLLETT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
CRAIG KALLMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JOSEPH LASKA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
DOUG CAMPLEJOHN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
KEN UMEZAKI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JOSE VERGARA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
CHERYL ZIMLICH
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
FARID NAIB
MEMBER AT LG
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
PRISCILLA SHAW RAHN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JAY VYAS
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
STEFANI SCAMARDO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
BOB FLAUM
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
ANN CANELA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
GREG HALL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JOI BROWN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
SHAI LITTLEJOHN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
MIKE WASSERMAN
CEO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 2 April 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202531219349303008
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