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← MUSIC WILL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MUSIC WILL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,165,048
Total expenses
$6,023,566
Contributions and grants received
$5,534,742
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$342,096
Investment income
$68,308
Other revenue
$219,902
Total assets, end of year
$6,655,256
Total liabilities, end of year
$582,886
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,072,370
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,436,210
Management and general expenses
$897,538
Fundraising expenses
$689,818
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,436,210

Program services were 73.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,534,742

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $294,654

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $342,096 · related or exempt $342,096

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $68,308 · excluded $68,308

  • 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

    $666,738

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $460,770

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $205,968 · excluded $205,968

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $13,934 · related or exempt $13,934

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $13,934

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 $963,564 · program services $616,681 · management and general $192,713 · fundraising $154,170

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,909,904 · program services $1,228,555 · management and general $377,435 · fundraising $303,914

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $52,295 · program services $35,774 · management and general $9,019 · fundraising $7,502

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $267,681 · program services $183,118 · management and general $46,161 · fundraising $38,402

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $224,058 · program services $153,276 · management and general $38,639 · fundraising $32,143

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 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 $664,692 · program services $513,242 · management and general $113,648 · fundraising $37,802

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,505 · program services $2,004 · management and general $501

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $63,402 · program services $47,440 · management and general $9,060 · fundraising $6,902

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $297,678 · program services $233,943 · management and general $33,206 · fundraising $30,529

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $25,543 · program services $17,835 · management and general $4,081 · fundraising $3,627

  • 17 · Travel

    total $357,670 · program services $274,314 · management and general $24,936 · fundraising $58,420

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $544,751 · program services $541,256 · management and general $1,993 · fundraising $1,502

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,224 · program services $12,805 · management and general $2,899 · fundraising $2,520

  • 24a · Other expenses: INSTRUMENTS & CURRICULUM

    total $551,156 · program services $551,156

  • 24b · Other expenses: LICENSES, DUES AND FEES

    total $43,401 · program services $4,032 · management and general $38,865 · fundraising $504

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMPANY EVENTS AND MEETINGS

    total $21,626 · program services $15,196 · management and general $3,440 · fundraising $2,990

  • 24d · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $6,528 · program services $1,537 · management and general $100 · fundraising $4,891

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,888 · program services $4,046 · management and general $842 · fundraising $4,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,539,014 · end of year $2,157,113

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,388,582 · end of year $1,757,821

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,268,763 · end of year $2,330,608

  • 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 $227,243 · end of year $263,928

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $112,375 · end of year $145,436

  • 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 $350

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $274,058 · end of year $437,174

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $103,935 · end of year $145,712

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,789,804 · end of year $4,033,835

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,368,530 · end of year $2,038,535

Mission and programs · 2022

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 1,000,000 STUDENTS WITH HIGHLY INCLUSIVE AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT MUSIC EDUCATION. TODAY, MORE THAN 550,000 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

  • MUSIC EDUCATION: IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS MISSION, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES MUSIC EDUCATION TO STUDENTS, PRIMARILY FROM LOW INCOME BACKGROUNDS IN ORDER TO FOSTER MUSICIANSHIP, TO DEVELOP CONFIDENCE, RESPONSIBILITY, DISCIPLINE AND OTHER LIFELONG VALUES. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS AND OTHER TYPES OF MENTORS ENROLLED IN THE MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM IN ORDER TO HELP FACILITATE AND ESTABLISH A SAFE, NURTURING, SUPPORTIVE, AND FUN ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS.

    Expenses $3,885,054

  • MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND CURRICULUM RESOURCES: THE ORGANIZATION OBTAINS AND PROVIDES MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER CURRICULUM RESOURCES TO STUDENTS TO USE IN THEIR PARTICIPATION IN MUSIC PRODUCTION, RECORDING, AND PERFORMANCES.

    Expenses $551,156

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Janice Polizzotto

    CHIEF DEV OFCR

    Total calculated
    $196,748
    From this org
    $196,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $418
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,330
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $418
    Filer's total
    $196,748
  • Dave Wish

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $194,916
    From this org
    $194,498
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $418
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,498
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $418
    Filer's total
    $194,916
  • William Robalino

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $174,244
    From this org
    $158,488
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,756
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,488
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,756
    Filer's total
    $174,244
  • Tiffany Small-McKelvin

    CHIEF PPL OFCR

    Total calculated
    $173,853
    From this org
    $173,810
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,810
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43
    Filer's total
    $173,853
  • Abasi Aniton

    DIR OF TECH

    Total calculated
    $155,569
    From this org
    $144,883
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,686
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,883
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,686
    Filer's total
    $155,569
  • Charly Schwartz

    COO

    Total calculated
    $151,833
    From this org
    $151,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,833
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $151,833
  • Melissa Mister

    CHIEF PROG OFCR

    Total calculated
    $71,970
    From this org
    $71,970
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
  • J Michael Fernandez

    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
2022
Filed
14 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421369349303337

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