Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,553,825
- Total expenses
- $3,907,518
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,553,825
- Grants paid
- $2,933,437
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $878,330
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $878,330
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,375,039
- Management and general expenses
- $434,733
- Fundraising expenses
- $97,746
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,375,039
Program services were 86.4% 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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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,553,825
-
3 · Investment income
total $0
-
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
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $2,933,437 · program services $2,933,437
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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 $239,862 · program services $110,337 · management and general $83,952 · fundraising $45,573
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $274,595 · program services $126,314 · management and general $96,108 · fundraising $52,173
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $2,421 · management and general $2,421
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $39,602 · management and general $39,602
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $3,820 · management and general $3,820
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $52,770 · management and general $52,770
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $73,478 · management and general $73,478
-
13 · Office expenses
total $9,666 · management and general $9,666
-
14 · Information technology
total $437 · management and general $437
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $18,569 · management and general $18,569
-
17 · Travel
total $28,375 · management and general $28,375
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $22,491 · management and general $22,491
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24a · Other expenses: RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION
total $46,915 · program services $46,915
-
24b · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES
total $37,995 · program services $37,995
-
24c · Other expenses: AUTOMOBILE
total $29,534 · program services $29,534
-
24d · Other expenses: 401K
total $20,000 · program services $20,000
-
24e · All other expenses
total $73,551 · program services $70,507 · management and general $3,044
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $2,561,939 · end of year $871,357
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $4,800
-
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
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $2,173 · end of year $2,173
-
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
end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $332,089
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,232,023 · end of year $878,330
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR QUALIFIED MUSICIANS WHO ARE ELDERLY AND RETIRED OR SEMI-RETIRED, OR FOR ANY QUALIFIED MUSICIAN WHO HAS MEDICAL OR MEDICALLY RELATED EXPENSES THEY CANNOT PAY.
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SWEET RELIEF PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR QUALIFIED MUSICIANS WHO ARE IN NEED OF MEDICAL CARE AND/OR ARE ELDERLY AND MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS. GRANTS ARE DECIDED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS BY A COMMITTEE OF MUSICIANS ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT'S NEEDS, OTHER RESOURCES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE, AND OTHER FACTORS, SUCH AS THE APPLICANT'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO MUSIC. NON-MEASUREABLE ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE: DIRECTING INQUIRIES AND GRANT RECEIPIENTS TO OTHER PRIVATE CHARITIES AS WELL AS PUBLIC PROGRAMS THEY MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF, AND INTERVENING WITH AND ADVOCATING FOR OTHERS ON THEIR BEHALF INCLUDING MEDICAL PROVIDERS AND OTHER VENDORS.IN THE PAST SWEET RELIEF HAS PROVIDED SERVICES, GUIDANCE, AND COST SAVINGS TO OVER 1,000 ARTISTS AND MUSIC INDUSTRY WORKERS. ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN AID FROM OTHER PARTNER CHARITIES, LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS WERE AWARDED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SWEET RELIEF FUND STAFF MEMBERS. SWEET RELIEF ALSO ACCOUNTED FOR OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN SAVINGS BY HELPING TO NEGOTIATE MEDICAL BILLS AND INSURANCE COSTS TO OUR CONSTITUENCY.OUR PRIMARY SOURCES OF INFORMATION ARE OUR WEBSITE, AND OUR MYSPACE AND FACEBOOK SITES, WHICH REACH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DAILY AND INCREASE AWARENESS OF OUR SERVICES OF SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES THAT FACE MUSICIANS, AND OF WHAT OTHER OPTIONS EXIST FOR MUSICIANS IN NEED. SWEET RELIEF HAS FOCUSED OUR EFFORTS IN AN AREA NOT MANAGED BY ANY OTHER CHARITY CURRENTLY ASSISTING THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. THE DIRECTED INDIVIDUALS FUND HAS HELPED SEVERLY ILL AND DISABLED APPLICANTS FACING OVERWHELMING FINANCIAL DISTRESS. PATIENTS AFFLICTED WITH STAGE 4 CANCER, ALS, SPINAL INJURIES AMONG OTHERS HAVE BENEFITTED FROM SWEET RELIEF PAYING FOR MEDICAL TREATMENTS SOMETIMES EXCEEDING $10,000. OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO NOT ONLY HELP, BUT SOMETIMES FIX, A SITUATION COMPLETELY. THIS IS A MISSION WE ARE WORKING, IN EARNEST, ON A DAILY AND YEARLY BASIS. WE ALSO SEEK TO REMIND FANS AND OTHERS OF THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT MUSIC AND MUSICIANS PLAY IN OUR LIVES.
Expenses $3,375,039 · Revenue $2,544,648
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WE RECEIVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES. MUCH OF OUR LABOR IS DONATED, THUS KEEPING OVERHEAD AND SALARIES VERY LOW AND TO MAKE GRANTS AS GENEROUS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.ADDITIONALY: SOMETIMES PEOPLE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY, JUST NEED A SYMPATHETIC EAR.
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
William BennettWILLIAM BENNETT
President
- Total calculated
- $151,625
- From this org
- $151,625
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 60
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $151,625
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $151,625
-
Aric SteinbergARIC STEINBERG
Director
- Total calculated
- $88,237
- From this org
- $88,237
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Victoria WilliamsVICTORIA WILLIAMS
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark MathewsMARK MATHEWS
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David BournazianDAVID BOURNAZIAN
BOARD OF DIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ariel HyattARIEL HYATT
BOARD OF DIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Allison ShawALLISON SHAW
BOARD OF DIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sheldon GombergSHELDON GOMBERG
BOARD OF DIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Peter WarkPETER WARK
BOARD OF DIR
- 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. 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
None.
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 13 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202601339349309965
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