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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MUSICONNECTS INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 14 May 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$438,444 changed to $434,044
Total expenses
$241,021 changed to $243,813
Contributions and grants received
$396,544 changed to $392,144
Total assets, end of year
$418,668 changed to $440,990
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,564 changed to $29,678
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$414,104 changed to $411,312
Program services expenses
$175,346 changed to $165,117
Management and general expenses
$56,220 changed to $68,231
Fundraising expenses
$9,455 changed to $10,465
Program service expenses (Part III)
$175,346 changed to $165,117

Listed only on the later return

  • MITCH GORDON

Listed under a different title

  • COLLEEN BRANNEN: DIRECTOR then CURRENT PRES
  • KALYA HAMLETT MURRAY: PRESIDENT then FORMER PRESI
  • NANCY GALLUZZO: EXECUTIVE DI then FORMER EXECU

Totals

Total revenue
$434,044
Total expenses
$243,813
Contributions and grants received
$392,144
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$41,900
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$440,990
Total liabilities, end of year
$29,678
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$411,312
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$165,117
Management and general expenses
$68,231
Fundraising expenses
$10,465
Program service expenses (Part III)
$165,117

Program services were 67.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $91,812

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $300,332

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $41,900 · related or exempt $41,900

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $56,115 · program services $22,446 · management and general $25,252 · fundraising $8,417

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $130,913 · program services $111,540 · management and general $19,373

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,566 · program services $11,928 · management and general $3,810 · fundraising $828

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,000 · management and general $3,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,458 · program services $158 · management and general $6,300

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,727 · program services $441 · management and general $2,134 · fundraising $152

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $530 · program services $382 · management and general $122 · fundraising $26

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,316 · program services $13,187 · management and general $4,213 · fundraising $916

  • 17 · Travel

    total $43 · management and general $43

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,525 · program services $1,818 · management and general $581 · fundraising $126

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISC PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $1,433 · program services $1,433

  • 24b · Other expenses: FEES

    total $1,185 · management and general $1,185

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES

    total $1,159 · program services $45 · management and general $1,114

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL SERVICE FEES

    total $1,085 · management and general $1,085

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,758 · program services $1,739 · management and general $19

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $237,133 · end of year $311,843

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,400 · end of year $104,400

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,225

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $39,680 · end of year $24,747

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,431 · end of year $6,789

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $320

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $53,926 · end of year $22,569

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $216,681 · end of year $356,912

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,400 · end of year $54,400

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO MODEL AND TEACH SELF-EXPRESSION, PEER LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF CHAMBER MUSIC.

  • RESIDENCY PROGRAM PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL STRING INSTRUMENT LESSONS, CHAMBER MUSIC, AND GROUP INSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS MENTORING TO APPROX. 60 UNDERSERVED YOUTH AT LOW TO NO COST TO FAMILIES. LESSONS TAUGHT BY MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S SEVEN PROFESSIONAL STRING MUSICIANS. THE ROSLINDALE COMMUNITY PROGRAM PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL STRING INSTRUMENT LESSONS AND CHAMBER MUSIC CLASSES TO STUDENTS FROM ACROSS BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS, WITH TUITION PAID ON A SLIDING SCALE, MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. LESSONS TAUGHT BY MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S SEVEN PROFESSIONAL STRING MUSICIANS. THE ORGANIZATION'S RESIDENT STRING MUSICIANS GIVE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES IN DIVERSE BOSTON-AREA NEIGHBORHOODS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT HAVE LITTLE ACCESS TO LIVE CLASSICAL MUSIC. THE ORGANIZATION SERVES APPROXIMATELY 1,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS PER YEAR.

    Expenses $165,117 · Revenue $41,900

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • COLLEEN BRANNEN

    CURRENT PRES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • KALYA HAMLETT MURRAY

    FORMER PRESI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MAUREEN QUIGLEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • AMY LUCID INEZIAN

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MORGAN BECKFORD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID CUCCHIARA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALICE GOMES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RENEE HOLLINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN BEBO SHIU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MITCH GORDON

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $17,500
    From this org
    $17,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • NANCY GALLUZZO

    FORMER EXECU

    Total calculated
    $32,346
    From this org
    $32,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202542189349300829

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