Totals
- Total revenue
- $4,168,913
- Total expenses
- $3,205,618
- Contributions and grants received
- $3,958,913
- Grants paid
- $25,839
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $51,560
- Other revenue
- $158,440
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,108,795
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $950,384
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $4,158,411
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,400,577
- Management and general expenses
- $262,258
- Fundraising expenses
- $542,783
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,400,577
Program services were 74.9% 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
$350,039
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$642,531
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,966,343
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$82,870
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3 · Investment income
total $52,262 · excluded $52,262
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $702
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities -$702
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total -$702 · excluded -$702
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$336,931
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$350,039
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$179,572
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $157,359 · excluded $157,359
-
11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous
total $1,081 · excluded $1,081
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$1,081
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $25,839 · program services $25,839
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $302,094 · program services $226,556 · management and general $25,165 · fundraising $50,373
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,913,646 · program services $1,435,503 · management and general $159,205 · fundraising $318,938
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $22,133 · program services $16,598 · management and general $1,844 · fundraising $3,691
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $127,853 · program services $95,884 · management and general $10,650 · fundraising $21,319
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $172,513 · program services $129,018 · management and general $14,578 · fundraising $28,917
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $18,580 · management and general $17,580 · fundraising $1,000
-
11g · Fees: other
total $86,744 · program services $73,431 · management and general $10,763 · fundraising $2,550
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $5,163 · fundraising $5,163
-
13 · Office expenses
total $26,948 · program services $18,768 · management and general $3,217 · fundraising $4,963
-
14 · Information technology
total $68,888 · program services $31,140 · management and general $4,217 · fundraising $33,531
-
16 · Occupancy
total $101,338 · program services $92,131 · management and general $2,540 · fundraising $6,667
-
17 · Travel
total $81,093 · program services $77,960 · management and general $51 · fundraising $3,082
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $60,629 · program services $52,419 · management and general $2,580 · fundraising $5,630
-
23 · Insurance
total $39,252 · program services $27,890 · management and general $3,134 · fundraising $8,228
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24a · Other expenses: In-kind Donations
total $82,870 · program services $44,277 · fundraising $38,593
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24b · Other expenses: Instrument Costs
total $27,574 · program services $27,574
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24c · Other expenses: Payroll Processing Fees
total $15,190 · program services $10,785 · management and general $1,215 · fundraising $3,190
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24d · Other expenses: Furniture and Equipment
total $12,250 · program services $9,014 · management and general $893 · fundraising $2,343
-
24e · All other expenses
total $15,021 · program services $5,790 · management and general $4,626 · fundraising $4,605
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $146,637 · end of year $144,778
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $2,331,330 · end of year $2,235,730
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $285,062 · end of year $1,453,380
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $75
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $67,555 · end of year $74,660
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$2,114,080
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,723,353
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $451,355 · end of year $390,727
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $84,482 · end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $26,569 · end of year $809,520
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $87,904 · end of year $138,750
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $110,045 · end of year $811,634
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,551,907 · end of year $2,335,571
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $643,209 · end of year $1,822,840
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The People's Music School (Organization") is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 1975, that increases access to the benefits of music education by providing 100% free, high-quality music instruction to children who otherwise (Continued on Schedule O)
Activities or mission (Part I)
To deliver high-quality, tuition free music education.
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The People's Music School delivered tuition-free music education to 819 students from across Chicago in FY25. At our four program sites, each student received between 2-4 hours of high-quality musical instruction each week. Our students received instruction in a variety of musical genres and learning settings including private lessons, group lessons, musicianship classes, general music classes, and chamber ensembles.
Expenses $2,400,577 · Grants $25,839
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Michael Buck
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Steven Shaw
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Peter Sheren
Treasurer- Left
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Julie Lopez
Secretary- Left
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Uma Chandrasekaran
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kevin Dolan
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ellen Feldman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gary Hart
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kia Javanmardian
Director- Left
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carolyn Jaw
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nalini Kotamraju
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Adam Lucas
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stephanie Macakanja
Director- Left
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Laura Sutphen
Director- Left
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cecy VanGetson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cici Zheng
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Juanna Blackwell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Christie Crouch
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
EJ Hunter
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joe Idaszak
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nancy Power
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Anthony Salazar
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rob Whiteman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Miriam Owens
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $188,160
- From this org
- $180,443
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,717
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $180,443
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $3,609
- Nontaxable benefits
- $4,108
- Filer's total
- $188,160
-
Kasia Johnson
Chief Financial Officer
- Total calculated
- $124,104
- From this org
- $115,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $9,104
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Natalie Butler
Chief Program Officer
- Total calculated
- $185,425
- From this org
- $174,938
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,487
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $174,938
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $2,793
- Nontaxable benefits
- $7,694
- Filer's total
- $185,425
-
Marc Wilson
Chief of Strategy and Part
- Total calculated
- $146,395
- From this org
- $135,035
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,360
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Jennifer Riskind
Director of Development
- Total calculated
- $116,226
- From this org
- $106,215
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,011
- 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 · Written employment contract
- 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 3
- The CEO and CFO benchmark salaries with comparable organizations to determine, review, and approve staff compensation. The board benchmarks salaries with comparable organizations to determine, review, and approve staff compensation.
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 20 February 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202630559349300643
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