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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MUSICAMBIA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$502,161
Total expenses
$334,528
Contributions and grants received
$482,762
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$18,513
Investment income
$636
Other revenue
$250
Total assets, end of year
$299,116
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$299,116
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$264,662
Management and general expenses
$39,680
Fundraising expenses
$30,186
Program service expenses (Part III)
$264,662

Program services were 79.1% 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)

    $122,122

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $360,640

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEE

    total $18,513 · related or exempt $18,513

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $636 · excluded $636

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $250 · excluded $250

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $250

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $93,296 · program services $61,016 · management and general $10,729 · fundraising $21,551

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $27,626 · program services $18,745 · management and general $3,741 · fundraising $5,140

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,668 · program services $1,809 · management and general $361 · fundraising $498

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,278 · program services $6,123 · management and general $1,113 · fundraising $2,042

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,845 · management and general $7,845

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $153,384 · program services $139,152 · management and general $14,232

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,340 · program services $2,864 · management and general $521 · fundraising $955

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,566 · program services $22,566

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,138 · management and general $1,138

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $8,845 · program services $8,845 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $3,520 · program services $3,520 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSE

    total $22 · program services $22

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $131,483 · end of year $215,054

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $75,636

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $8,426

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $91,818 · end of year $173,393

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $39,665 · end of year $125,723

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MUSICAMBIA DEVELOPS MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND PERFORMANCES INSIDE PRISONS AND JAILS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THROUGH WORKING CLOSELY WITH INCARCERATED PEOPLE ON SONGWRITING, PERFORMING, INSTRUMENT LESSONS, AND MUSIC THEORY, OUR MUSICIANS CULTIVATE ARTISTIC COMMUNITIES THAT NURTURE THE HUMANITY OF ALL INVOLVED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MUSICAMBIA DEVELOPS MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND PERFORMANCES IN PRISONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

  • MUSICAMBIA IS AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WHICH BRINGS PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS INSIDE PRISONS TO HELP INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS WRITE, PLAY, AND PERFORM MUSIC. OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH BEGAN AT SING SING CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN 2014, MEETS EVERY OTHER SATURDAY FROM SEPTEMBER TO JUNE. 30 INCARCERATED MUSICIANS ATTEND MORNING AND AFTERNOON CLASSES FOR OVER 4 HOURS, AND IN DOING SO, FOSTER TEAMWORK, EMPATHY, AND A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO THEMSELVES AS WELL AS TO THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS.TODAY, WE ALSO OPERATE THE JEPTHA PROGRAM (MENTAL HEALTH UNIT) AND SUMMER SONGWRITING WORKSHOP AT SING SING. IN ADDITION, WE NOW HAVE PROGRAMS AT BEDFORD HILLS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, AND IN KANSAS AND CALIFORNIA. WE ANNUALLY REACH 125 INCARCERATED PARTICIPANTS, AS WELL AS AUDIENCES OF SOME 220 INCARCERATED PEOPLE ATTENDING OUR CONCERTS. SINCE 2014, MUSICAMBIA HAS CREATED PROGRAMS IN 10 DIFFERENT FACILITIES.MUSICAMBIA'S TEACHING ARTISTS ARE AMONG THE FINEST MUSICIANS AND TEACHERS IN THE NATION. THEY HOLD POSITIONS IN THE GRAMMY-WINNING ATTACCA QUARTET AND IMANI WINDS. THEY TEACH AT JUILLIARD, CURTIS, PRINCETON, AND PEABODY. THEY HAVE COLLABORATED WITH PULITZER-PRIZE WINNERS AND POP STARS LIKE PRINCE, AND PERFORMED AT CARNEGIE HALL. THEIR MUSICAL BACKGROUNDS SPAN WESTERN CLASSICAL, JAZZ, MUSICAL THEATER, HIP-HOP, AND POP, AS WELL AS INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC. ONE TEACHING ARTIST, KENYATTA EMMANUEL, IS ALSO AN ALUMNUS. HE PERFORMED A FULL CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL THE DAY HE WAS RELEASED.

    Expenses $264,662 · Revenue $18,513

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nathan Schram

    PRESIDENT/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Carlos Ivan Calaff

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Hauser

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alexander Horowitz

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Caitlin Borgmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Hardin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Luke Schram

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jon-Adrian Velazquez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Weiner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shawn Jaeger

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $87,824
    From this org
    $85,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,699
    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
2024
Filed
21 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600219349301410

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