SUZUKI-ORFF SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A6E0

Classification

1000

Street

1148 W CHICAGO AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

• CHIME DELIVERS ITS MISSION THROUGH MUSIC CLASSES, PRIVATE LESSONS, AND MUSIC THERAPY AT OUR WEST TOWN LOCATION AS WELL AS CLASSROOM MUSIC INSTRUCTION DURING AND AFTER SCHOOL AT CHICAGO AREA PARTNER SCHOOLS. EACH OF THE OFFERINGS FALLS UNDER ONE OF TWO MODELS: THE PERFORMANCE MODEL FOR NEUROTYPICAL CHILDREN AND THE THERAPEUTIC MODEL FOR DIVERSE LEARNERS AND CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. BOTH MODELS FOCUS ON MUSICAL ENGAGEMENT THROUGH HANDS-ON INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC-MAKING ACTIVITIES AND AN ANTI-BIAS REPERTOIRE AND IMPACT AROUND 3,300 STUDENTS WEEKLY. WE PRIORITIZE ACCESS TO ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO MUSIC WITHOUT OUR SERVICES. WE BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE MUSIC PROGRAMS THAT PRIORITIZE BOTH THE JOY OF ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE SKILLS. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO TAP INTO THEIR CREATIVITY, EXPRESS THEMSELVES MUSICALLY, BE PART OF AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY, AND REACH THEIR TRUE POTENTIAL. WE AIM AT GIVING STUDENTS SUCCESSFUL MUSIC-MAKING EXPERIENCES THAT BRING THEM JOY, BUILD CHARACTER, AND DEVELOP SKILLS HELPFUL IN ALL AREAS OF THEIR LIVES. OUR VALUES OF ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPONSE-ABILITY, AND TEAMWORK ARE VISIBLE NOT ONLY IN HOW OUR STAFF WORKS, BUT ALSO IN THE CURRICULUM OF OUR PROGRAMS.

  Expenses $784,710 · Grants $13,547 · Revenue $604,814

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $1,149,303

  Expenses

  $940,124

  Contributions

  $548,984

  Grants paid

  $13,547

• 2023

  Revenue

  $876,527

  Expenses

  $952,865

  Contributions

  $360,623

  Grants paid

  $9,251

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,170,742

  Expenses

  $1,013,075

  Contributions

  $665,400

  Grants paid

  $12,302

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,030,627

  Expenses

  $910,388

  Assets (EOY)

  $442,454

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $879,511

  Expenses

  $1,059,855

  Assets (EOY)

  $462,828

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $981,023

  Expenses

  $917,407

  Assets (EOY)

  $517,077

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $947,478

  Expenses

  $941,336

  Assets (EOY)

  $450,612

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $945,829

  Expenses

  $938,181

  Assets (EOY)

  $384,139

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $854,177

  Expenses

  $820,452

  Assets (EOY)

  $436,108

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $786,700

  Expenses

  $790,458

  Assets (EOY)

  $334,399

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $37,500

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $34,500

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $27,100

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $20,100

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $20,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FIND YOUR LIGHT FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2022 · TO PROVIDE A VITAL SERVICE TO THE UNDERSERVED POPULATION THROUGH ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• FIND YOUR LIGHT FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2024 · TO PROVIDE A VITAL SERVICE TO THE UNDERSERVED POPULATION THROUGH ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• FIND YOUR LIGHT FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2023 · TO PROVIDE A VITAL SERVICE TO THE UNDERSERVED POPULATION THROUGH ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $10,000

  2023 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $9,222

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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