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MUSIC CENTER FOUNDATION

EIN 23-7298290 LOS ANGELES, CA

Revenue 2024
$14,852,023
Expenses 2024
$9,084,745

Program services were 88.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A120
Classification
1000
Street
135 NORTH GRAND 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 · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF MUSIC CENTER FOUNDATION IS TO PROVIDE ENDOWMENT SUPPORT TO THE MUSIC CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, ITS EDUCATION AND ARTISTIC PROGRAMS AND RESIDENT COMPANIES THROUGH PLANNED GIVING FUNDRAISING AND ASSET MANAGEMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENDOWMENT MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF PROGRAMMING AT LOS ANGELES' MUSIC CENTER

  • ENDOWMENT DISTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSIC CENTER/PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, ITS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ITS AFFILIATED PERFORMING ARTS COMPANIES WHICH INCLUDE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION, CENTER THEATRE GROUP, LOS ANGELES OPERA COMPANY AND THE LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE.

    Expenses $7,007,013 · Grants $7,007,013

  • THE MUSIC CENTER FOUNDATION'S LAPA FUND MAKES DISTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION.

    Expenses $1,046,848 · Grants $1,046,848

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • STEVEN T BENSON

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $422,271
    From this org
    $367,749
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,522
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $349,749
    Bonus
    $18,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,022
    Filer's total
    $422,271

  • JENNIFER NHIEU

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $127,304
    From this org
    $103,394
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,910
    Hours/week
    35

  • SHELBY NOTKIN

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIKI R GINDLER

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KENNETH S WILLIAMS

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS L BECKMEN

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN B EMERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMY R FORBES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DARELL L KRASNOFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEITH LEONARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KELSEY N MARTIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH MICHELSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CINDY MISCIKOWSKI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN REARDON

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFFREY SOROS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC STERN

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JASON SUBOTKY

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PHILIP SWAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUE WEGLEITNER

    DIRECTOR

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $14,852,023
    Expenses
    $9,084,745
    Contributions
    $5,642,163
    Grants paid
    $8,053,861
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $10,480,339
    Expenses
    $10,080,290
    Contributions
    $7,027,634
    Grants paid
    $9,027,380
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,501,518
    Expenses
    $9,113,867
    Contributions
    $1,418,180
    Grants paid
    $8,160,238

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,090,065
    Expenses
    $26,234,757
    Assets (EOY)
    $314,452,554

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,558,391
    Expenses
    $8,399,396
    Assets (EOY)
    $340,652,329

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,922,014
    Expenses
    $8,657,561
    Assets (EOY)
    $250,555,015

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,205,031
    Expenses
    $9,103,620
    Assets (EOY)
    $285,498,844

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • MCF I LLC

    HOLD REAL ESTATE · TX · income $0 · assets $0

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUSTS (12)

    INVESTMENTS · CA

  • CHARITABLE LEAD TRUSTS (3)

    INVESTMENTS · CA

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.