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SAVE OUR MUSICIANS FOUNDATION INC

EIN 87-1020850 JUPITER, FL

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Revenue 2024
$176,117
Expenses 2024
$6,832,315

Program services were 91.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A11
Classification
1000
Street
1016 CLEMONS STREET 4TH FLOOR

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 SAVE OUR MUSICIANS FOUNDATION (SOMF) IS A PASSIONATE 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING THE INDEPENDENT MUSICIAN. THE ORGANIZATION WAS INITIALLY FOUNDED IN 2021 WITH THE GOAL OF HELPING MUSICIANS THROUGH A CHALLENGING POST-PANDEMIC PERIOD WHERE OPPORTUNITIES TO BOOK LIVE GIGS BECAME VIRTUALLY NON-EXISTENT. OUR MISSION HAS SINCE EVOLVED TO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TOWARDS ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES FACED BY ASPIRING INDEPENDENT MUSICIANS. WHILE THE CORE OF OUR NON-PROFIT ACTIVITIES CENTER AROUND SHOWCASING TALENT THROUGH LIVE GIGS AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES, WE ALSO PROVIDE A WHOLISTIC APPROACH TOWARDS THE VARIOUS FACETS OF ARTIST DEVELOPMENT AND FOSTER GROWTH AT EVERY STAGE OF A MUSICIAN'S CAREER. WE BELIEVE MUSIC IS A TRANSFORMATIVE FORCE THAT UNITES COMMUNITIES AND IGNITES POSITIVE CHANGE. BY FOSTERING A SUPPORTIVE ECOSYSTEM, WE CULTIVATE ARTISTIC GROWTH, PROPEL CAREERS, AND CHAMPION THE FUTURE OF MUSIC.

  • SHOWCASING TALENT, BUILDING AUDIENCESOUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM, THE SAVE OUR MUSICIANS FOUNDATION'S PRIVATE CONCERT SERIES, HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH AIRTAB'S OPEN FOR AN ICON COMPETITION, TRANSFORMS UNDISCOVERED TALENT INTO RISING STARS. BY PAIRING A HIGH-STAKES COMPETITION WITH EXCLUSIVE PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES ALONGSIDE ESTABLISHED ARTISTS, WE CREATE A DYNAMIC PLATFORM FOR ARTIST DISCOVERY. ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM CAN INSTANTLY EXPAND THEIR FANBASE, WHILE WINNERS GAIN ACCESS TO UNPARALLELED EXPOSURE, INDUSTRY CREDIBILITY, AND THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME.

    Expenses $5,768,009 · Grants $10,000

  • NURTURING ARTISTIC GROWTH AND ARTIST DEVELOPMENTSOMF'S ARTIST DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES OFFER PERSONALIZED MENTORSHIP, WORKSHOPS, AND CAREER COACHING. OUR INDUSTRY VETERANS PROVIDE INVALUABLE GUIDANCE ON SONGWRITING, PRODUCTION, BRANDING, AND BUSINESS ACUMEN. BY EQUIPPING ARTISTS WITH ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE, WE HELP THEM BUILD SUSTAINABLE MUSIC CAREERS.

    Expenses $506,119

  • INVESTING IN THE MUSIC COMMUNITYBEYOND INDIVIDUAL ARTIST SUPPORT, SOMF IS COMMITTED TO CULTIVATING A VIBRANT MUSIC LANDSCAPE. WE PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHARE OUR MISSION OF MUSIC EDUCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY. THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND DONATIONS TO OTHER NON-PROFITS WE ENSURE THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THEIR MUSICAL PASSIONS.

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

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.

  • Dennis Cunningham

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Felicia Cunningham

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christian Demers

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bernie Carballo

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Samuels

    VICE PRESIDENT

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $176,117
    Expenses
    $6,832,315
    Contributions
    $131,000
    Grants paid
    $10,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $23,345,101
    Expenses
    $16,507,925
    Contributions
    $22,609,900
    Grants paid
    $630,000

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period
1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
Principal officer
Dennis Cunningham
Mailing address
18765 SE River Ridge RdTequesta FL 33469

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.