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STREET SYMPHONY PROJECT INC

EIN 45-1990766 LOS ANGELES, CA

Revenue 2023
$376,245
Expenses 2023
$521,763

Program services were 78.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A69
Classification
1000
Street
1001 WILSHIRE BLVD PMB 2258

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 · 2023

Mission

MUSIC IS A CATALYST FOR HUMAN CONNECTION. STREET SYMPHONY ENGAGES COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY HOMELESSNESS AND INCARCERATION IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY THROUGH PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS, AND TEACHING ARTISTRY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MUSIC AS A CATALYST FOR HUMAN CONNECTION.

  • WORKSHOPS (3 ANNUALLY) MIDNIGHT STRINGS & WOMEN'S VOICES WOMEN'S VOICES ARE 8 TO 12-WEEK SONGWRITING WORKSHOPS AT DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER WITH A COMMITTED GROUP OF DWC RESIDENTS, STAFF, AND SS TEACHING ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS. DURING THE RESIDENCY, SS TEACHING ARTISTS LEAD PARTICIPANTS IN LYRIC AND MELODY WRITING TO CREATE AN ORIGINAL SONG WRITTEN BY THE RESIDENTS OF DWC. ADDITIONALLY, PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS WHAT INSPIRES THEM AND CURATE A CONCERT OF MUSIC BASED ON THEMES OF THEIR CHOICE. AFTER SIX WEEKS OF SONGWRITING WORKSHOPS AND TWO WEEKS OF COMBINED REHEARSALS, AN ALL-FEMALE MUSICAL ENSEMBLE FROM STREET SYMPHONY PRESENTS A CUMULATIVE CONCERT, FOCUSING ON MUSIC BY WOMEN COMPOSERS. THE PERFORMANCE WILL BE CAPPED BY THE SONGWRITERS AT DWC PERFORMING THEIR ORIGINAL SONG. MIDNIGHT STRINGS IS AN 8 TO 12-WEEK GUITAR AND SONGWRITING WORKSHOP AT THE MIDNIGHT MISSION. THERE ARE SPRING AND FALL WORKSHOPS. THE TEACHING ARTISTS WORK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM THE 12-STEP PROGRAM (HOMELESS, INCARCERATED, AND ADDICTION RECOVERY PROGRAMS) TO LEARN THE BASICS OF GUITAR, SONGWRITING, AND PERFORMANCE. THROUGHOUT THE WEEKS, INDIVIDUALS BEGIN TO SHARE THEIR STORIES, FEELINGS, AND EXPERIENCES RESULTING IN AN ORIGINAL SONG. THESE WORKSHOPS CULMINATE IN AN EVENT, AND THE FALL WORKSHOP PARTICIPATES IN THE MESSIAH PROJECT.

    Expenses $107,219

  • MONTHLY PROGRAMS (MUSIC FOR THE SOUL & MUSIC WITH A MISSION) THESE MONTHLY PROGRAMS ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER AND THE MIDNIGHT MISSION. EVERY 4TH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WE HAVE RECURRING MONTHLY PROGRAMS TO CREATE ENGAGEMENT, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, AND OFFER UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE HEARD, SHARE STORIES, AND REFLECT WITH MUSICIANS AND SS STAFF.

    Expenses $102,593

  • SINCE 2015, STREET SYMPHONY (SS) HAS PARTNERED WITH THE MIDNIGHT MISSION (TMM) TO HOST ITS ANNUAL "MESSIAH PROJECT," A CELEBRATION OF THE RESILIENCE AND STORIES OF THE SKID ROW COMMUNITY. IN SKID ROW, MUSIC AND ART ARE NOT ENTERTAINMENT COMMODITIES, BUT VITAL LIFELINES TO COMMUNITY, RECOVERY, AND HUMANITY. THE MESSIAH PROJECT PRESENTS EXCERPTS OF HANDEL'S BELOVED MESSIAH, FEATURING STORIES, MUSIC, AND PERFORMANCES FROM MEMBERS OF THE SKID ROW COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY MEMBERS OFTEN SERVE AS SOLOISTS, CHORISTERS, AND PARTICIPANTS ALONGSIDE STREET SYMPHONY'S ROSTER OF PROFESSIONAL, WORLD-CLASS ARTISTS. PERFORMED AT THE MIDNIGHT MISSION, THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES A SERIES OF 12-15 FREE WORKSHOP EVENTS FOR THE SKID ROW COMMUNITY AND THE CREATION OF SEVERAL HUNDRED HYGIENE KITS AND AMENITY BAGS FOR THE SKID ROW COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $97,890

  • OTHER PROGRAMS

    Expenses $100,787

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • CATHERINE B VIVO

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $90,000
    From this org
    $90,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROBERT VIJAY GUPTA

    CEO & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $90,000
    From this org
    $83,565
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,435
    Hours/week
    40

  • FAITH RAIGUEL

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WALTER ZOOI

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LUIS GARCIA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGIA BERKOVICH

    BOARD MEMEBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NANCY HALPERN IBRAHIM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TERRY KNOWLES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALLAN MARKS

    BOARD MEMBER

    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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $376,245
    Expenses
    $521,763
    Contributions
    $370,293
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $751,094
    Expenses
    $404,627
    Contributions
    $745,078
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $407,613
    Expenses
    $408,261
    Assets (EOY)
    $218,087

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $388,552
    Expenses
    $354,474
    Assets (EOY)
    $144,900

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $372,591
    Expenses
    $400,301
    Assets (EOY)
    $87,145

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $351,842
    Expenses
    $278,055
    Assets (EOY)
    $114,854

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $141,111
    Expenses
    $153,993
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,067

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2014

Tax period
1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014
Principal officer
Robert Vijay Gupta
Mailing address
1463 1/2 Ridge WayLos Angeles CA 90049

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 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

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

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.