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MUSIC FOR LIFE INSTITUTE

EIN 31-1746269 BELLINGHAM, WA

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Revenue 2024
$2,179,104
Expenses 2024
$2,484,773

Program services were 81.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A65
Classification
2000
Street
4125 BAKERVIEW SPUR STE D

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 PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND CARE TO AFRICA'S MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE GENERAL RELIEF AND CARE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, WITH A FOCUS ON CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES EDUCATION AND CARE IN AFRICA WITH A FOCUS ON CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO BRINGS CHILDREN FROM AFRICA TO THE US FOR TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND CARE INTEGRATED WITH A TOURING PROGRAM.

    Expenses $2,014,567 · Grants $1,216,800 · Revenue $6,500

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.

  • Raymond Barnett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Max Clements

    SECRETARY & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charlotte Diorio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Hunter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suzanne Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $63,988
    From this org
    $63,988
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Alexander Palmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Gordon Tonn

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julia Tracy

    CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $94,902
    From this org
    $83,454
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,448
    Hours/week
    40
  • Rheanne Lechkobit

    CHIEF OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $43,825
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $41,197
    Other
    $2,628
    Hours/week
    24 + 16 related

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
    $2,179,104
    Expenses
    $2,484,773
    Contributions
    $2,190,263
    Grants paid
    $1,216,800
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,000,365
    Expenses
    $2,498,801
    Contributions
    $1,997,949
    Grants paid
    $1,297,516
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,872,313
    Expenses
    $2,281,723
    Contributions
    $1,941,654
    Grants paid
    $1,124,221

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
    $1,674,576
    Expenses
    $1,895,970
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,486,118
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,932,088
    Expenses
    $1,807,499
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,516,226
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,516,551
    Expenses
    $2,510,430
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,423,074
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,579,174
    Expenses
    $2,427,065
    Assets (EOY)
    $529,810
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,675,759
    Expenses
    $2,730,919
    Assets (EOY)
    $360,341
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,963,421
    Expenses
    $2,952,574
    Assets (EOY)
    $416,919
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,378,276
    Expenses
    $2,331,427
    Assets (EOY)
    $365,050
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,755,612
    Expenses
    $2,746,800
    Assets (EOY)
    $348,352
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,005,596
    Expenses
    $2,969,874
    Assets (EOY)
    $310,457
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,751,852
    Assets (EOY)
    $278,907

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

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.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • FRIENDS IN THE WEST (CANADA)

    PROVISION OF CAPITAL ASSETS FOR USE BY QUALIFIED DONORS. · CA

  • FRIENDS IN THE WEST INTERNATIONAL (UK)

    PROVISION OF FOOD, SHELTER, AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IN AFRICA. · UK

  • MUSIC FOR LIFE ACADEMY LIMITED (UK)

    FUNDRAISING · UK

  • MUSIC FOR LIFE TRUST (SOUTH AFRICA)

    PROVISION OF MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAMS, FOOD, SHELTER, AND EDUCATION · UK

  • MUSIC FOR LIFE INSTITUTE (CANADA)

    OPERATE TOURING CHILDREN'S CHOIRS AND PROVISION OF FOOD, SHELTER, EDUCATION · CA

  • MUSIC FOR LIFE FOUNDATION

    HOLD AND MANAGE ASSETS AND PROPERTY USED BY CERTAIN RELATED PARTIES · CA

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.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • MUSIC FOR LIFE RECORDS LIMITED (UK)

    CD SALES · UK

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.