- 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.
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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.
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Raymond BarnettRAYMOND BARNETT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Max ClementsMAX CLEMENTS
SECRETARY & TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Charlotte DiorioCHARLOTTE DIORIO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robert HunterROBERT HUNTER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Suzanne NelsonSUZANNE NELSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $63,988
- From this org
- $63,988
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 1 related
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Alexander PalmerALEXANDER PALMER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Gordon TonnGORDON TONN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Julia TracyJULIA TRACY
CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $94,902
- From this org
- $83,454
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,448
- Hours/week
- 40
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Rheanne LechkobitRHEANNE 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
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2024
- Revenue
- $2,179,104
- Expenses
- $2,484,773
- Contributions
- $2,190,263
- Grants paid
- $1,216,800
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2023
- Revenue
- $2,000,365
- Expenses
- $2,498,801
- Contributions
- $1,997,949
- Grants paid
- $1,297,516
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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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,674,576
- Expenses
- $1,895,970
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,486,118
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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
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,378,276
- Expenses
- $2,331,427
- Assets (EOY)
- $365,050
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,755,612
- Expenses
- $2,746,800
- Assets (EOY)
- $348,352
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,005,596
- Expenses
- $2,969,874
- Assets (EOY)
- $310,457
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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
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$36,365
2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$20,975
2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$17,400
2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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2023 CULTURE
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2024 ARTS AND HUMANITIES
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 CULTURE
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2022 PROGRAM SUPPORT
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
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FRIENDS IN THE WEST (CANADA)
PROVISION OF CAPITAL ASSETS FOR USE BY QUALIFIED DONORS. · CA
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FRIENDS IN THE WEST INTERNATIONAL (UK)
PROVISION OF FOOD, SHELTER, AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IN AFRICA. · UK
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MUSIC FOR LIFE ACADEMY LIMITED (UK)
FUNDRAISING · UK
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MUSIC FOR LIFE TRUST (SOUTH AFRICA)
PROVISION OF MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAMS, FOOD, SHELTER, AND EDUCATION · UK
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MUSIC FOR LIFE INSTITUTE (CANADA)
OPERATE TOURING CHILDREN'S CHOIRS AND PROVISION OF FOOD, SHELTER, EDUCATION · CA
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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
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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.