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CLEVELAND MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT

EIN 34-0714339 CLEVELAND, OH

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Revenue 2023
$5,304,274
Expenses 2023
$8,497,044

Program services were 83.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A6EZ
Classification
2000
Street
11125 MAGNOLIA DR

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO WELCOME ALL TO OUR MUSIC AND ARTS COMMUNITY TO LEARN, CREATE, CELEBRATE AND HEAL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE VISION OF THE MUSIC SETTLEMENT IS TO UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL IN EVERYONE.

  • THE MISSION OF THE MUSIC SETTLEMENT'S CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD IS TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN AGES 3 WEEKS TO 6 YEARS OF AGE. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT UNIVERSITY CIRCLE AND OHIO CITY LOCATIONS OFFER STATE ACCREDITED AND 5-STAR QUALITY RATED PRESCHOOL, DAY SCHOOL, AND KINDERGARTEN COURSES TO CHILDREN 3-6 YEARS. THESE PROGRAMS NURTURE THE INDIVIDUAL, SUPPORT THE FAMILY AND ENHANCE A CHILD'S SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INVOLVEMENT WITH CREATIVE ARTS. THIS HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE MUSIC SETTLEMENT FOR OVER 65 YEARS AND WE HAVE EARNED A REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN ALL ASPECTS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

    Expenses $1,913,907 · Grants $33,683 · Revenue $1,124,520

  • ESTABLISHED IN 1966, THE MUSIC SETTLEMENT'S CENTER FOR MUSIC THERAPY HAS BEEN A PIONEER IN HELPING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND/OR MEDICAL ISSUES. THE MISSION OF THE CENTER IS TO CREATIVELY USE MUSIC AS A THERAPEUTIC TOOL FOR MEETING THE CHALLENGES AND NEEDS AND PROMOTING THE WELL-BEING OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THE CENTER EMPLOYS BOARD-CERTIFIED MUSIC THERAPISTS (MT-BC'S) WHO CONDUCT INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP MUSIC THERAPY SESSIONS AT OUR UNIVERSITY CIRCLE AND OHIO CITY CAMPUSES AND AT NUMEROUS EDUCATIONAL, MEDICAL, AND SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES IN THE CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN AREA. OUR MT-BC'S SYSTEMATICALLY AND PRESCRIPTIVELY USE MUSIC-BASED INTERVENTIONS TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS FACING A WIDE RANGE OF LIFE'S CHALLENGES. THE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION CONTINUES ON SCHEDULE O. IN FY24 WE SERVED 1,574 INDIVIDUALS WITH A VARIETY OF DIAGNOSES AND NEEDS AT OUR TWO CAMPUSES AND WITH 10 ORGANIZATIONS AT 22 LOCATIONS.

    Expenses $512,798 · Grants $46,511 · Revenue $201,008

  • THE MUSIC SETTLEMENT'S CENTER FOR MUSIC PROVIDES MUSIC INSTRUCTION, CLASSES, AND ENSEMBLES TO STUDENTS OF ALL AGES FROM AROUND THE GREATER CLEVELAND AREA. IN KEEPING WITH OUR MISSION, STUDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS ARE ADMITTED WITHOUT AUDITION, AND THE CENTER AWARDS FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO ENSURE THAT ABILITY TO PAY IS NOT A BARRIER TO MUSICAL STUDY. THE CENTER FOR MUSIC HAS SEVERAL OUTREACH PARTNERS FOR OFF-SITE MUSIC INSTRUCTION. NATIONALLY, WE HAVE COLLABORATED WITH THE BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC AS PART OF THEIR CITY MUSIC NETWORK. THE MUSIC SETTLEMENT STUDENTS, ENROLLED IN THE JAZZ AT THE MUSIC SETTLEMENT (JAMS) PROGRAM, VIE TO BECOME ANNUAL RECIPIENTS OF A FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO BERKLEE'S 5 WEEK SUMMER PERFORMANCE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $4,658,933 · Grants $2,789,388 · Revenue $1,576,068

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Lynn Eckendorf

    1ST VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daryl Deckard

    2ND VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christopher Brandt MD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jason Padley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephen Miller

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gerard Daher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daniel Filippi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Greg Lopez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kittie Warshawsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Obed Shelton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dawn Wayt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deborah Wilcox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elisabeth Stahl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ella Lee Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Maura Hughes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ben Page

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Craig Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dennis Schwartz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Howard Berusch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Gibbon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Waldeck Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Cantor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peter Snavely Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rene Polin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rita Jaessing Brauneck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

The first 25 listed. 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
    $5,304,274
    Expenses
    $8,497,044
    Contributions
    $1,772,256
    Grants paid
    $2,869,582
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,512,985
    Expenses
    $5,627,613
    Contributions
    $2,022,511
    Grants paid
    $171,268

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
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,172,839
    Expenses
    $4,984,736
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,162,612
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,711,711
    Expenses
    $4,414,841
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,962,029
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,260,597
    Expenses
    $5,091,286
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,228,050
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,519,288
    Expenses
    $5,193,745
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,232,666
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,304,646
    Expenses
    $4,620,749
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,348,740

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

  • NMTC LEVERAGED XXVI LLC

    $0

    2023 FORGIVENESS OF DEBT

Where these grants went next →

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 2023 return

  • TMS WEST

    501(C)(3) · PROVIDE ARTS EXPERIENCES · OH · controlled entity

Declared as related by

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.