- Revenue 2024
- $18,483,141
- Expenses 2024
- $14,345,623
Program services were 88.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A6E0
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- PO BOX 63966
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
SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC AND THE RELATED ARTS TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS, WITHOUT REGARD TO AGE, RACE OR FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. SETTLEMENT'S BROAD RANGE OF PROGRAMS, TAUGHT BY HIGHLY CREDENTIALED AND DEDICATED FACULTY, HELP STUDENTS OF ALL AGES ACHIEVE ARTISTIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND SOCIAL GOALS. SETTLEMENT OFFERS MORE THAN 11,000 WEEKLY SERVICES OF MUSIC AND ARTS INSTRUCTION IN MORE THAN 20 INSTRUMENTS, GROUP CLASSES, CHOIRS, CHAMBER GROUPS, JAZZ ENSEMBLES, ORCHESTRA, ARTS THERAPY, DANCE, AND CREATIVE MOVEMENT, BOTH ONSITE AND ONLINE AT FIVE COMMUNITY BRANCHES AND ONLINE, AND WITH MORE THAN 70 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. WE ARE LEADING THE NATION IN INCREASING ACCESS TO MUSIC EDUCATION AND PIONEERING TOOLS TO EDUCATE TOMORROW'S CHILDREN.
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SETTLEMENT'S FINANCIAL AID PROGRAM IS THE VEHICLE THROUGH WHICH UNDERSERVED CHILDREN GAIN ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL'S PROGRAMS. THE SCHOOL ANNUALLY PROVIDES APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION IN FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS TO NEARLY 60% OF ITS STUDENTS. SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN RECRUITING AND RETAINING CREDENTIALED AND EXPERIENCED FACULTY. THIS FACULTY PROVIDES 11,000 WEEKLY MUSIC AND ARTS RELATED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT THE SCHOOL SERVES, INCLUDING LOW-INCOME AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. SETTLEMENT EMPLOYS APPROXIMATELY 160 FACULTY, MAKING IT ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS OF MUSIC EDUCATORS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Expenses $10,494,405 · Grants $920,449 · Revenue $7,096,484
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THE KALEIDOSCOPE PROGRAM USES THE ARTS TO PREPARE 114 LOW-INCOME PRESCHOOL STUDENTS FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS. THE PROGRAM HAS A PROVEN RECORD OF SUCCESS, WITH PARTICIPANT'S SCHOOL READINESS SCORES THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN PEERS IN NON-ARTS ENRICHED PROGRAMS. 90% OF THE STUDENTS IN THE KALEIDOSCOPE PROGRAM QUALIFY FOR HEAD START FUNDING DUE TO FAMILY INCOME OR SPECIAL NEEDS AND ATTEND TUITION-FREE. THE INNOVATION AND QUALITY OF KALEIDOSCOPE HAS HELPED IT BECOME A NATIONAL MODEL OF ARTS-BASED PRESCHOOL EDUCATION.
Expenses $1,707,817 · Grants $1,459,349 · Revenue $1,042,258
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SETTLEMENT'S MUSIC EDUCATION PATHWAYS PROGRAM IS AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM AT EIGHT PHILADELPHIA SCHOOLS, IN OPERATION SINCE 2012, SERVING OVER 250 STUDENTS WITH OVER 130 HOURS OF ENSEMBLE AND GROUP LESSONS IN BAND, ORCHESTRA, AND CHOIR. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN STUDENTS LIVING IN POVERTY TO EXPERIENCE GAINS IN SOCIO-EMOTIONAL LEARNING WHILE ENGAGED IN THIS PROGRAM.
Expenses $533,083 · Grants $388,553 · Revenue $7,730
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SETTLEMENT IS THE LEAD PARTNER OF THE PMAY ARTISTS INITIATIVE, SINCE 2017 COLLABORATING WITH SIX YOUTH MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN THE PROFESSIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC FIELD. PMAY ARTISTS ARE A COHORT OF STUDENTS COMING FROM HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED OR FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS, RANGING FROM 5TH-12TH GRADE, WHO RECEIVE ALL THE SUPPORT NECESSARY TO BECOME PROFESSIONAL CLASSICAL MUSICIANS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, PMAY ARTISTS HAVE RECEIVED EXTENSIVE AUDITION, LESSON, AND INSTRUMENT LOAN ASSISTANCE THAT HAS ENABLED THEM TO BE ACCEPTED INTO TOP MUSIC SCHOOLS AND CONSERVATORIES, INCLUDING CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC, AND BOSTON UNIVERSITY, WITH SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL AID OFFERS OF UP TO $12 MILLION.
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THE KARDON CENTER AT SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OFFERS MUSIC, ART, AND DANCE/MOVEMENT THERAPY SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DIVERSE NEEDS AT SETTLEMENT BRANCHES AND AT OTHER LOCATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY. CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY IS A FORM OF NON-VERBAL PSYCHOTHERAPY USING THE SENSES TO OPEN NEW CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR THERAPISTS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES. CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY USES THE ARTS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THERAPEUTIC GOALS. GOALS FOR CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY ARE TAILORED TO EACH PARTICIPANT, AND BENEFITS MAY INCLUDE IMPROVEMENT IN SOCIAL SKILLS, PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS, COGNITION, LANGUAGE, AND PHYSICAL SKILLS. 20+ CERTIFIED CREATIVE ARTS THERAPISTS DELIVER SERVICES ONSITE AND AT MULTIPLE COMMUNITY BRANCHES. THE PROGRAM IS APPROVED FOR MEDICAID.
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.
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HELEN EATON
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $268,851
- From this org
- $260,829
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,022
- Hours/week
- 65 + 5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $260,829
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,022
- Filer's total
- $268,851
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PATRICK LEITER
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $148,816
- From this org
- $148,395
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $421
- Hours/week
- 55
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AMELIA SCHMERTZ
CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $132,734
- From this org
- $129,700
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,034
- Hours/week
- 55
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MEGAN LOOBY
CHIEF MARKETING & COMM. OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $103,057
- From this org
- $100,525
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,532
- Hours/week
- 40
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LOLA ODUNSI
FORMER CFO (06/24-02/25)
- Total calculated
- $82,670
- From this org
- $78,325
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,345
- Hours/week
- 65 + 5 related
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MICHAEL ARMENTO
CFO (AS OF 06/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 65 + 5 related
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BRUCE LETO
CHAIR OF TRUSTEES
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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DANA BROWN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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BARBARA MENIN
VICE PRESIDENT (WGB)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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MARY BETH KRAMER
VICE PRESIDENT (KNE)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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NATE BRONSTEIN
VICE PRESIDENT (MLC)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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GUISSOU DABIRI
VICE PRESIDENT (WFB)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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KEN WEINER
VICE PRESIDENT (GTN)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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KEVIN CUNNINGHAM
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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BRIAN PINHEIRO
ASSISTANT TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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ANDREW EISENSTEIN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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DAVID CONNOR
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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JOHN ALSHEFSKI
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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ELLEN S FRIEDELL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4 + 4 related
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SUSAN GLEEKSMAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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JUSTIN KLEIN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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JEFFREY LEVINSOHN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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JEFFREY MARGOLIES
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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FRANCES MCNEAL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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JIM RIESENBACH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $18,483,141
- Expenses
- $14,345,623
- Contributions
- $9,503,431
- Grants paid
- $2,768,351
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2024
- Revenue
- $18,638,348
- Expenses
- $14,327,605
- Contributions
- $9,610,181
- Grants paid
- $2,768,351
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2023
- Revenue
- $13,493,210
- Expenses
- $14,205,761
- Contributions
- $4,598,512
- Grants paid
- $2,991,494
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2023
- Revenue
- $13,493,210
- Expenses
- $14,205,761
- Contributions
- $4,598,512
- Grants paid
- $2,991,494
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2022
- Revenue
- $14,967,644
- Expenses
- $13,660,690
- Contributions
- $6,925,494
- Grants paid
- $2,909,545
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2022
- Revenue
- $12,058,099
- Expenses
- $13,660,690
- Contributions
- $6,925,494
- Grants paid
- $2,909,545
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2022
- Revenue
- $12,058,099
- Expenses
- $13,522,626
- Contributions
- $6,925,494
- Grants paid
- $2,909,545
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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2024 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $11,287,219
- Expenses
- $12,363,384
- Assets (EOY)
- $32,561,525
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $11,287,219
- Expenses
- $12,363,384
- Assets (EOY)
- $32,561,525
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $14,057,233
- Expenses
- $11,288,053
- Assets (EOY)
- $34,802,698
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $11,776,126
- Expenses
- $11,925,085
- Assets (EOY)
- $31,743,525
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $12,208,779
- Expenses
- $11,754,576
- Assets (EOY)
- $30,633,398
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $10,993,387
- Expenses
- $11,576,522
- Assets (EOY)
- $31,050,386
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $11,792,321
- Expenses
- $10,681,642
- Assets (EOY)
- $32,188,049
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $12,606,769
- Expenses
- $10,733,581
- Assets (EOY)
- $29,856,223
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,806,642
- Expenses
- $8,337,252
- Assets (EOY)
- $29,726,740
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
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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2022 PENNSYLVANIA EITC SCHOLARSHIPS
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2024 SCHOLARSHIPS
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2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2024 PENNSYLVANIA EITC SCHOLARSHIPS
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2022 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2023 PENNSYLVANIA EITC SCHOLARSHIPS
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2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
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2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2023 SCHOLARSHIPS
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2023 GENERAL 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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501(C)(3) · PROVIDE MUSIC & RELATED MUSIC PROGRAMS TO THE CAMDEN AREA AT AFFORDABLE FEES · NJ · controlled entity
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.
Disregarded entities on its 2024 return
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SMS COLLABORATIVE MANAGEMENT LLC
TO SUPPORT SMS PRE-K SCHOLARSHIP COLLABORATIVE, LLC. · PA · income $0 · assets $0
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SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL PRE-K SCHOLARSHIP COLLABORATIVE LLC
TO PARTICIPATE IN PA EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP TAX CREDIT PROGRAM · PA · income $0 · assets $0
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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.