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COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER OF HOUSTON

EIN 76-0085877 HOUSTON, TX

Revenue 2024
$601,409
Expenses 2024
$472,655

Program services were 64.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 8363

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

To Preserve Black Music Traditions that the community is seldom exposed to or is in danger of being lost. This is done through Performances Music Education and collaborating with communities as well as providing performance opportunities for Classical Black Musicians.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To Preserve Black Music Traditions that the community is seldom exposed to or is in danger of being lost.

  • The Community Music Center of Houston CMCH presented a diverse array of performances during the Performance Season featuring annual events such as the Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Tribute this year at St. Marys Catholic Church the Black History Month Concert this year one was at Grace Episcopal Church and another at the Eldorado Ballroom Philly Soul Concert V at Miller Outdoor Theatre and the Legacy Project at the Eldorado Building. These performances celebrated and promoted Black music traditions by offering a wide range of genres including classical music by black composers spirituals jazz and Rhythm & Blues. One of the key initiatives of CMCH the Legacy Project is a tribute that recognizes and commemorates artists and music contributors such as entrepreneurs musicians and music teachers who have made significant contributions to Black music traditions. The projects primary objective is to honor their legacy preserve their history and educate present and future generations about their invaluable impact on music culture. The Legacy Project consists of Concert and Art Exhibit with Artist Talk Events serving as a platform to showcase the rich history and cultural significance of Black music traditions through engaging and enlightening performances and discussions. The CMCH Performance Season not only entertains but also educates and enlightens audiences about the diverse and rich heritage of Black music. By offering free concerts to the public CMCH ensures that these cultural experiences are accessible to all fostering inclusivity and community engagement. The concerts attract a varied audience with at least 70% being Black reflecting the organizations commitment to celebrating and promoting diversity within the community. With a range of 150 to 3,000 attendees depending on the size of the venue CMCH continues to make a significant impact by providing a platform for cultural expression artistic excellence and historical preservation.

    Expenses $187,908 · Grants $500

  • Music Education Individual Lessons Groups lessons Classes Student Recitals School programs youth community performances and programs etc. We did expand our reach into K-12 schools this year by providing free music training for the students and concerts in which they could participate. We had at least 300 students. For private and group lessons we have about 12 to 24 music students vocal and instrumental. Our summer music camp had about 20 students with 50 audience members at the Finale Concert. Each of the 2 student recitals had 14 to 24 students with about 100 audience members.

    Expenses $48,789 · Revenue $10,883

  • CMCHs encompassed a diverse range of bookings of our music groups and musicians exemplified by events like the Scott Joplin Chamber Orchestras concert at the African American Museum in Dallas which had an audience of over 500 to 1000 and smaller ensemble performances at weddings parks community centers and museums. For this fiscal year CMCH collaborated with an Indian Dance Arts company for the Kindred Spirits concerts recognizing both Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Ghandhi similarity and accomplishments through Indian Song and especially Indian traditional dancing to CMCH string ensembles music. Some 200 to 500 were at both events. During the period under review CMCH did not provide Umbrella Programming a service designed to assist organizations lacking 501c3 status in securing funding from governmental or other grant sources.

    Expenses $48,476 · Revenue $38,475

  • Various archival and inventory projects of music history programs instruments and supplies; space rental for these supplies; plus additional minor programming projects. Grant amounts are other assistance donations to domestic organizations and individuals.

    Expenses $17,744 · Grants $2,374

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.

  • Elizabeth Watkins

    Chairperson

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Betty Parker

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marrio Hinkle

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Cora Robinson

    Boardmember

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jorge Martinez

    Boardmember

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jasmine Quinerly

    Boardmember

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
    $601,409
    Expenses
    $472,655
    Contributions
    $551,444
    Grants paid
    $2,874
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $460,001
    Expenses
    $412,833
    Contributions
    $427,443
    Grants paid
    $2,800
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $218,598
    Expenses
    $227,325
    Contributions
    $160,481
    Grants paid
    $100

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
    $244,285
    Expenses
    $263,060
    Assets (EOY)
    $364,400

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $386,018
    Expenses
    $172,930
    Assets (EOY)
    $261,094

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 September 2014 to 31 August 2015
Principal officer
Elizabeth Watkins
Mailing address
PO Box 8363Houston TX 77288

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 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

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.