WALKER WEST MUSIC ACADEMY

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

650 MARSHALL AVE

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.

• SELBY AVENUE JAZZFEST

  EIN 47-3537028

Mission and programs · 2024

• WALKER WEST MUSIC ACADEMY, LOCATED IN SAINT PAUL AT 650 MARSHALL AVE., IS A VIBRANT MUSIC SCHOOL. THOUGHT TO BE THE OLDEST COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL IN THE NATION, FOUNDED BY AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICIANS, WE OFFER AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTION IN ALL GENRES OF MUSIC, INCLUDING CLASSICAL, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON JAZZ, GOSPEL, AND IMPROVISATIONAL MUSIC. MORE THAN JUST A SCHOOL, WE ARE A CARING COMMUNITY WHERE PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS INSPIRE A LIFELONG LOVE OF MUSIC. THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AT WALKER WEST FROM AGES 0 TO 99. 345 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE LESSONS. 45 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN OUR ENSEMBLES. LESSONS ARE HELD IN 18-20-WEEK SESSIONS FROM SEPTEMBER TO JUNE AND AN 8-WEEK SESSION OVER THE SUMMER. INSTRUMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION INCLUDE PIANO, GUITAR, BASS, WIND INSTRUMENTS, VOICE, PERCUSSION, ORGAN, VIOLIN, VIOLA, AND CELLO. AFTER EACH SESSION, A CONCERT IS GIVEN SO STUDENTS CAN PERFORM WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED. THE CONCERTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND ANYONE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING IS WELCOME TO ATTEND. PRIVATE LESSONS ARE TAUGHT TO STUDENTS AGES 5 AND OLDER. OUR JAZZ ENSEMBLES REHEARSE WEEKLY AND PERFORM FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS SUCH AS JUNETEENTH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, SELBY JAZZ FESTIVAL, TWIN CITIES JAZZ FEST, AND OTHER COMMISSIONED PERFORMANCES. THERE IS ONE ADULT JAZZ ENSEMBLE AND FOUR YOUTH JAZZ ENSEMBLES. THE KAMOINGE STRING ENSEMBLE, WHICH IS COMPOSED OF PRIVATE LESSON STUDENTS, PREPARES SELECTIONS TO PERFORM AT COMMUNITY EVENTS. OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC PROGRAM SERVES STUDENTS 0-6 WITH THEIR CAREGIVERS. CAREGIVERS AND CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN WEEKLY MUSIC GROUP ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND SCHOOL READINESS. IN 2024, WALKER WEST SERVED 104 PARTICIPANTS IN ITS EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC PROGRAMS AT THREE LOCATIONS. OVER THE SUMMER, WALKER WEST OPENS ITS SPACE TO SUMMER CAMPS AND SERVES AN ADDITIONAL 80 STUDENTS. WALKER WEST PROVIDES MUSIC PROGRAMS TO OLDER ADULTS THROUGH TWO KEY PROGRAMS, THE AMAZING GRACE CHORUS AND SINGSPIRATION. IN 2024, THESE PROGRAMS HAD 73 PARTICIPANTS.

  Expenses $2,122,017 · Grants $111,430 · Revenue $541,978

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.

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

  $10,445,721

  Expenses

  $3,030,802

  Contributions

  $9,760,496

  Grants paid

  $111,430

• 2023

  Revenue

  $7,603,766

  Expenses

  $2,293,380

  Contributions

  $7,109,180

  Grants paid

  $62,323

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,819,821

  Expenses

  $1,619,609

  Contributions

  $1,463,379

  Grants paid

  $89,225

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

  $1,732,905

  Expenses

  $1,271,936

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,276,732

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,063,625

  Expenses

  $951,982

  Assets (EOY)

  $863,203

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.

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

• CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA

  $4,000,000

  2024 · CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $715,181

  2023 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS, OR OTHER PURPOSES

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $303,750

  2023 · DONOR-ADVISED, ARTS- CULTURE- HUMANITIES

• NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

  $250,000

  2023 · IN SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS IN FURTHERANCE OF NBA FOUNDATION'S MISSION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $112,800

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2022 · IN SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS ENHANCING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN BLACK COMMUNITIES.

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $81,264

  2022 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES

• CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA

  $75,000

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $52,746

  2024 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $45,330

  2024 · DONOR ADVISED, ARTS, CULTURE, HUMANITIES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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