Higher Octave Healing INC

Tax-deductible

Tempe, AZ501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 27-1896282

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The corporation engages in music therapy for individuals with disabilities, educating persons in the field of music therapy working with individuals with disabilities, community outreach for individuals with disabilities and their families, and research to promote music therapy.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$63K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $17K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$63K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 58% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 7 voting members
Concern: none of 7 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$516K
-1% vs prior year
Spent
$522K
To programs
80%
Net assets
$76K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$516K
FY2025▼ -1%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$307K
FY2021$516K
FY2022$497K
FY2023$490K
FY2024$522K
FY2025$516K
Expenses
$522K
FY2025▲ +11%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$356K
FY2021$454K
FY2022$467K
FY2023$478K
FY2024$469K
FY2025$522K
Net assets
$76K
FY2025▼ -8%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$26K
FY2021$52K
FY2022$17K
FY2023$30K
FY2024$83K
FY2025$76K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2011.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $420K Management & general 18% · $95K Fundraising 1% · $8K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $63K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$62,773Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Shelbe White’s $63K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 58th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2215 $100K–1M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kymla J Eubanks——$61,677$61,344$67,156$60,391
Shelbe White$62,773$63,319$46,574———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides music therapy, education, outreach, and research for individuals with disabilities.

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1 program service account for $420K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
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Clinic-Based Music Therapy Services

Provided individual and group music therapy services to more than 70 people with developmental disabilities in the music therapy clinic facility. This includes the individual music therapy, social sounds, and rock band PROGRAMS.COMMUNITY-BASED music therapy: provided music therapy services to individuals and groups across maricopa county…

$420Kprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$516K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$411K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$93K
Other incomeLn 4–11$12K
Money outPt IX
$522K
Ln 25
Programscol B$420K
Managementcol C$95K
Fundraisingcol D$8K
Owns and owesPt X
$76K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$60K
Total assetsLn 16$78K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$93K
Government grantsLn 1e$21K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$411K
Other incomeLn 4–11$12K
Total revenueLn 12$516K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$60K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$60K
Other assetsLn 15$8K
Total assetsLn 16$78K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K
Net assetsLn 32$76K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 517
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$49K$60K
Total assetsLn 16$90K$78K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K$2K
Net assetsLn 32$83K$76K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$600$600
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$63K$22K$41K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$263K$263K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$28K$24K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$25K$20K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$275$275
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$8K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$13K$13K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$2K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$8K$4K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$5K$42$5K
OccupancyLn 16$50K$45K$5K
TravelLn 17$13K$13K
InsuranceLn 23$10K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$24K$16K$8K
All other expensesLn 24e$6K$1K$5K$105
Total functional expensesLn 25$522K$420K$95K$8K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $516K$522K−$6K$76K 990 PDF
FY2024 $522K$469K$53K$83K 990 PDF
FY2023 $490K$478K$12K$30K 990 PDF
FY2022 $497K$467K$31K$17K 990 PDF
FY2021 $516K$454K$63K$52K 990 PDF
FY2020 $307K$356K−$50K−$26K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $515,552 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$21,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$71,799
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$92,799
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $410,915$410,915
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $11,133$11,133
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $705$705
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $410,915 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $11,838$515,552
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $522,015 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $600$600
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $21,904 · Management $40,869$62,773
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $262,773$262,773
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $23,858 · Management $3,981$27,839
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $19,851 · Management $4,742$24,593
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $275$275
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $8,460$8,460
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $12,990$12,990
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,406 · Fundraising $3,637$6,043
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $3,767 · Fundraising $3,988$7,755
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $42 · Management $5,362$5,404
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $45,191 · Management $4,883$50,074
IX-17 TravelPrograms $13,061$13,061
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $9,537$9,537
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $15,664 · Management $7,961$23,625
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,187 · Management $4,921 · Fundraising $105$6,213
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $419,527 · Management $94,758 · Fundraising $7,730$522,015
Part X · Balance sheet $78,039 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $49,038$59,956
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $32,494$9,869
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $8,214$8,214
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $89,746$78,039
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $934−$976
X-18 Grants payable$2,666
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $6,000$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,934$1,690
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $82,812$76,349
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $82,812$76,349
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $89,746$78,039
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $76,349 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$515,552
XI-2 Total expenses$522,015
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$6,463
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$82,812
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$76,349

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