Melodic Caring Project: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 45-3916610)

Levi Ware’s $66K as President/CEO is at the 51st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1979 $100K–1M health care 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

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Levi Ware	$66,154	$76,923	$80,000	$83,077	$80,000	$34,000
Stephanie Ware	$38,333	$30,000	$30,000	$70,000	—	—

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

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Brings hope and music to those battling illness and isolation globally.

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1 program · $270K · in their own filed words · FY2019

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Provide love and encouragement through music to children in need by streaming live, personalized concerts and events to kids in their hospital rooms. Artists on stage made it extremely personal by recognizing each kid, calling them out by name throughout the show. The kids are rockstars, we are their #1 fans.

$270Kprogram expense

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 · FY2024

Scarcelli Family FoundationFY2024$75K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$27K

American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$18K

Ipa FoundationFY2024$12K

American Endowment FoundationFY2024$8K

Jeff and Linda Hendricks Family FoundationFY2024$1K

Total grants receivedfrom 6 funders$140K

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$275K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$248K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$27K

Money outPt IX

$299K

Ln 25

Programscol B$270K

Managementcol C$23K

Fundraisingcol D$5K

Owns and owesPt X

$148K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$384K

Total assetsLn 16$427K

LiabilitiesLn 26$279K

PeoplePt VI, VII

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listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a7

IndependentVI 1b6

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$248K

Government grantsLn 1e$3K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$18K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$122K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$27K

Total revenueLn 12$275K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$384K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$384K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14K

Total assetsLn 16$427K

LiabilitiesLn 26$279K

Net assetsLn 32$148K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 53

VolunteersI 630

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$216K	$384K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$21K	$14K
Total assetsLn 16	$257K	$427K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$85K	$279K
Net assetsLn 32	$171K	$148K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$66K	$66K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$74K	$74K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$26K	$26K
Legal feesLn 11b	$60		$60
Accounting feesLn 11c	$14K		$14K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$50K	$50K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$3K	$2K		$900
Office expensesLn 13	$13K	$5K	$4K	$4K
Information technologyLn 14	$154	$78		$76
OccupancyLn 16	$4K	$4K
TravelLn 17	$7K	$6K	$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$7K	$6K	$1K
InsuranceLn 23	$2K	$179	$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$32K	$31K	$213	$106
All other expensesLn 24e	$527	$410	$117
Total functional expensesLn 25	$299K	$270K	$23K	$5K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$405K	$342K	$63K	−$26K	990 PDF
FY2024	$315K	$393K	−$78K	−$89K	990 PDF
FY2023	$358K	$398K	−$40K	−$86K	990 PDF
FY2022	$263K	$436K	−$173K	−$46K	990 PDF
FY2021	$306K	$340K	−$33K	$127K	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$275K	$299K	−$24K	$148K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $275,250 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $220,600$248,431

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $53,700$27,000

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$10,838−$181

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $263,462$275,250

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $118,891$165,900

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $185,677$132,860

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $304,568$298,760

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$41,106−$23,510

Part VI · Governance 6 of 7 board members independent, 4 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7

VI-1b Independent voting members6

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $275,250 across 9 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$122,279

VIII-1e Government grants$3,000

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$123,152

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$18,439

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$248,431

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $27,000$27,000

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$1,000−$1,000

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $819$819

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $27,000 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$181$275,250

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $298,760 across 15 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $65,692$65,692

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $74,094$74,094

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $26,114$26,114

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $60$60

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,300$14,300

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $49,560$49,560

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,850 · Fundraising $900$2,750

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,272 · Management $4,004 · Fundraising $4,022$13,298

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $78 · Fundraising $76$154

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,900$3,900

IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,862 · Management $1,312$7,174

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,967 · Management $1,492$7,459

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $179 · Management $1,745$1,924

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $31,435 · Management $213 · Fundraising $106$31,754

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $410 · Management $117$527

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $270,413 · Management $23,243 · Fundraising $5,104$298,760

Part X · Balance sheet $427,148 assets, 13 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $215,543$384,351

X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$26,593

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $18,647$0

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,541$1,834

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $20,957$14,370

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $256,688$427,148

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $83,547$110,345

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$169,122

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $85,497$279,467

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $168,191$97,681

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,000$50,000

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $171,191$147,681

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $256,688$427,148

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $147,681 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$275,250

XI-2 Total expenses$298,760

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$23,510

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$171,191

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$147,681

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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