Music Workshop FY2021 filing

Tax-deductible

Portland, OR501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 90-0866667

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Music workshop's mission is to educate, inspire and motivate k-8 students through relevant and culturally responsive Music education. Music Workshop creates and provides an innovative online k-8 Music education program that any school can access and teach regardless of their means, location or teacher expertise. Our program is predicated on the 'open education' concept: a global movement that brings high quality online education to schools and students everywhere, free-of-charge. By providing educational materials directly to schools/students, Music Workshop gives teachers the necessary Music education resources to enhance their own curriculum. Music Workshop recognized that Music education is often focused on Music from european cultures. In response, we launched our culture series and in the last 36 months, created 7 new courses, native american traditional Music; latin american & caribbean Music; latin american Music; south american and traditional Music from the continent of africa

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$75K 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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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $244K a year · 28% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$75K
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 10.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $314K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$564K
Spent
$419K
To programs
77%
Net assets
$356K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$564K
FY2021
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$564K
FY2022$617K
FY2023$862K
FY2024$839K
FY2025$1.5M
Expenses
$419K
FY2021
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$419K
FY2022$481K
FY2023$671K
FY2024$765K
FY2025$792K
Net assets
$356K
FY2021
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$356K
FY2022$492K
FY2023$683K
FY2024$756K
FY2025$1.4M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2012.

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

Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $324K Management & general 14% · $60K Fundraising 8% · $35K

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; $75K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Di
$75,000Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Dir
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Dir
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Dir
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Dir
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Program Faci
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Dir
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Amy L Richter’s $105K as Executive Dir. is at the 37th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Amy L Richter$105,065$90,601———
Amy Richter——$78,594$78,594$75,000

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

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

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

Programs and updates

Provides free online music education resources to K-8 students and schools.

Provided by the organization

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1 program · $324K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Music workshop's mission is to educate, inspire and motivate students through relevant and culturally responsive music education. (see more on schedule o) music workshop's course content is dynamic, multimodal and exciting. It aligns with national and state education standards.

$324Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 1 grant · $11K · 2023–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$11,000

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$564K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$477K
Other incomeLn 4–11$87K
Money outPt IX
$419K
Ln 25
Programscol B$324K
Managementcol C$60K
Fundraisingcol D$35K
Owns and owesPt X
$356K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$356K
Total assetsLn 16$356K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$477K
Other incomeLn 4–11$87K
Total revenueLn 12$564K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$356K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$356K
Total assetsLn 16$356K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$356K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 610,500
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$214K$356K
Total assetsLn 16$214K$356K
LiabilitiesLn 26$21K$0
Net assetsLn 32$192K$356K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$150K$69K$49K$31K
Payroll taxesLn 10$16K$7K$5K$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$215K$215K
Office expensesLn 13$21K$18K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$13K$11K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$4K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$419K$324K$60K$35K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.5M$792K$675K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $839K$765K$74K$756K 990 PDF
FY2023 $862K$671K$191K$683K 990 PDF
FY2022 $617K$481K$136K$492K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $564K$419K$146K$356K 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
See the full FY2021 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $564,219 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$477,040
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$477,040
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $87,179$87,179
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $87,179$564,219
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $418,621 across 6 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $68,772 · Management $49,337 · Fundraising $31,396$149,505
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,430 · Management $5,330 · Fundraising $3,392$16,152
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $214,788$214,788
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $18,054 · Management $3,186$21,240
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $10,710 · Management $1,890$12,600
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,336$4,336
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $324,090 · Management $59,743 · Fundraising $34,788$418,621
Part X · Balance sheet $356,353 assets, 6 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $213,755$356,353
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $213,755$356,353
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $21,300$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $192,455$356,353
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $192,455$356,353
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $213,755$356,353
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $356,353 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$564,219
XI-2 Total expenses$418,621
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$145,598
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$192,455
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$18,300
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$356,353

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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