Public Charity

SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION

SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW YORK, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $7.8M revenue, $8.1M expenses, $8.3M total assets. 107 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $8.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 136089816 NEW YORK, NY Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$7.8M
Total Expenses$8.1M
Total Assets$8.3M
Grant Records107
Funding Total$8.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION HELPS KIDS, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL THROUGH THE POWER OF MAKING MUSIC.

Where $100 goes at Save the Music Foundation

How Save the Music Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$79 Programs the work itself
$4 Management running the organization
$17 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $79 for programs

$79
Save the Music Foundation ("foundation") is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to creating systemic change in the american public school system by restoring instrumental music programs and by…
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 2,992 schools; 99 schools; 72,000 students
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Alan Sartirana
DIRECTOR Alec Glasser
SENIOR DIR., PHILANTHROPY Ariel Usatin
DIRECTOR Bob Carrigan
DIRECTOR Candice Brancazio
CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER Chiho Feindler

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$5,864,287 59 grants
Arts & Culture
$877,565 19 grants
Education
$452,497 14 grants
Youth Development
$275,000 2 grants
Health & Medicine
$192,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $7.8M $8.1M $8.3M
2024 $10.7M $9.0M $7.3M
2023 $8.8M $8.8M $6.4M
2022 $8.2M $8.0M $6.4M
2021 $8.2M $5.2M $5.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $8.2M to $7.8M (-5%), with total assets most recently reported at $8.3M.

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