Public Charity

The People's Music School

The People's Music School, of Chicago, IL, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $4.2M in revenue, $3.2M in expenses, $5.1M in total assets. 67 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.2M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 510192597 Chicago, IL Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.2M
Total Expenses$3.2M
Total Assets$5.1M
Grant Records67
Funding Total$2.2M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

The People's Music School (Organization") is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 1975, that increases access to the benefits of music education by providing 100% free, high-quality music instruction to children who otherwise (Continued on Schedule O)

Sample Grants Received

2024
Grant to arts programming at the community level for youth
$100,000
$100,000
2024
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$68,890
2024
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMMING TO ENHANCE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MUSIC LEARNING
$50,000
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$23,300

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Officers & Directors

Director Adam Lucas
Director Anthony Salazar
Director Carolyn Jaw
Director Cecy Vangetson
Director Christie Crouch
Director Cici Zheng

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Top Grant Purposes

ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$264,663 8 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$253,778 9 grants
General operating support. Contribution to Rito Simo Roof Deck, Matching end of year 2021 contribution - Support for operations, programs, and digitalization. Support of March 25, 2022 Big Night Gala (no tickets or benefits). Support for Big Night 2022 (no tickets or benefits), Big Night Support (no tickets or benefits).
$211,000 2 grants
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$155,500 4 grants
Grant to arts programming at the community level for youth
$150,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $4.2M $3.2M $5.1M
2024 $2.9M $3.3M $3.4M
2023 $2.8M $3.2M $3.9M
2022 $2.5M $3.7M $4.3M
2021 $3.2M $2.9M $5.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $3.2M to $4.2M (+29%), with total assets most recently reported at $5.1M.

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