Public Charity

COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER

COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER is a Public Charity headquartered in SAN FRANCISCO, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $9.0M revenue, $8.8M expenses, $17.9M total assets. 95 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $4.2M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 941156270 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Performing Arts Schools NTEE: A6E Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$9.0M
Total Expenses$8.8M
Total Assets$17.9M
Grant Records95
Funding Total$4.2M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER IS TO MAKE HIGH-QUALITY MUSIC ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, BACKGROUNDS, AND ABILITIES, REGARDLESS OF FINANCIAL MEANS. WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF MUSIC TO CONNECT PEOPLE, CELEBRATE CULTURES AND TRANSFORM LIVES. WE ENVISION STUDENTS AND FACULTY WHO ARE ENGAGED AND FULFILLED IN MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER, AND AUDIENCES WHO ARE ENERGIZED BY THEIR EXPERIENCES. INSPIRED BY THEIR TRAINING, OUR STUDENTS ARE EMPOWERED TO FIND THEIR OWN VOICE, DEVELOP LASTING RELATIONSHIPS, EMBRACE LEARNING, AND GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Where $100 goes at Community Music Center

How Community Music Center divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$72 Programs the work itself
$4 Management running the organization
$24 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $72 for programs

$72
Cmc offers free and low-cost private lessons, ensemble and theory classes, workshops, and community performances throughout the year and administers the largest tuition-assistance program of its kind in…
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 3,558 students; 13 schools
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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 Andrew Colombi
DIRECTOR Barbara Kosnar
DIRECTOR Brooke Joseph
DIRECTOR Catherine Russell
DIRECTOR Clifford Brown Jr
PRESIDENT Debbie Chinn

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,776,179 39 grants
Arts & Culture
$1,357,749 34 grants
Education
$911,120 17 grants
Health & Medicine
$38,000 2 grants
Unspecified
$86,779 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $9.0M $8.8M $17.9M
2024 $8.7M $8.8M $17.4M
2023 $8.4M $7.2M $16.9M
2022 $8.0M $6.6M $15.3M
2021 $6.7M $16.1M $16.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $6.7M to $9.0M (+35%), with total assets most recently reported at $17.9M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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