Music Aid Northwest

Analysis

Music Aid Northwest is a registered charity in United States, based in Bellevue, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Music Aid Northwest reported income of $244k and spending of $277k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $253k to $244k (-3.3%), an average of -3.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Music Aid Northwest sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chester County Bar Foundation ($244k), Southern Shakespeare Company ($244k) and Atlanta Dance Theatre Inc ($244k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% of the total. At year end it held assets of $84k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $84k.