Message in the Music

Analysis

Message in the Music is a registered charity in United States, based in Greenbelt, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Message in the Music reported income of $56k and spending of $59k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $152k to $56k (-63%), an average of -63% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Message in the Music sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 24th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging-Mo Valley Chaptr ($56k), Band Support Organization ($56k) and Gloucester Scholarship Foundation Inc ($56k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 3.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $419 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $419.