First Friday Music Club Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The primary goal of the First Friday Music Club is to enhance and supplement deficiencies in the arts especially music caused by continuous budget cuts in music education. By hiring professional musicians to assist teachers conduct workshops provide free lessons to students in need and give students unique performance and training opportunities throughout the community we are able to fill that void.
- Income
- $56,189
- Spending
- $43,961
- Reserves
- 13 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 80%
- Highest pay
- $37,030, president
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $21,175 spent. Performance experiences: In 2024 the students had 42 performances at 14 different venues including 9 community events reaching several thousand people. About 50 students of all ages benefitted from performing live. Live performances in a band setting teach responsibility listening to fellow band members taking turns so besides mastering your instrument the students also learn basic life skills they will benefit from their whole life.
- $15,624 spent. The First Friday Music Club assists music programs at local schools by hiring professional musicians during the whole school year to assist teachers with Guitar classes Orchestra and Jazz classes. Professional musicians help individual students or small groups of students master their instrument or newly learned songs. The professionals also will help with phrasing or improvisation and any other musically more advanced techniques teachers dont have the ability to teach in a big class setting. The First Friday Music Club also provides annual Jazz workshops for Jazz class at the local Middle School which culminates in a live performance where students get a chance to perform with the professionals. There are 90 students in three guitar classes at the local High School Point Loma High School and 130 student in Guitar Orchestra and Jazz at the local Middle School Correia Middle School. The number of students vary each year depending on enrollment. In 2024 we provided a total of 162 hours of assistance benefitting 220 students. The First Friday Music Club especially president Glen Fishers passion of music education have been instrumental in a sequential guitar program from 5th to 12th grade in our cluster.
- $6,600 spent. Providing music lessons at no cost to students in need is a priority spreading the love for music to all people. We are also committed to provide musical opportunities for special needs students creating ensembles for them to play with. In 2024 we provided 5 students with weekly 1 hour free music instruction for the entire year. We hired a guitar and bass player to benefit a student with special needs creating a band setting during lessons.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 2006.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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