Music for Life International Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
Music for Life International Inc. was created to conceive and present musical concerts and related events to promote the awareness of significant international humanitarian crises and other public interest issues in the United States and throughout the world. The net proceeds from its humanitarian concerts at Carnegie Hall and other venues are contributed to organizations directly addressing these crises and issues.
- Income
- $2,991
- Spending
- $4,030
- Reserves
- -62.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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, 2025, 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, 2025, 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 (1)
- In Fall 2020, we created a new grant-making program, the "Partner-In-Spirit" Grants to support individual musicians, arts professionals and arts institutions who have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in local communities in New York and New Jersey. In 2022, we continued this grant making program with one additional grant to MOSSO -Musicians of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Springfield MA who were in dire financial need for the continuation of their musical programs. We have continued planning new programs to provide an instrumental music education program for underserved children and youth in New Jersey. In 2023 and 2024 no new grants were disbursed. We anticipate continuing to make grants in the future. In 2023, we laid the groundwork for a music education program for these children and youth in New Jersey and the region. We secured some instruments and teachers for this program in calendar year 2024. We have also begun planning a return to our large- scale humanitarian concert projects in 2025-2026. Our Artistic Director had to have open heart surgery in the second half of 2024 and most of our program activities planned for 2024-2025 were delayed to 2025-2026. We have restarted our planning activities in 2025-26 for major artistic events in 2027 and beyond
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 2010.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 October 7, 2026.
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