Lewis P Tabarrini Childrens Music Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273287893
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Fort Myers, FL, USA
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$35,122
Expenses
$33,525
Assets
$37,764

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Karen Morreale (Board President)
  • Robert Tabarrini (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Karen Morreale (Board President)
  • Robert Tabarrini (Vice President)
  • Vic Tabarrini (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Lewis P. Tabarrini Childrens Music Outreach Foundation provides musical instruments and music lessons to children in Southwest Florida who want to play music but do not have the resources to make their dreams come true. Fundraising efforts support the purchase of instruments and supplemental materials to provide the necessary means to promote the childrens musical aspirations for those who cannot participate otherwise.

What it reported doing in 2025

We use advertising and promotions to increase outreach to communities served. We provide music lessons and instruments for children who are unable to participate due to economic instability in their families. Our services include providing musical equipment lessons and public concerts for the children. This requires equipment rental printing for instructional purposes and music arrangements. We produce on stage shows with the children who participate.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 83% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.3%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 68.4%; rating input score 68

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.5%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.3% of revenue deployed · 68.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $23K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.