Music Farming

Legal name: Music Farming Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853857984
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Sausalito, CA, USA
Phone
8014588915
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,942
Expenses
$48,794
Assets
$76,403

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TIM PARR (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TIM PARR (PRESIDENT)
  • EDDIE BERRANG (SECRETARY)
  • DANNY CLINCH (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Music Farming provides funds for nonprofits that expand access to music through education, community, and the promotion of its many benefits.

What it reported doing in 2024

Music farming collaborates with non-profit organizations dedicated to providing music education across various communities, welcoming participants of all ages. We champion the transformative power of music, advocating for its role in fostering a lifelong journey of exploration and appreciation across all age groups. Our focus is on endorsing programs with strong local community ties, aiming to build a sustainable foundation for music education that can adapt and flourish alongside the community. Priority is given to initiatives offering music education to low-income individuals or to communities with limited or no access to music education resources.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 46% for direct work, and 54% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 75.5%; rating input score 75

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1,558.5%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.57; rating input score 59; 59th 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: 31.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -71.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -20% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 75.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.