Musically Fed
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 833226653
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Scottsdale, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 4809511882
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Food Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $536,246
- Expenses
- $524,506
- Assets
- $398,012
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Maria Brunner (Executive Director - Founder)
- Larry Nutter (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Maria Brunner (Executive Director - Founder): $84,500 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Musically Fed mobilizes the music industry to combat hunger by partnering with artists, promoters, and venues across the country. We donate unused backstage meals to community organizations, primarily supporting individuals experiencing homelessness, hunger, and food insecurity, with a special focus on veterans and families. Founded in 2019, our mission is to make a positive impact in cities nationwide. Musically Fed identifies the opportunities, procures the resources, and coordinates the distribution of food items. Since our inception, Musically Fed has expanded its Food Rescue program, which repurposes unused catering from concerts, festivals, and events nationally. We also prioritize education and community engagement through partnerships with colleges and universities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Musically Fed focused on its main mission of repurposing backstage VIP live event catering to community organizations serving the food insecure. To date, Musically Fed has provided 655,000 meals nationally and reduced food waste in the process. During 2024 Musically Fed rescued approx 126,865 meals from backstage catering at concerts, festivals and sports events-nationwide. The meals were distributed to local organizations and veterans houses serving those in need.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 85.6%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $79.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.2%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 16.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 44.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84% of revenue deployed · 85.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $449K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $84K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.