My Voice Music Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800244665
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
9715338953
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Singing, Choral

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$701,127
Expenses
$914,144
Assets
$609,940
Liabilities
$33,312

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • COLEY LEHMAN (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • AMY SABIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • AMY SABIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $97,301 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

See schedule o. My voice music's mission is to amplify young voices and ignite self-discovery through music. Our mantra is "write, record, release". The process of writing an original song, recording it in the studio and then releasing it to the public helps students grow as artists and leaders.

What it reported doing in 2025

Mvm's satellite programs bring songwriting and recording programs to youth in day centers and treatment programs. In 2025 our satellite programs served 719 youth across seven portland-area facilities:* the trillium parry center and albertina kerr residential facilities, serving youth navigating mental health challenges.* sage, an intensive residential program for young women recovering from commercial sexual exploitation.continued on schedule o. * morrison child & family services' counterpoint, an outpatient program for boys who have experienced trauma and abuse and have exhibited problematic sexual behaviors. Counterpoint programming occurs onsite at mvm studios.* p: ear, a drop-in day center for homeless youth. In fall 2024, we began hosting regular recording workshops for p: ear youth at mvm studios.* the dougy center, a nonprofit that provides safe space where children, teens, young adults, and their families can share their experiences with death and grieving.* nexus family healing, a residential youth mental health program that serves a small group (6-8 youth at a time).in 2025, we shifted our evaluation methodology from end-of-session surveys to exit interviews with youth and partner staff, finding that open conversation yields more nuanced feedback about participant experience and program impact. All seven partners continued or expanded programming in 2025, with two partners (p: ear and counterpoint) bringing youth to mvm studios for hands-on recording, indicating deepening engagement and trust in our model. Our longtime partner albertina kerr has requested additional programming for 2026.debriefs with partners and youth confirm deepening engagement with music. As one participant from p: ear shared, "music is definitely like a release, an outlet for me." partners report that workshops enhance participants' social and emotional skills, helping youth share stories through prosocial self-expression.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.4%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 59.3%; rating input score 59
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 85.3%; rating input score 85; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -30.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.4% of revenue deployed · 59.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $542K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $97K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 11/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.