The Blueprint Music Academy Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 991516851
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Westlake Village, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3106999976
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,950
- Expenses
- $923
- Assets
- $1,027
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JASAN RADFORD (President)
- ROBERT SARZO JR (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- JASAN RADFORD (President)
- ROBERT SARZO JR (Vice President)
- AMBER BRUNO (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The blueprint music academy is dedicated to empowering underserved youth and veterans in the conejo valley, los angeles, ventura, and santa barbara counties by providing access to comprehensive, high-quality music education and real industry training. Founded by industry leaders, our academy serves youth in foster care, underserved communities, and veterans through expert instruction in voice, instrumental music, music production (live and studio), booking, artist management, and video production.
What it reported doing in 2024
We believe in creating a safe and supportive environment where participants can freely express their creative potential while developing career-focused skills needed to navigate the music industry successfully. Through our partnership with guitars for vets and our commitment to free or discounted lessons, instruments, and rehearsal space, we ensure that every participantregardless of backgroundhas the opportunity to learn, grow, and perform at our state-of-the-art facility.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 45.9%; rating input score 46
- Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 52.7%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 49; 49th 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 45.9% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $895 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.