EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

122 E 42ND ST RM 2000, NEW YORK, NY 10168-2102

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

JANICE WEINMAN, 122 EAST 42ND STREET 2000, NEW YORK, NY 101681503

Signed the 990

JANICE WEINMAN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Phone

(212) 972-4788

Website

WWW.ETMONLINE.ORG

Return prepared by

LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP

Mission

EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC (ETM) WAS FORMED TO PROMOTE THE USE OF MUSIC IN THE CORE CURRICULA OF UNDER-RESOURCED SCHOOLS AS A MEANS OF POSITIVELY IMPACTING STUDENT MOTIVATION, ACHIEVEMENT, AND SELF-CONFIDENCE BY PROVIDING YEAR-LONG, IN-SCHOOL MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS WITH A DEDICATED STAFF OF TEACHERS AND SUPPORT MANAGEMENT, ETM MAKES MUSIC EDUCATION A REALITY FOR THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE LIMITED OR NO EXPOSURE TO MUSIC INSTRUCTION AT SCHOOL. DURING 2024-2025, ETM'S PARTNER SCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE, DIRECT MUSIC INSTRUCTION TO OVER 19,000 CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY.

Program accomplishments

• PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2024-25DURING THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC WORKED TO SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT, WHILE BUILDING CAPACITY AMONG SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE MUSIC PROGRAMS. ETM DELIVERED MUSIC CLASSES TO 19,086 UNDER-RESOURCED CHILDREN AT 55 SCHOOLS IN LOWER-INCOME NEW YORK CITY NEIGHBORHOODS. OF THE STUDENTS SERVED, APPROXIMATELY 23% HAD SPECIAL NEEDS, 17% WERE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, AND 86% WERE LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. 95% OF ETM STUDENTS WERE PEOPLE OF COLOR: 57% HISPANIC, 32% BLACK, AND 6% ASIAN (AS CATEGORIZED IN SCHOOL CENSUS REPORTS). THESE 55 PARTNER SCHOOLS WERE LOCATED IN ALL FIVE NEW YORK CITY BOROUGHS: 31 BRONX, 11 BROOKLYN, 4 MANHATTAN, 8 QUEENS, AND 1 STATEN ISLAND, ALLOWING US TO WORK WITH MORE THAN 19,000 CHILDREN EACH WEEK, WHICH INCLUDED 28 BAND, ORCHESTRA, AND CHORUS PROGRAMS. ETM'S PROGRAMS PROVIDED:- STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE, SEQUENTIAL, AND SKILLS-, AND STANDARDS-BASED MUSIC INSTRUCTION AS WELL AS ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, SUCH AS BAND, ORCHESTRA, AND CHORUS.- MUSIC TEACHERS WITH ONGOING TRAINING, MENTORING, AND OVERSIGHT.- CLASSROOM TEACHERS WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.- PRINCIPALS WITH LEADERSHIP AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT GUIDANCE.- PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT MUSIC EDUCATION AND TO SEE THEIR CHILDREN PERFORM. CORE MUSIC INSTRUCTION AND ENRICHMENTSTUDENTS IN ETM PARTNER SCHOOLS RECEIVED WEEKLY CORE MUSIC CLASSES DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, WITH ETM TEACHERS PROVIDING 33,984 HOURS OF IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AT 55 SCHOOLS. TEACHERS INCORPORATED AGE-APPROPRIATE SONGS AND INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS: XYLOPHONES, HAND PERCUSSION, AND UKULELES. MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTION INCORPORATED MUSIC TECHNOLOGY IN STATE-OF-THE-ART LABS. INSTRUCTION FOLLOWED ETM'S GRADE-LEVEL MUSIC CURRICULUM, WHICH ALIGNS WITH NEW YORK STATE AND NATIONAL STANDARDS. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING A FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN MUSIC, MUSIC TEACHERS EMPLOYED INTEGRATION STRATEGIES AND COLLABORATED WITH CLASSROOM TEACHERS TO REINFORCE COGNITIVE SKILLS THAT SUPPORTED STUDENT LEARNING IN OTHER SUBJECTS, SUCH AS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, HISTORY, MATH, AND SCIENCE. EACH SCHOOL PERFORMED A WINTER AND SPRING CONCERT, WITH 13,360 PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND TEACHERS ATTENDING. BY PERFORMING IN THESE CONCERTS, STUDENTS SHOWCASED THEIR NEW SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO PEERS, PARENTS, AND THEIR WIDER SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.ENSEMBLES AND ENRICHMENTTHIS YEAR ETM CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND GROWTH OF EXTRACURRICULAR ENSEMBLES WITH 28 ENSEMBLES PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR'S CONCERTS: 8 CONCERT BANDS, 3 STRING ORCHESTRAS, 7 MODERN BANDS, 9 CHOIRS, AND ONE BUCKET DRUMMING CLUB. THESE GROUPS WERE LED BY ETM-TRAINED AND -SUPPORTED MUSIC TEACHERS AND TYPICALLY REHEARSED 1-3 TIMES PER WEEK, BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL, WITH ADDITIONAL SMALL GROUP LESSONS. PARTICIPATION IN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, PART OF ETM'S "EXTENDED DAY," RESULTED IN OVER 1,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THESE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR A TOTAL OF OVER 1,290 SESSIONS/HOURS. MUSIC TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTETM PROVIDED 90+ HOURS OF TARGETED TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO 50 TEACHERS, BEGINNING WITH OUR ANNUAL ETM ACADEMY, 60 HOURS OF MANDATORY TRAINING FOR ALL ETM MUSIC TEACHERS, HELD AUG. 19 - AUG. 26, 2024. THESE WORKSHOPS FOCUSED ON SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, CONCERT AND PERFORMANCE ELEMENTS, AND CREATING INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS, AMONG OTHER TOPICS. ETM ALSO HELD 25 ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THESE SESSIONS INCLUDED TEACHING MUSIC TO SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS, ELL STRATEGIES IN THE MUSIC ROOM, AND BUCKET DRUMMING LINE AND BODY PERCUSSION, AMONG OTHER TOPICS. THIS YEAR, ETM ACHIEVED A 100% TEACHER RETURN RATE.ETM PROGRAM STAFF ALSO PROVIDED ONGOING SUPPORT AND MENTORING TO TEACHERS, VISITING EACH ETM TEACHER ON SITE AT LEAST ONCE PER MONTH, AND HOLDING REGULAR CHECK-INS.BUILDING CAPACITY TO SUSTAIN PROGRAMSPRINCIPALS RECEIVED ONE-ON-ONE GUIDANCE ON PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, ASSESSMENT, BUDGET PLANNING, AND IDENTIFYING FUNDING RESOURCES. ETM PROVIDED ONGOING SUPPORT TO PRINCIPALS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR TO PROMOTE BUY-IN FOR MUSIC PROGRAMS. ETM STAFF AND MUSIC TEACHERS BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND ENGAGED PARENTS. ETM'S MODEL IS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED WHEN THE SCHOOL HIRES A MUSIC TEACHER FULL-TIME.PUBLIC PERFORMANCES & PROGRAMMINGDURING 2024-25, OUR STUDENTS PERFORMED AT THE ICONIC APOLLO THEATER, YANKEE STADIUM, ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER, YOUTUBE HEADQUARTERS, THE BRONX DAY PARADE, THE BRONX STATE OF THE BOROUGH ADDRESS, AND HAVE PERFORMED ALONGSIDE GRAMMY-WINNING ARTISTS AT THE BEACON THEATER AND THE PERELMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. IN MAY 2025, WE HOSTED OUR INAUGURAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS WHEREIN NINE ROCK BANDS FROM FOUR ETM PARTNER SCHOOLS GATHERED AT MS419 IN QUEENS TO SHOW OFF THEIR SKILLS AND COMPETE FOR THE TOP PRIZE.EVALUATIONEACH YEAR, PROGRAM STAFF MEMBERS CONDUCT REGULAR SITE VISITS TO EACH SCHOOL AND MUSIC TEACHER; OBSERVE AND EVALUATE MUSIC TEACHERS USING A RUBRIC TO RATE PLANNING AND PREPARATION, CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT, INTEGRATION, AND INSTRUCTION; AND DISCUSS OBSERVATIONS AND OFFER SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT. OUR OBSERVATION RUBRICS ALIGN WITH THE DANIELSON FRAMEWORK, THE SYSTEM USED BY THE NYCDOE. IN ADDITION, ETM ENGAGES METIS, A NYC-BASED RESEARCH AND EVALUATION FIRM SPECIALIZING IN P-12 EDUCATION AND ARTS EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT, TO EVALUATE THE PARTNER SCHOOL PROGRAM. METIS ADMINISTERED TEACHER, PRINCIPAL, AND FAMILY SURVEYS AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM METIS'S INTERIM REPORT INDICATE THAT: 64% OF TEACHERS FELT THAT ETM STUDENTS IMPROVED THEIR ORAL EXPRESSIONS SKILLS SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE OF MUSIC CLASS; 80% OF TEACHERS FELT ETM PROGRAMMING SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED STUDENTS' CONFIDENCE; 65% IMPROVED CRITICAL THINKING; 65% IMPROVED FOCUS; 65% AUTONOMY/INDEPENDENCE; AND 61% PROBLEM SOLVING. 95% OF PARENTS REPORTED THAT MUSIC CLASS HELPED BUILD THEIR CHILD'S CONFIDENCE. 83% OF PARENTS ALSO SAID THAT IT IS "VERY IMPORTANT" THAT THEIR CHILD RECEIVE MUSIC INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOL. FINALLY, 85% OF ETM SCHOOLS SCORED ABOVE PREVIOUS YEAR'S NYS ELA TEST SCORES AND 98% SCORED ABOVE THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S NYS MATH TEST SCORES.
  Expenses $4,924,087 · revenue $1,952,656

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

13-3613210

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1991

Accounting year ends

June

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Arts, culture and humanities (A99Z)

Assets (IRS master file)

$6,306,016

Income (IRS master file)

$8,004,193

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 13-3613210).

Questions about EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC

What is the EIN of EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC is 13-3613210.

Is EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1991.

Are donations to EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Who is the principal officer of EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names JANICE WEINMAN.

Who are the officers and directors of EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 30 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $296,800 (JANICE WEINMAN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER).

How much revenue does EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $4,640,473, expenses of $6,263,496 and total assets of $6,306,016 at year end.

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