COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER

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)

544 CAPP ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110-2586

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

JULIE RULYAK STEINBERG, 544 CAPP STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110

Signed the 990

JULIE RULYAK STEINBERG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Phone

(415) 647-6015

Website

WWW.SFCMC.ORG

Return prepared by

NOVOGRADAC & COMPANY LLP

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 94-1156270 or by the name COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers

Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

Secretary of State, bizfile Online

Corporation status, entity number, agent for service

Franchise Tax Board

Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)

Mission

THE MISSION OF COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER IS TO MAKE HIGH-QUALITY MUSIC ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, BACKGROUNDS, AND ABILITIES, REGARDLESS OF FINANCIAL MEANS. WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF MUSIC TO CONNECT PEOPLE, CELEBRATE CULTURES AND TRANSFORM LIVES. WE ENVISION STUDENTS AND FACULTY WHO ARE ENGAGED AND FULFILLED IN MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER, AND AUDIENCES WHO ARE ENERGIZED BY THEIR EXPERIENCES. INSPIRED BY THEIR TRAINING, OUR STUDENTS ARE EMPOWERED TO FIND THEIR OWN VOICE, DEVELOP LASTING RELATIONSHIPS, EMBRACE LEARNING, AND GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Program accomplishments

• CMC OFFERS FREE AND LOW-COST PRIVATE LESSONS, ENSEMBLE AND THEORY CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, AND COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ADMINISTERS THE LARGEST TUITION-ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY. CMC FEATURES STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND GUEST ARTISTS IN HUNDREDS OF CONCERTS EACH YEAR IN THE E.A. MICHELSON CONCERT HALL, A NEW RECITAL HALL, AND IN OFF-SITE VENUES THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO. -- IN 2025, CMC SERVED 3,558 UNIQUE STUDENTS, AN INCREASE OF 3% OVER FY2024. THEIR AGE GROUPS WERE 1% 0-5, 35% 6-10, 37% 11-18, 18% 19-35, 13% 36-54, 17% 55-74, 9% 75-95, WITH 3% PROVIDING NO AGE INFORMATION. THOSE WHO IDENTIFIED THEIR GENDERS WERE 54% FEMALE, 42% MALE, 3% NONBINARY/GENDER NON-CONFORMING/ GENDERQUEER, AND 1% TRANSGENDER. THOSE WHO IDENTIFIED THEIR ETHNICITIES WERE >1% AMERICAN INDIAN, 17% ASIAN, 5% BLACK OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN, 1% FILIPINO, 34% HISPANIC OR LATINX, >1% MIDDLE EASTERN, 9% MIXED HERITAGE, >1% NATIVE HAWAIIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER, AND 34% WHITE. -- CMC AWARDED ALMOST $3 MILLION IN TUITION ASSISTANCE AND ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMMING IN RESPONSE TO FINANCIAL AID APPLICATIONS FROM ITS GROWING STUDENT BODY AND DEMAND FOR PLACES IN TUITION-FREE PROGRAMS. IN 2025, CMC'S OFFERINGS TO STUDENTS OF ALL AGES WERE MANY AND VARIED AND DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY NEEDS: -- WEEKLY PRIVATE LESSONS IN THE STUDENT'S CHOICE OF THIRTY INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING VOICE. -- ENSEMBLE AND THEORY CLASSES. -- THE TUITION-FREE YOUNG MUSICIANS PROGRAM (YMP), A COMPREHENSIVE MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SFUSD. -- THE TUITION-FREE CHILDREN'S CHORUS FOR CHILDREN AGES 8-12, LED BY BETH WILMURT. -- THE TUITION-FREE TEEN JAZZ ORCHESTRA FOR AGES 11-18, LED BY MARCUS SHELBY. -- THE TUITION-FREE NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIR PROGRAM, PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 17 SENIOR AND COMMUNITY CENTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO. -- THE TUITION-FREE NEW VOICES BAY AREA TIGQ CHORUS. -- THE TUITION-FREE INTRODUCTION TO MUSICAL THEATER CLASS FOR AGES 11-14, IN COLLABORATION WITH PACIFIC SINGERS AND ACTORS WORKSHOP -- TUITION-FREE INTERGENERATIONAL INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL CLASSES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER -- CMC SPARKS: BEGINNING GROUP PIANO, GUITAR AND STRINGS CLASSES FOR YOUNGSTERS. -- SUMMER MUSIC CAMPS, INCLUDING CAMP CMC, ROOTS & RHYTHM, CMC MARIACHI CAMP, CMC SPARKS CAMP, CHAMBER MUSIC CAMP, AND THE TUITION-FREE MUSICAL THEATER CAMP. -- CMC TEACHING ARTISTS LEAD THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT'S MARIACHI PROGRAM, MEETING A NEED FOR CULTURALLY-RESPONSIVE MUSIC EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OTHER SCHOOLS MUSICAL NEEDS, WORKING IN 13 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. -- WESTERN CLASSICAL, JAZZ, MIDDLE EASTERN, INDIAN, OLD-TIME, AND LATIN INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES FOR ADULTS; PLUS VOCAL ENSEMBLES IN ALL STYLES. -- COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES: SEVERAL IN-PERSON RECITALS EACH YEAR. -- INVITATIONS TO FREE CONCERTS. -- COLLABORATIONS WITH SFUSD TO PROVIDE THE MOST VULNERABLE WITH ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY MUSIC EDUCATION. CMC EMPHASIZES DIVERSITY IN ETHNICITIES, GENDERS, MUSICAL GENRES, CURRICULA, AND TEACHERS, AND A HOLISTIC, COMMUNITY-BASED, STUDENT-CENTERED APPROACH TO ARTS EDUCATION. RESPONSIVENESS TO COMMUNITY NEEDS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS, HAS LONG BEEN A HALLMARK OF CMC'S PROGRAMMING. EACH OF OUR TUITION-FREE PROGRAMS, FROM THE CHILDREN'S CHORUS, TEEN JAZZ ORCHESTRA, AND YOUNG MUSICIANS PROGRAM TO THE OLDER ADULT CHOIR PROGRAM, BLACK MUSIC STUDIES PROGRAM, AND NEW VOICES BAY AREA TIGQ CHORUS, HAS BEEN CREATED AND LAUNCHED WITH THE INPUT AND LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMUNITY BEING SERVED. PEOPLE FROM THESE COMMUNITIES, WOMEN, BIPOC AND LGBTQI PEOPLE SERVE ON CMC'S BOARD, FACULTY, AND STAFF. IN PARTICULAR, THE BLACK MUSIC STUDIES PROGRAM, NOW IN ITS FOURTH YEAR, HAS NEARLY DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF BLACK TEACHING ARTISTS EMPLOYED BY CMC. COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE REGULARLY SOUGHT OUT FOR EXPERT ADVICE AND FEEDBACK. ALL OF THESE EFFORTS ARE FRAMED BY OUR ONGOING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING INITIATIVE WHICH IS TRANSFORMING CMC INTO A TRULY ANTI-BIASED ORGANIZATION.THE WIDE RANGE AND COMPLEXITY OF CMC'S WORK MEANS THAT, ON A LOCAL LEVEL, WE SEEK TO FORM MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP MEET SPECIALIZED DEMANDS FOR ARTS EDUCATION. WE SHARE GOALS AND COLLABORATE WITH PARTNERS AS DIVERSE AS THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE SF ARTS COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE, THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITY AND AGING SERVICES, THE COALITION OF AGENCIES SERVING THE ELDERLY, ACCIN LATINA, MISSION CULTURAL CENTER FOR LATINO ARTS, MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER, YERBA BUENA GARDENS FESTIVAL, MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, SF SYMPHONY AND JONES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. NUMEROUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SENIOR CENTERS ALSO PARTNER WITH CMC TO FULFILL ARTS EDUCATION GOALS. CMC IS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS APPROACH: WE FORM PARTNERSHIPS, AND WE CREATE RESOURCES WHERE NONE EXIST.CMC'S PRIMARY OBJECTIVE FOR FY2026 IS TO SUSTAIN, AND WHERE POSSIBLE INCREASE, THE GROWTH THAT HAS COME WITH OUR EXPANDED MISSION DISTRICT CAMPUS THROUGH MULTI-TIERED STRATEGIES RELATED TO ENROLLMENT, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, AND CULTIVATION OF EARNED AND CONTRIBUTED INCOME.
  Expenses $7,601,853 · grants $2,970,959 · revenue $5,723,204

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

94-1156270

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

1942

Accounting year ends

June

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Arts, culture and humanities (A6E0)

Assets (IRS master file)

$17,885,530

Income (IRS master file)

$11,143,379

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 94-1156270).

Questions about COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER

What is the EIN of COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER?

The employer identification number (EIN) of COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER is 94-1156270.

Is COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1942.

Are donations to COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER tax-deductible?

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

Which annual return does COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER 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 COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER 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 COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER 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 COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names JULIE RULYAK STEINBERG.

Who are the officers and directors of COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 24 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $160,578 (JULIE RULYAK STIENBERG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).

How much revenue does COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER have?

On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $8,993,237, expenses of $8,821,052 and total assets of $17,885,530 at year end.

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