EIN 22-2505816

Project Step

Name: Project Step financials for 2023
Creator: Cause IQ
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

IRS 501(c) type

501(c)(3)

Num. employees

City

Boston

State

Massachusetts

Year formed

1983

Most recent tax filings

2023-06-01

NTEE code, primary

A6E: Performing Arts Schools

Description

Project Step, Inc. uses classical music training to bring positive change to the lives of students and their families. The organization was incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation in 1983 under the laws of Massachusetts. The program offers weekly private lessons, chamber music coaching, orchestra and theory classes to approximately 55-60 students aged six to eighteen. All graduates from the program have gone on to college or conservatory while around 60% of the students come from low-income households.

Total revenues

$6,539,500

2023

Total expenses

$772,822

2023

Total assets

$8,904,494

2023

Num. employees

2023

Program areas at Project Step

Weekly program of private lessons, chamber music coaching, orchestra and theory classes. The program includes approximately 55-60 students ages six to eightteen. 100% of the program's graduates have gone on to college or conservatory. Approximately 60% of the program's graduates are currently professionals in the field of classical music. Students have won awards and been on national television and radio.

Who funds Project Step

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits

Grantmaker	Grantmaker tax period	Description	Amount
Popplestone Foundation	2023-12	Music Education - Restricted Endowment	$5,000,000
Riley Mabel Louise TR Uwill	2023-12	General Operating	$85,000
Liberty Mutual Foundation	2023-12	Project Steps String Training Program for Underrepresented Children: Access, Intensity, Support, and Success	$50,000
...and 20 more grants received totalling $5,362,218

Personnel at Project Step

Name	Title	Compensation	Date of data
Josue Gonzalez	Executive Director	$83,494	2024-10-22
Dr. Ian Saunders	Artistic Director		2024-10-22
Alyssa Lee	FMR - Exec. / FMR - Exec. / Executive Director of	$54,481	2022-06-30

Financials for Project Step

Revenues	FYE 06/2023	FYE 06/2022	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$6,470,599	$693,224	833.4%
Program services	$12,665	$16,263	-22.1%
Investment income and dividends	$68,053	$42,464	60.3%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0	-
Royalty revenue	$0	$0	-
Net rental income	$0	$0	-
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$24,113	$74,342	-67.6%
Net income from fundraising events	$-35,930	$-8,688	-313.6%
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0	-
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0	-
Miscellaneous revenues	$0	$0	-
Total revenues	$6,539,500	$817,605	699.8%

Form 990s for Project Step

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2023-06	2024-05-13	990	View PDF
2022-06	2023-09-13	990	View PDF
2022-06	2023-05-15	990	View PDF
2021-06	2022-03-09	990	View PDF
2021-06	2022-01-29	990	View PDF
...and 12 more Form 990s

Organizations like Project Step

Organization	Type	Location	Revenue
Music Conservatory of Westchester	501(c)(3)	White Plains, NY	$3,420,687
Bloomingdale School of Music	501(c)(3)	New York, NY	$2,598,278
Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA)	501(c)(3)	Mountain View, CA	$7,953,131
Omaha Conservatory of Music (OCM)	501(c)(3)	Omaha, NE	$3,889,057
Settlement Music School	501(c)(3)	Philadelphia, PA	$12,058,099
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music	501(c)(3)	Milwaukee, WI	$3,528,199
Merit School of Music	501(c)(3)	Chicago, IL	$15,958,128
The Hochstein School	501(c)(3)	Rochester, NY	$4,469,833
Third Street Music School Settlement	501(c)(3)	New York, NY	$12,190,339
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (BCM)	501(c)(3)	Brooklyn, NY	$7,329,643

Data update history

March 27, 2025

Received grants

Identified 14 new grant, including a grant for $5,000,000 from Popplestone Foundation

December 24, 2024

Received grants

Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $5,000 from Savage Family Foundation

October 22, 2024

Updated personnel

Identified 1 new personnel

July 21, 2024

Updated personnel

Identified 5 new personnel

July 14, 2024

Received grants

Identified 7 new grant, including a grant for $38,500 from The Boston Foundation (TBF)

Nonprofit Types

SchoolsArts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsPerforming arts organizationsPerforming arts centersCharities

Issues

EducationArts, cultural, and humanities

Characteristics

Fundraising eventsReceives government fundingEndowed supportTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations

General information

Address: 301 Massachusetts Ave; Boston, MA 02115
Metro area: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
County: Suffolk County, MA
Website URL: projectstep.org/
Phone: (617) 267-5777

IRS details

EIN: 22-2505816
Fiscal year end: June
Taxreturn type: Form 990
Year formed: 1983
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78): Yes

Categorization

NTEE code, primary: A6E: Performing Arts Schools
NAICS code, primary: 6116: Other Schools and Instruction
Parent/child status: Independent

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