EIN 22-2505816

Project Step

Name: Project Step financials for 2022
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

2022-06-01

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.

Also known as...

Project Step Symphony Hall

Total revenues

$817,605

2022

Total expenses

$745,571

2022

Total assets

$2,909,410

2022

Num. employees

2022

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
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund	2022-06	For Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes	$103,925
Riley Mabel Louise TR Uwill	2021-12	General Operating	$50,000
Klarman Family Foundation	2021-12	Music Pathways for Youth: Unrestricted Operating Support for Fiscal Years 2022, 2023, and 2024	$40,000
...and 19 more grants received totalling $330,472

Personnel at Project Step

Name	Title	Compensation	Date of data
Alyssa Lee	FMR - Exec.	$54,481	2022-06-30
Josue Gonzalez	Executive Director	$0	2022-06-30
Javier Caballero	Artistic Director and Cellist		2021-01-14
Mariana Green Hill	Artistic Advisor and Violinist / Interim Artistic Director and Violinist , Began Studying		2021-01-14
Leigh Kelter	Director of Institutional Relations		2021-01-14
...and 13 more key personnel

Financials for Project Step

Revenues	FYE 06/2022	FYE 06/2021	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$693,224	$983,600	-29.5%
Program services	$16,263	$30,800	-47.2%
Investment income and dividends	$42,464	$40,900	3.8%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0	-
Royalty revenue	$0	$0	-
Net rental income	$0	$0	-
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$74,342	$9,300	699.4%
Net income from fundraising events	$-8,688	$0	-999%
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0	-
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0	-
Miscellaneous revenues	$0	$0	-
Total revenues	$817,605	$1,064,600	-23.2%

Form 990s for Project Step

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2022-06	2023-05-15	990	View PDF
2021-06	2022-03-09	990	View PDF
2021-06	2022-01-29	990	View PDF
2020-06	2021-04-06	990	View PDF
2019-06	2020-08-20	990	View PDF
...and 10 more Form 990s

Organizations like Project Step

Organization	Type	Location	Revenue
Preucil School of Music	501(c)(3)	Iowa City, IA	$1,870,215
Brooklyn Music School	501(c)(3)	Brooklyn, NY	$3,624,243
Bloomingdale School of Music	501(c)(3)	New York, NY	$3,008,035
Diller-Quaile School of Music	501(c)(3)	New York, NY	$3,116,050
Kids Who Care	501(c)(3)	Fort Worth, TX	$855,118
Herbert Berghof Studio (HB)	501(c)(3)	New York, NY	$2,733,644
THE Washington Conservatory of Music (WCM)	501(c)(3)	Glen Echo, MD	$1,194,047
Csehy Summer School of Music	501(c)(3)	Fountainville, PA	$559,474
Community Music School / Dare W Oconner	501(c)(3)	Raleigh, NC	$549,151
Community Music School of Collegeville	501(c)(3)	Collegeville, PA	$752,254

Data update history

July 4, 2023

Posted financials

Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022

June 29, 2023

Updated personnel

Identified 16 new personnel

June 25, 2023

Used new vendors

Identified 1 new vendor, including

June 8, 2023

Updated personnel

Identified 6 new personnel

May 7, 2023

Received grants

Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $25,000 from Harman Family Foundation

Nonprofit Types

SchoolsArts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsPerforming arts organizationsPerforming arts centersCharities

Issues

EducationArts, cultural, and humanities

Characteristics

Fundraising eventsReceives government fundingEndowed supportTax deductible 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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