501c3

501C3 Statement

Power of Music is a federally qualified independent nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Power of Music adheres to principles of operational transparency, and at the end of 2019, which is our first operating year, our financial records will be open to the public via our first Federal Form 990 non-profit tax statement. We are a new charitable organization and therefore have little to no funds or any records to share at this time.  (You can help change that!)

As stated elsewhere on our site, in our first year of operation, our primary goal is to raise funds to provide musical instruments to St. Louis Public School classrooms and provide coaching to the elementary school music teachers in the St. Louis Public School District, while also raising funds to broaden this program in the coming years.

Currently our only form of funding is from financial contributions from the public, and as such, Power of Music maintains strict cost controls in all phases of its operations, with fiduciary oversight provided by our volunteer board of directors. Every dollar taken in will go to programs benefiting students.