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Form 990-PFTax year 2018EIN 26-2377013

Music Doing Good Inc

A private foundation in Houston, TX. Its return for tax year 2018 lists 6 grants and $310,971 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2018 (period ending Dec 31, 2018), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

1 return on file

Tax year 2018 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2018

    $310,971

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,945,289

Grants paid in 2018

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    PROVIDED [individual] TO HOUSTON-AREA STUDENTS TO FURTHER THEIR INSTRUMENTAL OR VOCAL STUDIES THROUGH PRIVATE LESSONS, MUSIC WORKSHOPS AND TUITION THROUGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

    $267,960
  2. Houston Independent School DistrictHouston, TX

    Gently-used instruments are granted to underserved students and underfunded schools

    $40,557
  3. Individual

    GENTLY-USED [individual] ARE GRANTED TO UNDERSERVED STUDENTS AND UNDERFUNDED SCHOOLS

    $1,350
  4. American Festival for the ArtsHouston, TX

    General purpose

    $600
  5. KIPP Sharp College Prep Elementary SchoolHouston, TX

    Gently-used instruments are granted to underserved students and underfunded schools

    $280
  6. Cummings Elementary SchoolHouston, TX

    Gently-used instruments are granted to underserved students and underfunded schools

    $224

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $600100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas4 grants $41,661

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Lisa ElliottEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $100,000
  • Marie BosargePRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $0
  • Darla TollefsonTREASURER/DIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • David EaglemanDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Daniel KarpDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Delfeayo MarsalisDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ed JensenDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Carrie WoliverDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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