Foundation for Music Based Learning
Foundation for Music Based Learning is a private foundation focused on Arts and culture, based in Greensboro, NC. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $8K. Net investment income was $2K.
Foundation for Music Based Learning at a glance
In short: Foundation for Music Based Learning gave $8K across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $2K), mostly in North Carolina. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $7,805
- -13.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 4
- +100.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $1,951
- -56.6% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $1,365
- Total assets
- $1,003,135
- +19.5% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- North Carolina (97% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Foundation for Music Based Learning funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 4 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Mustard Seed Community Health ($5K). Together the top 4 received $8K.
Grant Size Distribution
7 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 7 grants of 7 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.
Cities
How Foundation for Music Based Learning gives
- In 2025 it paid out 100% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1K (2020) to $38K (2023). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $8K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Mustard Seed Community Health Greensboro, NC | Education | $5,000 |
| Guilford County Schools Greensboro, NC | Education | $2,480 |
| Friends of South Florida Music Inc Miami, FL | Education | $250 |
| Gate City Musikgarten High Point, NC | Education | $75 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,003,135 | $-3,188 | $60,109 | $7,805 | 4 | $47,743 | $2,474 | $47,787 |
| 2024 | $839,525 | $23,137 | $47,413 | $9,000 | 2 | $9,000 | $14,370 | — |
| 2023 | $794,234 | $49,460 | $42,173 | $37,500 | 1 | — | $14,460 | — |
| 2022 | $674,447 | $9,272 | $1,629 | — | — | $429 | $7,643 | — |
| 2021 | $666,804 | $23,683 | $2,671 | — | — | — | $23,683 | — |
| 2020 | $645,792 | $8,398 | $5,099 | $1,050 | 1 | — | $7,348 | — |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Foundation for Music Based Learning reported a distributable amount of $48K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Foundation for Music Based Learning's 2025 filing lists 3 officers; 1 of 3 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jeff Spickard
Director
On filings since 2022
10 hrs/week
$25K (2025)
Linda Robinson
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lorna L. Heyge
Director
On filings since 2020
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (1)
- Former: Herman K Heyge (2020–2021) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $25K, to Jeff Spickard (Director).
Frequently asked questions about Foundation for Music Based Learning
How much does Foundation for Music Based Learning give each year?
Foundation for Music Based Learning gave $8K across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $9K across 2 grants.
What is Foundation for Music Based Learning's typical grant size?
Foundation for Music Based Learning's median grant in 2025 was $1,365, and its average grant was $1,951, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Foundation for Music Based Learning give grants?
Foundation for Music Based Learning gives mostly in North Carolina: 97% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Greensboro, NC (2 grants).
Does Foundation for Music Based Learning give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on Foundation for Music Based Learning's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Education" (4 grants).
How large is Foundation for Music Based Learning?
Foundation for Music Based Learning reported $1.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $48K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $48K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What is Foundation for Music Based Learning?
Foundation for Music Based Learning is a private foundation focused on Arts and culture, based in Greensboro, NC. It holds $1.0M in total assets as of 2025.
What is Foundation for Music Based Learning's EIN?
Foundation for Music Based Learning's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 56-1853136. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS January 11, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS January 31, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS December 21, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 4, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS January 29, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 12, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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