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The Meredith and Rosemary Willson Charit (aka the Music Man Foundation): 41 grants to organizations, $4.2 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Meredith and Rosemary Willson Charit (aka the Music Man Foundation), a private foundation in Los Angeles, CA, paid 41 grants to organizations totaling $4,238,030 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 14, 2025. The largest was $300,000 to Aspen Institute in Washington, DC for neuroarts blueprint initiative.
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- EIN
- 461015108
- Based in
- Los Angeles, CA
- Assets
- $80,604,443
- Grants paid
- $4,238,030
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 14, 2025, IRS object ID 202523189349101742. It reported $4,238,030 in grants paid; 41 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | Neuroarts blueprint initiative | Social science | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts | Washington, DC | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Save the Music Foundation | New York, NY | General operating support | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Regents of the University of California | San Francisco, CA | School of nursing/sound health | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Music Therapy Association | Silver Spring, MD | Website & technology infrastructure | Health care | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arts for Healing and Justice Network | Long Beach, CA | General operating support | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Etm-La Inc | Burbank, CA | General operating support | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | Youth development | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture | Los Angeles, CA | La county arts ed collective | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Music Will | Montclair, NJ | General operating support | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education | Oklahoma City, OK | Arts education data project | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Equity Arc | Cincinnati, OH | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $135,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Create Ca | Pasadena, CA | General operating support | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture | Los Angeles, CA | La county arts ed collective | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Los Angeles Opera Company | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Braver Angels | New York, NY | General operating support | Human services | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| California for the Arts | Sacramento, CA | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| California for the Arts | Sacramento, CA | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Creativets | Nashville, TN | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harmony Project | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Educational Theatre Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | "the unsinkable molly brown" grants | $93,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lifetime Arts | Pelham, NY | Integrating music/aging phase 1 | Arts, culture and humanities | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mason City Foundation | Mason City, IA | General operating support | Environment | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Association for Music Education | Philadelphia, PA | Advocacy efforts | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Guild for Community Arts Education | New York, NY | Advocacy efforts | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arts for La | West Covina, CA | General operating support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Riverside Arts Academy | Riverside, CA | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tonality | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Music USA | New York, NY | New music incubator-los angeles | Arts, culture and humanities | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arts for La | West Covina, CA | General operating support | $37,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Grantmakers in the Arts | Bronx, NY | Advocacy activities | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education | Oklahoma City, OK | Arts education data project | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Regents of the University of California | San Francisco, CA | Meredith willson pilot research grants | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mason City Foundation | Mason City, IA | Capital improvements | Environment | $12,310 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York University | New York, NY | Jameel arts & health lab | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mason City Foundation | Mason City, IA | Capital improvements | Environment | $5,220 | apps.irs.gov |
| City of Hope | Duarte, CA | Music therapy | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Academy Museum Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | General operating support | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Levine Music | Washington, DC | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Merit School of Music | Chicago, IL | General operating support | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $1,082,000 |
| Social science | $300,000 |
| Health care | $200,000 |
| Youth development | $150,000 |
| Education | $110,000 |
| Human services | $100,000 |
| Environment | $97,530 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $1,990,500 |
| New York | $615,000 |
| District of Columbia | $601,000 |
| Ohio | $228,000 |
| Maryland | $200,000 |
| Oklahoma | $175,000 |
| New Jersey | $150,000 |
| Tennessee | $100,000 |
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Updated November 14, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.