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US nonprofit · EIN 471624928 · Miami Beach, FLiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 471624928) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 August 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2014.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Miami Music Festival Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.5m
year to 31 August 2025
Expenses
$1.5m
year to 31 August 2025
Total assets
$1.5m
$1.4m liabilities
Net assets
$54k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
10
7.3y av
Staff
3
employees, year to 31 August 2025
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Sevag Balian
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
How am I connected?

Miami Music Festival Inc's network

10 people4 organisationsi10 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Violet dotted lines (4) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

10 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 9 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Sevag Balian ChairBoard Chair2018
8 yrs
Dr Mark HernandezTreasurer2018
8 yrs
Lesley GoldwasserTrustee2018
8 yrs
Leticia RiveraDirector Vice2018
8 yrs
Manny PerezTrustee2018
8 yrs
Michael A RossiExecutive Director2024
2 yrs
Nairi S CheckoskyTrustee2018
8 yrs
Olga FiguerasTrustee2023
3 yrs
Olga MelinTrustee2018
8 yrs
Xiaodong WUTrustee2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 August 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Michael A RossiExecutive Director40$196k
Leticia RiveraDirector Vice0$0
Sevag BalianBoard Chair0$0
Dr Mark HernandezTreasurer0$0
Olga FiguerasTrustee0$0
Nairi S CheckoskyTrustee0$0
Lesley GoldwasserTrustee0$0
Manny PerezTrustee0$0
Xiaodong WuTrustee0$0
Olga MelinTrustee0$0

About

Legal name
Miami Music Festival Inc
EIN
471624928
Address
1440 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach, FL, 33139-4108
State
Florida
Mission
The mission of the miami music festival is to provide affordable, world class musical instructions. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B40 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2014
IRS ruling date
1 December 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)
Principal officer
Michael C Rossi (Form 990-N, tax year 2014)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsSevag Balian
≥8years on the filingsDr Mark Hernandez
≥8years on the filingsLesley Goldwasser
≥8years on the filingsLeticia Rivera

Latest return

year to 31 August 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 August 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1.5m
Total liabilities
$1.4m
Net assets or fund balances
$54k
Contributions and grants received
$681k
Program service revenue
$684k
Employees
3

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$1.5m$1.5mDeficit $51k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.