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US nonprofit · EIN 800653896 · Brooklyn, NYiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 800653896) - 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 time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 October 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. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Music Brings Life Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$109k
year to 31 October 2025
Expenses
$88k
year to 31 October 2025
Total assets
$0
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$0
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
6.0 years on average
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 October 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
Exemption reinstated on 15 May 2014. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 May 2014 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
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Music Brings Life Inc's network

5 peoplei5 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

5 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.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Daniella FairbarnCompany secretary2021
5 yrs
EON GriffithsDirector2021
5 yrs
Keenan BristolPresident2020
6 yrs
Paula EllisTreasurer2020
6 yrs
Prince FordDirector2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Daniella FairbairnCompany secretarysince 2017
Keenan BristolPresidentsince 2017
Nick PortantiereVice Presidentsince 2017
Paula EllisTreasurersince 2017

Pay and hours

year to 31 October 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
Eon GriffithsDirector20$0
Prince FordDirector20$0
Daniella FairbarnSecretary20$0
Paula EllisTreasurer20$0
Keenan BristolPresident20$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Music Brings Life Inc
EIN
800653896
Address
1211 Loring Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11208-5056
State
New York
Mission
Music Brings Life is 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that educates young people in the Black, Latino, and Caribbean communities about the importance of donating blood. Donating blood is a community responsibility. We must work together to make sure that blood is available whenever a sick person needs it (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
A99 Arts, culture and humanities
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Size band
0 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2011
IRS ruling date
1 August 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsKeenan Bristol
≥6years on the filingsPaula Ellis
≥6years on the filingsPrince Ford
≥5years on the filingsDaniella Fairbarn

Latest return

year to 31 October 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 October 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$0
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$0
Contributions and grants received
$110k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$19k$18k$1k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Music Brings Life Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
New York
Entity type
Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
Status
Active
Formed
22 February 2011
Registered agent
Not stated