Nonprofit · EIN 27-3418121
MUSIC IN THE SOMERSET HILLS INC
Tax-exempt · BERNARDSVILLE, NJ 07924
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | 990 | $332,897 | $309,371 | $23,526 | $127,655 | $25,963 | $101,692 |
| July 31, 2024 | 990 | $318,720 | $242,557 | $76,163 | $110,186 | $32,020 | $78,166 |
| July 31, 2023 | 990 | $172,784 | $204,609 | -$31,825 | $31,314 | $29,311 | $2,003 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $230,741
- Program service revenue
- $50,723
- Investment income
- $1,306
- Net income from fundraising events
- $49,630
- Other revenue
- $50,127
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $112,000
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $122,076
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $21,900
- Occupancy
- $5,000
- Travel
- $1,110
- Program services (functional)
- $236,544
- Management and general (functional)
- $55,224
- Fundraising (functional)
- $17,603
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $110,186
- Total assets, end of year
- $127,655
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $25,963
- Net assets, end of year
- $101,692
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $101,223
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $469
- Gross receipts
- $386,902
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 30
- Year formed
- 2010
- State of legal domicile
- NJ
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHEN SANDS | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $91,800 |
| ERIC COLWELL | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| JANINE MURTHA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ERIN MISTELE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| FERRILL ROLL | CHAIR OF FINANCE COMMITTEE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| PAMELA NARDONE | CHAIR OF EVENTS Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| ROBERT SIMON | CHAIR OF PERSONNEL Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JOANNE BOREK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GLORIA CHU | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PATRICIA FRENCH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CATHERINE A PANE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KRISTIN SANDS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOAN SEIGLE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RICHARD SOMERSET-WARD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended July 31, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHEN SANDS | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $65,141 |
| JOAN SEIGLE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JANINE MURTHA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ERIN MISTELE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| FERRILL ROLL | CHAIR OF FINANCE COMMITTEE Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| PAMELA NARDONE | CHAIR OF EVENTS Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| ROBERT SIMON | CHAIR OF PERSONNEL Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| JOANNE BOREK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GLORIA CHU | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN PRESTON HARLOW | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIC COLWELL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CATHERINE A PANE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KRISTIN SANDS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RICHARD SOMERSET-WARD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended July 31, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHEN SANDS | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 15 | $51,060 |
| JOAN SEIGLE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JANINE MURTHA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ERIN MISTELE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| FERRILL ROLL | CHAIR OF FINANCE COMMITTEE Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| PAMELA NARDONE | CHAIR OF EVENTS Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| LINDA WALKER | CHAIR OF PERSONNEL Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| JOANNE BOREK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GLORIA CHU | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRIAN PRESTON HARLOW | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CATHERINE PANE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KRISTIN SANDS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RICHARD SOMERSET-WARD | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 88 CLAREMONT RD, BERNARDSVILLE, NJ 07924-2210
- In care of
- % STEPHEN SANDS
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JANINE MURTHA, 88 CLAREMONT ROAD, BERNARDSVILLE, NJ 07924
- Signed the 990
- JANINE MURTHA, TREASURER
- Phone
- (908) 407-3066
- Website
- WWW.MUSICSH.ORG
- Return prepared by
- JAMES M WOOD CPA
Mission
MUSIC IN THE SOMERSET HILLS, INC. MISSION IS TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS OF NEW JERSEY'S SOMERSET HILLS AND THE SURROUNDING REGION WITH AN UNPARALLELED VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO HEAR, PERFORM AND LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD'S GREAT CLASSICAL MUSIC THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OF CAPTIVATING PERFORMANCES, ARTISTIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGH PERFORMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMATEUR SINGERS/MUSICIANS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG, EMERGING ARTISTS.
Program accomplishments
- ANNUAL CONCERT SERIES CONSISTED OF ALL IN-PERSON PERFORMANCES. THE IN-PERSON EVENTS WERE HELD AT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SOMERSET HILLS AREA AND INCLUDED PRIVATE HOMES, CHURCHES, THEATRES, AND OUTDOOR RECREATION SPACE. TICKET PRICES RANGED FROM FREE TO $250 DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION AND PERFORMERS. EVENTS HELD IN THE 2024-2025 CONCERT YEAR WERE GUILDED AGE AT BLAIRSDEN, HELD IN OCTOBER AT A PRIVATE ESTATE IN BEDMINSTER; AMUSE BOUCHE, A PRIVATE EVENT HELD IN NOVEMBER AT A PRIVATE HOME; AN ELIZABETHAN CHRISTMAS, HELD IN DECEMBER AT A THEATRE IN MADISON; JANUARY JAZZ, HELD IN JANUARY AT A RESTAURANT IN BERNARDSVILLE; BACH & GIBBONS, HELD IN JANUARY AT A CHURCH IN MORRISTOWN; DURUFLE REQUIEM, HELD IN MARCH AT A CHURCH IN MORRISTOWN; THE YALE WHIFFENPOOFS, HELD IN APRIL AT A CHURCH IN PLUCKEMIN; HARMONIAS DEL CARIBE, HELD IN MAY AT A THEATRE IN BOUND BROOK; MUSIC OF THE SILVER SCREEN, INCLUDING THE SOMERSET HILLS CHORUS, HELD IN JUNE AT A SCHOOL IN BASKING RIDGE; AND OUTREACH CONCERTS (2) HELD IN MAY AT RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES IN LIBERTY CORNER AND HACKETTSTOWN; ATTENDANCE AT THESE CONCERTS APPROXIMATED 1,900 WHICH INCLUDED STUDENTS WHO WERE ADMITTED FREE OF CHARGE.Expenses $230,386 · revenue $46,083
- SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS IN GRADES 2-12. THE CAMP CONSISTS OF A FOUR-DAY PROGRAM HELD AT AN AREA CHURCH. ENROLLMENT IN THE CAMP APPROXIMATED 20 STUDENTS. EARLY MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM CLASSES ARE AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN 0-4 YEARS OF AGE. ENROLLMENT IN THE EDUCATION CLASSES APPROXIMATED 15 STUDENTS.Expenses $6,158 · revenue $5,137
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in July, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | July 31, 2026 | December 15, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | July 31, 2025 | December 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | July 31, 2024 | December 16, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 27-3418121
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2011
- Accounting year ends
- July
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A68)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $127,655
- Income (IRS master file)
- $386,902
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | July 2025 | $332,897 | $309,371 | $127,655 | IRS |
| 990 | July 2024 | $318,720 | $242,557 | $110,186 | XML |
| 990 | July 2023 | $172,784 | $204,609 | $31,314 | XML |
| 990 | July 2022 | $171,204 | $204,587 | $33,828 | IRS |
| 990 | July 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | July 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 27-3418121).
Questions about MUSIC IN THE SOMERSET HILLS INC
- What is the EIN of MUSIC IN THE SOMERSET HILLS INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of MUSIC IN THE SOMERSET HILLS INC is 27-3418121.
- Is MUSIC IN THE SOMERSET HILLS INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2011.
- Are donations to MUSIC IN THE SOMERSET HILLS INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does MUSIC IN THE SOMERSET HILLS INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of MUSIC IN THE SOMERSET HILLS INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending July 31, 2026) is due December 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did MUSIC IN THE SOMERSET HILLS INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended July 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of MUSIC IN THE SOMERSET HILLS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 names JANINE MURTHA.
- Who are the officers and directors of MUSIC IN THE SOMERSET HILLS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 lists 14 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $91,800 (STEPHEN SANDS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does MUSIC IN THE SOMERSET HILLS INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $332,897, expenses of $309,371 and total assets of $127,655 at year end.
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