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NOTES FOR EDUCATION INC

EIN 27-2087987
Education & Youth Development Youth Arts & Creative Learning Children & youth
Mission

To support and expand music education by providing targeted grants, instruments, and program support to public, private, and parochial schools and other educational institutions serving school-age children in Napa County, CA and Nashville, TN.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible
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About NOTES FOR EDUCATION INC

NOTES for EDUCATION is a donor-facing 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Napa, California, that funds music-education programs and fills gaps left by shrinking school budgets. The organization was founded by music industry and wine-industry professionals to combine benefit events and targeted grantmaking in support of local school music programs.

The charity operates a rolling grant program ("If Only I Had…") that provides grants to teachers and schools—typically around $1,000 on average—to cover specific needs such as instruments, sheet music, transportation, and equipment. NOTES works through local partners and school music teachers to determine highest-impact uses for funds and has active program work in both Napa Valley and the Nashville metro area.

In recent years NOTES has expanded program partnerships (including a 2022 collaboration with the Napa Valley Youth Symphony), maintained regular grant cycles for classroom and ensemble needs, and sustained growth in contributed revenue and net assets through fundraising and events aimed at supporting music education in its communities.

Notable achievements

Major fundraising milestone

Raised more than $1.5 million to support music education programs across Napa and Nashville since inception.

Instruments distributed

Purchased and provided hundreds of instruments to students in Napa Valley (site reports 810 instruments distributed to date).

Program launch with local symphony

Launched the NOTES program in partnership with Napa Valley Youth Symphony (2022) to develop beginning symphony students toward full youth-symphony membership.

At a glance

Total assets
$2.0M
Annual revenue
$697K
Tax status
501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN
27-2087987
Location
Napa, CA
Website
www.notesforeducation.org
On Mahalo since
May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Charity Navigator profile with a multi-star rating (public charity profile and program/financial transparency included).
Active, up-to-date IRS Form 990 filings and public nonprofit profiles that document growing revenues and net assets in recent years.
Recognized partner of local education and arts organizations (examples include Napa Valley Youth Symphony and program support for Nashville-area arts and school music programs).

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