BEXLEY MUSIC PARENTS

What BEXLEY MUSIC PARENTS does

Bexley Music Parents is a nonprofit, all-volunteer parent organization incorporated in Ohio that supports K-12 music education throughout the Bexley City School District. The organization operates across five schools — Cassingham Elementary, Montrose Elementary, Maryland Elementary, Bexley Middle School, and Bexley High School — funding enrichment for Band, Orchestra, Choir, and Jazz programs via guest clinicians, accompanists, student scholarships, competition fees, commissioned compositions, and international performance tours. Its core offerings consist of four programs: a membership enrollment system (Family Annual Membership at $30 and Family Lifetime Membership at $150), an online donation platform accepting gifts from $5 to $100+, a 50/50 raffle run on Zeffy, and a Bexley Music-branded merchandise store on Bonfire.

The organization is governed by an all-volunteer board of directors (President Alison Diez, Past President Amy Brown, President Elect Brian and Fran Evans, Treasurer Judson Dunham, Communications leads Ilana Spector, Jill Russ, and Jill Crist) and carries no paid employees, no proprietary technology, and no external funding. Its technology stack is limited to a website (bexleymusicparents.org), a web-based membership enrollment form, the Bonfire e-commerce storefront, and the Zeffy ticketing platform. It maintains a collaborative grant partnership with the Bexley Education Foundation and a network of local business community partners (Bexley Main Street, Bexley Pizza Plus, Johnson's Real Ice Cream). Geographic scope is a single suburban district in Ohio, with 300+ lifetime member families indicating the scale of community support.

Name

BEXLEY MUSIC PARENTS

Legal name

Bexley Music Parents

Website

https://bexleymusicparents.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bexley Music Parents is an all-volunteer, Ohio-based nonprofit that funds K-12 music program enrichment (Band, Orchestra, Choir, Jazz) across the Bexley City School District through memberships, donations, raffles, and merchandise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Education Support Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Group Music Classes & Ensembles (Band, Orchestra, Choir) (EDAMANAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Music (Instruments, Voice, Music Theory) (EDAAAGAC), Family & Parent Support Services (Parent Coaching, Advocacy) (EDAJALAK)

Keywords

• Music education fundraising
• School music advocacy
• Parent volunteer nonprofit
• K-12 music programs
• Community music support

Headquarters

HQ city

Bexley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Family annual and lifetime memberships provide recurring and one-time revenue. Annual membership at $30 per school year, lifetime membership at $150.
2. Donations: Tax-deductible donations from parents and community members at various levels ($5-$100+). Supports scholarships, guest artists, accompanists, and program enrichment.
3. 50/50 Raffle: Periodic raffle events where 50% of net proceeds go to winners and 50% support BMP programs.
4. Merchandise Sales: Sale of Bexley Music merchandise (yard signs, apparel) through Bonfire e-commerce platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Bexley Music Parents is an all-volunteer nonprofit parent organization that raises and disburses funds to enrich K-12 music education across the Bexley City School District. It sells annual and lifetime family memberships, accepts tax-deductible donations, sells branded merchandise through Bonfire, and runs periodic 50/50 raffles to fund guest clinicians, accompanists, scholarships, competition fees, and commissioned compositions for band, orchestra, choir, and jazz programs.

Product overview

Bexley Music Parents is a nonprofit parent organization that operates several interconnected programs to support K-12 music education in the Bexley City School District. Its core offerings include membership enrollment (annual and lifetime family memberships), an online merchandise store for branded items, a donation platform for supporting music programs, and periodic fundraising raffles. The organization also funds specific music programs including Band, Orchestra, Choir, and Jazz programs across multiple schools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Family Annual Membership Recurring annual family membership ($30 per school year) granting all family members within a residence BMP membership benefits and voting rights, used to fund K-12 music program enrichment across the Bexley City School District.
• Family Lifetime Membership One-time perpetual family membership ($150) covering all family members within a residence for life, including one complimentary yard sign and all BMP membership benefits.
• Online Donation Platform Online donation system accepting tax-deductible contributions ($5-$100+) from parents and community members to fund scholarships, guest artists, accompanists, and program enrichment for Bexley music students.
• Bexley Music Merchandise Store Bonfire-powered online store selling Bexley Music branded merchandise, including yard signs (with or without graduation year) and apparel, to support the organization's mission.
• BMP 50/50 Raffle Periodic fundraising raffle in which 50% of net ticket proceeds go to the winner and 50% support Bexley Music Parents programs; open to participants 18 and older, with ticket sales processed through Zeffy.

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Bexley Main StreetminorOthersLocal business community partner supporting Bexley Music Parents. Listed as a community partner on the BMP website, encouraging local patronage.
• Bexley Pizza PlusminorOthersLocal restaurant business partner supporting Bexley Music Parents through community partnership.
• Johnson's Real Ice CreamminorOthersLocal ice cream business partner supporting Bexley Music Parents. Listed as community partner encouraging local patronage.
• Bexley Education Foundation (BEF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative grant partner with Bexley Music Parents to fund special music education initiatives. BMP and BEF have jointly funded grants bringing Grammy-nominated musicians Peter Cooper and Eric Brace to Bexley Schools, and the Freedom Sings program featuring Ken Paulson.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Music Will: Formerly Little Kids Rock — nonprofit that builds inclusive music education programs in K-12 schools. Comparable to BMP in delivering K-12 music programming via external funding; differs in being program-delivery-focused rather than parent-advocacy-focused.
• Save The Music Foundation: Nonprofit that provides instruments, programming, and grants to under-resourced school music programs. Directly comparable to BMP's function of funding music-enrichment above what school budgets cover; both serve as supplemental funders for K-12 music education.
• Education Through Music: Nonprofit that partners with schools to deliver sustained, sequential music education funded by outside sources. Mirrors BMP's supplemental-funding model and K-12 school partnership structure, though ETM operates across multiple districts rather than one.
• Midori & Friends: Nonprofit providing music education programs and performances to K-12 students, particularly in under-resourced schools. Directly analogous to BMP in delivering music enrichment through external funding and school partnerships, though serving NYC primarily.
• Music for All: National nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to school music programs through festivals, advocacy, and grants. Comparable to BMP in mission (supporting K-12 music education beyond district budgets) but at national scale rather than single-district; useful as a scaled analog of BMP's parent-fundraising/advocacy model.
• Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation: Nonprofit that donates musical instruments and supports school music programs nationwide. Closely analogous to BMP in its supplemental-funding role for K-12 music, though focused on instrument access rather than clinicians, accompanists, and tour funding.
• Bexley Education Foundation (BEF): BEF is BMP's actual core co-funding partner within the Bexley City School District. Both are volunteer-driven education-support nonprofits funding enrichment programs for the same district — BEF is broader in scope (district-wide, all subjects) while BMP is music-specific, but the operational model, donor base, and beneficiary set overlap materially.
• Music in Schools Today (MIST): Bay Area nonprofit supporting K-12 music education through instrument donations, artist residencies, and clinician funding. Closely parallels BMP's funding of guest artists, accompanists, and program enrichment for district music programs.

Broad incumbents

• National Federation of Music Clubs: Long-standing national organization promoting music education, performance, and scholarships. More diffuse than BMP but overlaps in mission around music-education advocacy, student scholarships, and support for school-age musicians.
• NAMM Foundation: Music-industry trade group's nonprofit arm that advocates for music education research and grants nationwide. Broader and more upstream than BMP — focuses on advocacy, research, and grantmaking — but shares the K-12 music-education support mission.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bexley-music-parents

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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