California · Public charity
Academy of Music for the Blind
Providing musical instruction to blind youth
- $68k
- Granted FY2021
- 7
- Grants FY2021
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $18,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2019 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Total assets, FY2021
- $406k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 43% of the organizations Academy of Music for the Blind funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 7 | $68k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $37k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $389k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estate of Sharon Diane Rapley Oldman Cooley Sallus Birnberg Coleman & Gold | $335,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michael & Meili Pinto | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Find Your Light Foundation | $24,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Fidelity Investments | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pasadena Showcase House For The Arts | $18,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Lark Ellen Lions Charities | $16,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Pasadena Host Lions Club Memorial Trust | $12,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Maurice F Meysenburg Co Pershing Advisor Solutions | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Los Angeles County Registrar-Recordercounty Clerk | $8,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Academy Management Services | $7,600 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estate of Sharon Diane Rapley Oldman Cooley Sallus Birnberg Coleman & Gold | $335,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michael & Meili Pinto | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Find Your Light Foundation | $24,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Fidelity Investments | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pasadena Showcase House For The Arts | $18,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Lark Ellen Lions Charities | $16,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Pasadena Host Lions Club Memorial Trust | $12,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Maurice F Meysenburg Co Pershing Advisor Solutions | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Los Angeles County Registrar-Recordercounty Clerk | $8,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Academy Management Services | $7,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Academy of Music for the Blind | $7,153 | 1 | 4% |
| Whittier Lions Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Academy of Music for the Blind
- How much does Academy of Music for the Blind give?
- Academy of Music for the Blind reported 7 grants totaling $68,253 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2021.
- What does Academy of Music for the Blind fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2021, its largest causes are Education (86%), Philanthropy (9%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Academy of Music for the Blind's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2021: Estate of Sharon Diane Rapley Oldman Cooley Sallus Birnberg Coleman & Gold ($335k), Michael & Meili Pinto ($30k), Find Your Light Foundation ($25k).
- Does Academy of Music for the Blind fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Academy of Music for the Blind?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Academy of Music for the Blind based?
- Academy of Music for the Blind is based in CA.
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