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Ascap Foundation

The ASCAP Foundation is dedicated to nurturing the music talent of tomorrow, preserving the legacy of the past and sustaining the creative incentive for today's music creators through a variety of educational, professional and humanitarian programs and activities that serve the entire music community.

$509k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$665k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $113,364, the rows itemized in this filing. The $508,649 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $395,285 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $91k
$11,327
Median grant
5
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
New Orleans Arts and Cultural Host Committee Inc$18,000
Alfred Music Publishing Company$15,000
Jazzmobile$15,000
Theatre Direct NY Inc$11,586
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts$11,327
Rosie's Theatre Kids Inc$10,000
SongwritingWith Inc$10,000
Philharmonic Symphony Society of NY Inc$8,000
Center Theatre Group of LA$7,451
Rhinebeck Writers Retreat Inc$7,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 87% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Songwriting with Inc: $10k → 14%Alfred Music Publishing Company: $15k → 12%New Orleans Arts and Cultural Host Committee Inc: $18k → 23%Jazzmobile: $15k → 17%Songwritingwith Inc: $10k → 14%Alfred Music Publishing Company: $15k → 12%New Orleans Arts & Cultural Host Committee Inc: $18k → 23%Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts: $24k → 14%Jazzmobile: $15k → 17%SongwritingWith Inc: $10k → 14%Alfred Music Publishing Company: $15k → 12%New Orleans Arts and Cultural Host Committee Inc: $18k → 23%Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts: $14k → 14%Jazzmobile: $15k → 17%Songwriting with Inc: $10k → 14%Alfred Music Publishing Company: $15k → 12%New Orleans Arts and Cultural Host Committee Inc: $18k → 23%Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts: $12k → 14%Jazzmobile: $15k → 17%Songwritingwith Inc: $10k → 14%New Orleans Arts and Cultural Host Committee Inc: $18k → 23%Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts: $11k → 14%Philharmonic Symphony Society of NY Inc: $14k → 17%SongwritingWith Inc: $10k → 14%New Orleans Ats & Cultural Host Committee Inc: $18k → 23%Pasadena Playhouse State Theater of CA: $8k → 14%Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center: $10k → 17%Alfred Music Publishing Company: $15k → 14%Philharmonic Symphony Society of NY Inc: $10k → 17%Philharmonic Symphony Society of NY Inc: $8k → 17%Philharmonic Symphony Society of NY Inc: $8k → 17%Philharmonic Symphony Society of NY Inc: $8k → 17%Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center: $8k → 17%Philharmonic Symphony Society of NY Inc: $8k → 17%Kaufman Cultural Center: $8k → 17%Theatre Direct NY Inc: $12k → 17%Berklee College of Music: $8k → 17%Broadway Inbound: $17k → 17%Jazzmobile: $15k → 17%JazzMobile Inc: $15k → 17%Rosie's Theatre Kids Inc: $10k → 17%Rosie's Theatre Kids Inc: $10k → 17%Rosie's Theatre Kids Inc: $10k → 17%Rosie's Theater Kids Inc: $9k → 17%Rosie's Theater Kids Inc: $9k → 17%Rosie's Theater Kids Inc: $9k → 17%Broadway Inbound: $9k → 17%Nederlander Productions: $9k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$635k · 13 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
4

Total granted

$635k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+171%

Still filing today

77%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • JI
    JAZZMOBILE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $90k · revenue +83%
  • WA
    WALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
    4× · 2022–2025 · $62k · revenue +4%
  • S
    SONGWRITINGWITHINC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • NP
    Nederlander Productions
    one grant, 2023 · $9k
  • TP
    THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +204%
  • SJ
    ST JOHN SCHOOL OF THE ARTSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $7k · revenue +61%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
2
The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts Inc

To offer accessible, high-quality performing arts education that sparks personal growth and builds inclusive communities. its vision is to transform performing arts education in an inclusive community accessible to all.

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3
The Diller-Quaile School of Music Inc

For more than a century, diller-quaile has offered an environment where music can flourish in all its aspects, enriching the lives of students of all ages and cultural backgrounds. the belief that music is a fundamental part of human life…

Arts & Culture
4
Charleston Symphony Orchestra

The charleston symphony's mission is to inspire and engage the community through exceptional musical performances and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
5
Lyrica Baroque

The mission of lyrica baroque is to support a diverse community of students, teachers, artists, institutions and audiences of all ages through education, collaboration and performance. lyrica baroque seeks to promote the extraordinary…

Arts & Culture
6
Society of the Third Street Music School Settlement

The mission of third street music school settlement is to provide access to music and dance education to new yorkers of all ages.

Arts & Culture
7
Bloomingdale School of Music

To provide access to high-quality music education for anyone who seeks it, regardless of economic status, ability level, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religious affiliation.

Arts & Culture
8
San Francisco Jazz Organization

The san francisco jazz organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. the organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african…

Arts & Culture
9
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
10
New World Symphony Inc

Prepares gifted graduates of prestigious music programs for successful careers in orchestras and ensembles.

Education
11
New York City Ballet Inc

Perform, promote and sustain classical ballet.

Arts & Culture
12
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc

The mission of the princeton symphony orchestra is to leverage the power of live music to uplift the human experience.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc; the most unlike its peers is Songwritingwithinc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 17 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW ORLEANS ARTS & CULTURAL HOST COMMITTEE: $108,000 · Arts & CultureNEW ORLEANS ARTS & CULTURAL HOST COMMITTEEJAZZMOBILE INC: $90,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZMOBILE INCWALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $62,248 · Arts & CultureWALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSSONGWRITINGWITHINC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureSONGWRITINGWITHINCROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC: $57,000 · Arts & CultureROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INCTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $55,500 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INCELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE: $26,000 · Arts & CultureRHINEBECK WRITERS RETREAT INC: $21,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $28,219 · Arts & Culture+3 moreAlfred Music Publishing Company: $84,998 · OtherAlfred Music Publishing …Broadway Inbound: $26,139 · OtherBroadway InboundTheatre Direct NY Inc: $17,146 · OtherTheatre Direct NY IncNederlander Productions: $8,640 · OtherNederlander ProductionsST JOHN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $7,000 · OtherBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $12,615 · Education
Arts & Culture$507,967Other$143,923Education$12,615

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW ORLEANS ARTS & CULTURAL HOST COMMITTEE: $108,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetJAZZMOBILE INC: $90,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetWALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $62,248 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSONGWRITINGWITHINC: $60,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC: $57,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $55,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE: $26,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRHINEBECK WRITERS RETREAT INC: $21,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $14,719 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $12,615 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JOHN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $7,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetNEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ascap Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ascap Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Berklee College of Music Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 17 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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