Rhode Island · Public charity
Community Musicworks
Purpose of COMMUNITY MUSICWORKS ("cmw") is to create a cohesive urban community through music education and performance that transforms the lives of children, families, and musicians. Resident musicians teach, perform and foster community in the west end of providence, ri.
- $383k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $225,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Community Musicworks funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $383k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $1.6M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $1.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cmw Support Corporation | $1,950,506 | 3 | 40% |
| Music Haven Inc | $900,000 | 2 | 42% |
| Worcester Chamber Music Society Inc | $700,000 | 2 | 37% |
| Newport String Project | $150,000 | 1 | 39% |
| Price Hill Will | $75,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Musiconnects Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Musica Franklin Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 22% |
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.
Open a dossier: D'Addario Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Community Musicworks
- How much does Community Musicworks give?
- Community Musicworks reported 3 grants totaling $383,191 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Community Musicworks fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (98%), Community Improvement (2%).
- Who are Community Musicworks's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Cmw Support Corporation ($2.0M), Music Haven Inc ($900k), Worcester Chamber Music Society Inc ($700k).
- Does Community Musicworks fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Community Musicworks?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include D'Addario Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Community Musicworks based?
- Community Musicworks is based in RI.
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