North Carolina · Public charity
El Sistema USA
EL SISTEMA USA works to ensure every child has access to high-quality music education that celebrates their voice and potential, by supporting a national network of organizations & educators.
- $165k
- Granted FY2020
- 13
- Grants FY2020
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 11
- Total assets, FY2020
- $475k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 0% of the organizations El Sistema USA funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 13 | $165k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $248k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $330k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2020.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whin Music Community School | $90,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society Inc | $90,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Capital Harmony Works Inc | $67,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Empire State Youth Orchestra Inc | $67,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Northeast Community Center | $67,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Make Music Nola | $45,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Project Music Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Riverside Arts Academy | $45,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Commusication | $45,000 | 3 | 16% |
| Harmony Project Tulsa | $45,000 | 3 | 32% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whin Music Community School | $90,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society Inc | $90,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Capital Harmony Works Inc | $67,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Empire State Youth Orchestra Inc | $67,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Northeast Community Center | $67,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Make Music Nola | $45,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Project Music Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Riverside Arts Academy | $45,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Commusication | $45,000 | 3 | 16% |
| Harmony Project Tulsa | $45,000 | 3 | 32% |
| Salty Cricket Composers Collective | $45,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Buffalo String Works Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Accent Pontiac Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
El Sistema USA supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 · The Carnegie Hall Corporation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About El Sistema USA
- How much does El Sistema USA give?
- El Sistema USA reported 13 grants totaling $165,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
- What does El Sistema USA fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2020, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (70%), Education (18%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are El Sistema USA's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2020: Whin Music Community School ($90k), Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society Inc ($90k), Capital Harmony Works Inc ($68k).
- Does El Sistema USA fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as El Sistema USA?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include D'Addario Foundation Inc, The Carnegie Hall Corporation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is El Sistema USA based?
- El Sistema USA is based in NC.
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