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Grammy Museum Foundation Inc

The grammy museum is a nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating and exploring music from yesterday and today to inspire the music of tomorrow through exhibits, education, grants, preservation initiatives, and public programming.

$272k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$20k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.1MScience & Tech$292kEducation$225kHealth$40k
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $125,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $271,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $146,000 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 $10k2 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $108k
$12,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FORGOTTEN FUTURES FUND INC$20,000
COUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INC$20,000
INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION$20,000
LOUISIANA FOLK ROOTS INC$15,000
SOULSVILLE FOUNDATION$12,500
PAINTED BRIDE ART CENTER INC$10,000
COUNTY OF MEMPHIS SHELBY BOARD OF EDUCATION$10,000
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$9,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA$9,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE: $20k → 8%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $20k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $11k → 11%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY OF THE COMMON WEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION: $20k → 22%ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%BERKELEY SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC: $20k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $12k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $20k → 14%APOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION: $20k → 17%FORGOTTEN FUTURES FUND INC: $20k → 20%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS: $20k → 8%SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS RECORDINGS: $20k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $20k → 13%MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY: $18k → 15%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $12k → 21%MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION: $20k → 14%EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 14%UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $20k → 17%THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $20k → 11%NEWARK PUBLIC RADIO INC: $15k → 16%NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $15k → 23%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION: $20k → 16%ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%BERKELEY SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC: $20k → 10%APOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION: $20k → 17%ROULETTE INTERMEDIUM INC: $20k → 20%SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS RECORDINGS: $20k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $20k → 15%COUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 14%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $20k → 14%BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $12k → 16%ARHOOLIE FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%KRONOS PERFORMING ARTS ASSOCIATION: $13k → 10%THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $20k → 17%COUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 14%SOULSVILLE FOUNDATION: $13k → 17%TULANE UNIVERSITY: $12k → 23%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $12k → 10%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: $20k → 17%COUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 14%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: $20k → 17%COUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 14%THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL: $15k → 17%THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR CUNY: $20k → 17%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $40k → 14%REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $17k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $20k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $60k on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

North America (Canada and Mexico)$60k · 100% · 3 grants

Stated purpose: MUSIC PRESERVATION IMPLEMENTATION GRANT · SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH GRANT

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of Grammy Museum Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 37% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 30%.

Grammy Museum Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$903k · 21 repeat orgs$736k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
53

Total granted

$903k
$659k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+26%

Still filing today

48%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CM
    COUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2018–2025 · $75k · revenue +80%
  • AF
    Arhoolie Foundation
    3× · 2018–2022 · $60k · revenue +558%
  • BS
    BERKELEY SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $50k · revenue +101%

Funded once

  • UH
    UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +9%
  • ET
    EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
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
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
2
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
3
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
4
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
5
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
6
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
7
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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8
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
10
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
11
Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is an independent, research-oriented university with broadly based strengths in health, including medicine, nursing and dentistry; in engineering; in the arts and sciences; and in law, management and social…

Education
12
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northeastern University; the most unlike its peers is Arhoolie Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

42 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. 42 of the 82 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
32/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $120,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA: $57,073 · OtherREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIAGLENDALE HIGH SCHOOL: $45,000 · OtherGLENDALE HIGH SCHOOLPASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $45,000 · OtherPASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTNORWALK LA MIRADA USD: $45,000 · OtherNORWALK LA MIRADA USDHUNTINGTON PARK HIGH SCHOOL: $37,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $29,000 · Other+33 more: $380,120 · Other+33 moreCOUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureCOUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INCArhoolie Foundation: $60,000 · Arts & CultureArhoolie FoundationBERKELEY SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureBERKELEY SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERV…SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $40,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INCTHE ACADEMY OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION: $37,500 · Arts & CultureTHE ACADEMY OF VISUAL AND PERFOR…ROULETTE INTERMEDIUM INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureROULETTE INTERMEDIUM INCBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $21,519 · Arts & CultureFORGOTTEN FUTURES FUND INC: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $103,461 · Arts & Culture+8 moreNew York University: $48,953 · EducationNew York UniversityThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $39,320 · EducationThe Research Foundation …NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $20,000 · EducationResearch Foundation of t…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $20,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN C…Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $20,000 · EducationTemple University - Of T…University of Miami: $19,973 · EducationUniversity of MiamiMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $19,963 · EducationMIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE U…The Trustees of Princeton University: $19,758 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $19,758 · EducationTrustees of Tufts College: $19,557 · EducationJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $15,112 · Education+8 more: $70,060 · Education+8 moreUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $20,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Corporation: $19,848 · HealthINTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyNorthwestern University: $20,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$758,693Arts & Culture$477,480Education$372,454Health$39,848Philanthropy$20,000Recreation & Sports$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArhoolie Foundation: $60,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetBERKELEY SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNew York University: $48,953 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $39,320 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACADEMY OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION: $37,500 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetROULETTE INTERMEDIUM INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $21,519 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFORGOTTEN FUTURES FUND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $19,973 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $19,848 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $19,758 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $19,758 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $19,557 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $15,112 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWARK PUBLIC RADIO INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKronos Performing Arts Association: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSOULSVILLE FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $11,519 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKITCHEN SISTERS: $11,461 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $11,461 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAINTED BRIDE ART CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $9,066 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYES Prep Public Schools Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSPIRENOLA CHARTER SCHOOLS: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ORLEANS MILITARY AND MARITIME ACADEMY INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

GenYOUTH IncorporatedRound It Up America I…Project Lead the Way …For Inspiration and R…Share Our StrengthProject Lead the Way …Good Sports IncDigital Promise GlobalThe Mr Holland's Opus…The George W Bush Fou…Undies for EveryoneAmerican Theatre Wing…
GenYOUTH IncorporatedIL33.4× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: GenYOUTH Incorporated · Round It Up America Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Share Our Strength · Project Lead the Way Inc · Good Sports Inc · Digital Promise Global · The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation · The George W Bush Foundation · Undies for Everyone · American Theatre Wing Inc

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 Grammy Museum Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grammy Museum Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Newark Public Radio Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 82 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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