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Louis Armstrong Educational Foundat

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$210k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$5.0MEducation$1.1MReligion$225kYouth Development$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $213k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $830k
$12,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM$210,000
THE LOUISIANA MUSEUM FOUNDATION$148,775
JAZZMOBILE INC$125,000
QUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION$121,090
LOUIS SATCHMO ARMSTRONG SUMMER$100,000
MT SINAI BETH ISRAEL - LOUIS$75,000
ASCAP FOUNDATION$50,000
JAZZ POWER INITIATIVE$20,000
MIND-BUILDERS CREATIVE ARTS CENTER$20,000
SEATTLE JAZZED$15,000
ONE CITY AT VENDERCOOK COLLEGE$15,000
LOUIS ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL$15,000
HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS$15,000
NEWARK PUBLIC RADIO$15,000
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC$15,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC: $5k → 23%ELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC: $5k → 23%ELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC: $5k → 23%ELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC: $5k → 23%ELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC: $5k → 23%ELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC: $5k → 23%ELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC: $5k → 23%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

WA
IL
NY
NJ
CA
WV
AZ
LA
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.1M · 38 repeat orgs$293k to everyone else

38 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
6

Total granted

$6.1M
$87k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+50%

Still filing today

61%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $206k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • LA
    LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM
    7× · 2017–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +345% · 31% of their budget
  • JI
    JAZZMOBILE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $655k · revenue +242% · 26% of their budget
  • AF
    ASCAP FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $560k · revenue +138%

Funded once

  • RT
    RISING TIDE MUSIC & ARTS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • LU
    LOYOLA UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +50%
  • MU
    MARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +541%
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
The Jazz Mentors Foundation
Arts & Culture
2
Rising Jazz Stars
Arts & Culture
3
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
4
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
5
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
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
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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8
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance

Kaufman music center stimulates appreciation of and participation in music through music performance and education in ways that awaken creativity, advance innovation, and create a sense of wonder among performers, students, teachers, and…

Arts & Culture
9
Los Angeles Jazz Institute

Preservation and Promotion of Jazz Music through educational activities live concerts and events and maintains a large archive

Arts & Culture
10
The Musicians Aid Society of New York Inc
Arts & Culture
11
Black Music Entrepreneurship Incubator

Musical Education and Training

—
12
Iceberg New Music Inc
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The National Jazz Museum in Harlem; the most unlike its peers is Young Sounds of Arizona Inc. 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

31 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. 31 of the 50 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
23/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: $1,490,000 · Arts & CultureLOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUMJAZZMOBILE INC: $655,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZMOBILE INCASCAP FOUNDATION: $560,000 · Arts & CultureASCAP FOUNDATION+18 more: $509,000 · Arts & Culture+18 moreLOUIS SATCHMO ARMSTRONG SUMMER: $665,000 · OtherLOUIS SATCHMO ARMSTRONG SUMMERCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - CENTER FOR: $606,500 · OtherCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - CENTER FORLOUIS ARMSTRONG DEPT OF MUSIC: $300,000 · OtherLOUIS ARMSTRONG DEPT OF MUSICQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $252,208 · OtherQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCMT SINAI BETH ISRAEL - LOUIS: $225,000 · OtherMT SINAI BETH ISRAEL - LOUISLOUIS ARMSTRONG CENTER FOR MUSIC: $150,000 · OtherThe Louisiana Museum Foundation: $148,775 · OtherNEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS' ASSIST FD: $133,620 · Other+16 more: $599,200 · Other+16 moreHERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $41,520 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationMARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $15,000 · EducationTHE MR HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC INC: $35,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$3,214,000Other$3,080,303Education$91,520Human Services$35,000

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 budgetLOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: $1,490,000 over 7y, 31% of budgetJAZZMOBILE INC: $655,000 over 9y, 26% of budgetASCAP FOUNDATION: $560,000 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $252,208 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Louisiana Museum Foundation: $148,775 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetMANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $80,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJAZZ DRAMA PROGRAM: $77,500 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetTHE NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM: $71,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetMIND BUILDERS CREATIVE ARTS INC: $70,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHARLEM STAGE INC: $67,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetTHE QUEENS LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetHARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC: $57,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetHERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $41,520 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetJAZZ HOUSE KIDS INC: $37,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetNEWARK PUBLIC RADIO INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMAMA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle JazzED: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetYOUNG SOUNDS OF ARIZONA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetJAZZ WAHI INC: $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetThe People's Music School: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOMINGDALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL NEW YORK JAZZ ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMUSIC ON THE INSIDE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetTHE MR HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSecond Line Arts Collective: $6,000 over 3y, 1.1% 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.

  • Who funds LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds JAZZMOBILE INC ↗
  • Who funds ASCAP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds QUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Louisiana Museum Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds JAZZ DRAMA PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM ↗
  • Who funds MIND BUILDERS CREATIVE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds HARLEM STAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE QUEENS LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JAZZ HOUSE KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds ELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds NEWARK PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
  • Who funds MAMA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds MARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Seattle JazzED ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG SOUNDS OF ARIZONA INC ↗
  • Who funds JAZZ WAHI INC ↗

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.

The Hyde and Watson F…The Howard Gilman Fou…Pinkerton FoundationWest Harlem Developme…Altman FoundationD'Addario Foundation …The Ford FoundationTd Charitable Foundat…Joyce & George Wein F…Upper Manhattan Empow…The Herb Alpert Found…Ella Fitzgerald Chari…
The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ25× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · Pinkerton Foundation · West Harlem Development Corporation · Altman Foundation · D'Addario Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Joyce & George Wein Foundation Inc · Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation · The Herb Alpert Foundation · Ella Fitzgerald Charitable 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 Louis Armstrong Educational Foundat funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Louis Armstrong Educational Foundat. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 51%
  • Newark Public Radio Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Jazz House Kids Inc: 29% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Louis Armstrong Educational Foundat through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 50 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-PF 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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