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Ross McKee Foundation for the Musical Arts

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$35k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$277kEducation$16kEnvironment$1k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$3,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SF International Piano Festival$15,000
Community Music Center$10,000
Lieder Alive$3,000
Ensemble for These Times$2,900
Cazadero Performing Arts$2,500
Rhythmic Concepts Inc$2,000
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Music at Kohl Mansion: $3k → 7%PALO ALTO PHILHARMONIC: $2k → 8%Cazadero Performing Arts: $3k → 10%Del Sol Quartet: $2k → 10%Rhythmic Concepts Inc: $3k → 10%Peninsula Symphony: $3k → 8%Cazadero Performing Arts: $3k → 10%Rhythmic Concepts Inc: $2k → 10%INTERMUSIC SF: $3k → 10%CAZADERO PERFORMING ARTS CAMP: $3k → 10%Intermusic SF: $3k → 10%OAKLAND EAST BAY SYMPHONY: $2k → 10%Cazadero Performing Arts: $3k → 10%Rhythmic Concepts Inc: $2k → 10%Left Coast Chamber Ensemble: $3k → 10%OTHER MINDS: $3k → 10%SF CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $2k → 10%LEFT COAST CHAMBER ENSEMBLE: $2k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PLAYERS: $2k → 10%SF CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $2k → 10%SF Conservatory of Music: $2k → 10%ENSEMBLE FOR THESE TIMES: $4k → 10%SF CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $2k → 10%Ensemble for These Times: $3k → 10%Ensemble for These Times: $3k → 10%Ensemble for These Times: $3k → 10%SF STATE FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%SF STATE FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%SF State Foundation: $2k → 10%Bay Area Rainbow Symphony: $3k → 10%NOE VALLEY CHAMBER MUSIC: $2k → 10%Lieder Alive: $3k → 10%Lieder Alive: $3k → 10%Lieder Alive: $2k → 10%Community Music Center: $20k → 10%CHAMBER MUSIC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $3k → 10%COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER: $20k → 10%SF International Piano Festival: $20k → 10%Bard Music West: $3k → 10%Community Music Center: $15k → 10%SF International Piano Festival: $15k → 10%COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER: $10k → 10%SF International Piano Festival: $12k → 10%Community Music Center: $10k → 10%San Francisco International Piano F: $5k → 10%COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER: $10k → 10%COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER: $5k → 10%InterMusic SF: $3k → 10%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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$263k · 22 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
19

Total granted

$263k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+48%

Still filing today

59%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureRecreation & SportsEducationEnvironmentOther
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
    COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER
    7× · 2017–2024 · $90k · revenue +27%
  • IS
    InterMusic SF
    5× · 2017–2023 · $12k · revenue +79%
  • CP
    CAZADERO PERFORMING ARTS CAMP
    4× · 2017–2021 · $7k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • SF
    San Francisco International Piano F
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • CM
    CHAMBER MUSIC SAN FRANCISCOgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +56%
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
San Francisco Guzheng Music Society
Arts & Culture
2
California Bach Society Inc

Choral Music Performances: California Bach Society is a 30-voice chamber choir known for finely wrought interpretations of Renaissance and Baroque music, often accompanied by leading period instrumentalists. Each season, the choir performs…

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3
San Jose Chamber Orchestra

The mission of the San Jose Chamber Orchestra (SJCO) is to share exciting, though-provoking, and vibrant Music by contemporary and time-honored composers reflecting the cultural diversity of our everchanging community, and to support and…

Unclassified
4
Midsummer Mozart Festival

The only music festival in North America dedicated to Mozart, our mission embraces both performance of highest artistic excellence and cultivation of new potential audience, including young people to assure the future appreciation of great…

Arts & Culture
5
San Francisco Philharmonic Orchestra

Take world-class symphonic music off the pedestal and into the heart of our community. San Francisco Philharmonic is an orchestral group dedicated to cultural enrichment, music education and creating a performance platform for women and…

Arts & Culture
6
Ross Mckee Foundation for the Musical Arts
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7
Chamber Music Society of Sacramento

Presentation of chamber music to the general public

Arts & Culture
8
Voices of Silicon Valley

Community Music / Arts Organization

Arts & Culture
9
Civic Symphony Association of San Francisco

San francisco civic music association provides a place for musicians of all skill levels and experience to play together and bring their music to the coummunity with free concerts.

Arts & Culture
10
Mozart Youth Camerata

Musaics of the Bays main program services involve our residency programs which bring together groups of emerging and established artists musicians and composers to Berkeley CA for a week of direct and intensive collaboration and shared…

Arts & Culture
11
Music At the Mission

Producing classical chamber music concerts open to the general public, and eduction programs in classical music.

Arts & Culture
12
New Century Chamber Orchestra

New century chamber orchestra, a virtuoso, conductorless string ensemble founded in 1992, presents performances of extraordinary quality in the san francisco bay area with a commitment to innovation, education, and accessibility.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Francisco Performances Inc; the most unlike its peers is Old First Concerts. 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

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 41 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SF International Piano Festival: $46,500 · OtherSF International Piano FestivalENSEMBLE FOR THESE TIMES: $13,400 · OtherENSEMBLE FOR THESE TIMESLIEDER ALIVE: $13,400 · OtherLIEDER ALIVERhythmic Concepts Inc: $8,675 · OtherRhythmic Concepts IncSF Conservatory of Music: $8,000 · OtherSF STATE FOUNDATION: $8,000 · OtherCazadero Performing Arts: $7,500 · OtherAmateur Music Network: $5,400 · Other+17 more: $40,464 · Other+17 moreCOMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER: $90,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY MUSIC CENTERInterMusic SF: $11,725 · Arts & CultureInterMusic SFLEFT COAST CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC: $7,200 · Arts & CultureLEFT COAST CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INCCALIFORNIA MUSIC CENTER: $4,885 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $17,750 · Arts & Culture+9 moreCAZADERO PERFORMING ARTS CAMP: $6,500 · Recreation & SportsOther Minds: $4,000 · EducationSAN FRANCISCO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY AT STRYBING ARBORETUM: $1,000 · Environment
Other$151,339Arts & Culture$131,560Recreation & Sports$6,500Education$4,000Environment$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER: $90,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetLIEDER ALIVE: $13,400 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetInterMusic SF: $11,725 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLEFT COAST CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC: $7,200 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCAZADERO PERFORMING ARTS CAMP: $6,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAmateur Music Network: $5,400 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA MUSIC CENTER: $4,885 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetBay Area Rainbow Symphony: $4,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetNOE VALLEY CHAMBER MUSIC: $4,250 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetOther Minds: $4,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetOld First Concerts: $3,964 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetStanford Jazz Workshop: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAN JOSE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: $2,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetMUSIC AT KOHL MANSION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSan Francisco Contemporary Music Players: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Performances Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNoontime Concerts: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY AT STRYBING ARBORETUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN BEETHOVEN SOCIETY CO SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY: $500 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.

  • Who funds COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LIEDER ALIVE ↗
  • Who funds InterMusic SF ↗
  • Who funds LEFT COAST CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAZADERO PERFORMING ARTS CAMP ↗
  • Who funds Amateur Music Network ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA MUSIC CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Bay Area Rainbow Symphony ↗
  • Who funds NOE VALLEY CHAMBER MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds Other Minds ↗
  • Who funds Old First Concerts ↗
  • Who funds Stanford Jazz Workshop ↗
  • Who funds SAN JOSE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CHAMBER MUSIC SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC AT KOHL MANSION INC ↗
  • Who funds San Francisco Contemporary Music Players ↗
  • Who funds EAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONY ↗
  • Who funds San Francisco Performances Inc ↗
  • Who funds Noontime Concerts ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY AT STRYBING ARBORETUM ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN BEETHOVEN SOCIETY CO SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

Ann & Gordon Getty Fo…The Bernard Osher Fou…The William & Flora H…The San Francisco Fou…The Sam Mazza Foundat…Jewish Community Fede…Marin Community Found…The Baker Street Foun…The Zellerbach Family…The Barbro Osher Pro …Clarence E Heller Cha…Phyllis C Wattis Foun…
Ann & Gordon Getty FoundationCA32.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation · The Bernard Osher Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Sam Mazza Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · The Baker Street Foundation · The Zellerbach Family Foundation · The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation · Clarence E Heller Charitable Foundation · Phyllis C Wattis 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 Ross McKee Foundation for the Musical Arts funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ross McKee Foundation for the Musical Arts. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s 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)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Ross McKee Foundation for the Musical Arts?

    Find your warmest path to Ross McKee Foundation for the Musical Arts 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 41 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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