· Public charity
Save the Music Foundation
SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION helps kids, schools, and communities reach their full potential through the power of making music.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $6k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $167k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WE MAKE NOISE INC | $43,000 |
| MUSIC EDUCATION GROUP | $31,104 |
| THE MR HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION | $25,500 |
| SUCCESSFUL INCORPORATED | $18,200 |
| YOUNG MUSICIANS UNITE | $15,000 |
| AOSANORTHERN NJ ORFF SCHULWERK ASSOCIATION | $12,500 |
| SOUTHERNWORD | $11,500 |
| EL SISTEMA SANTA CRUZPAJARO VALLEY | $10,000 |
| KENT STATE UNIVERSITY PO BOX 5190 KENT | $5,775 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 79% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
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.
Girls write nashville empowers expression through songwriting, production, mentorship and creative community for teen artists. we are an artist and educator-led 501(c)(3) creative youth development program in nashville, tn allied with…
Make music nola is an intensive music-for-social-change program. themission of make music nola is to promote academic achievement,cultivate artistic expression, and promote the healthy growth anddevelopment of children in new orleans…
Education through music (etm) was formed to promote the use of music in the core curricula of under-resourced schools as a means of positively impacting student motivation, achievement, and self-confidence by providing year-long, in-school…
Musical Education and Training
Prepares gifted graduates of prestigious music programs for successful careers in orchestras and ensembles.
Miami music project uses music as an instrument for social transformation, empowering children to acquire values and achieve their full potential, positively affecting their society through the study and performance of music. our vision is…
Students wrote produced and performed an original musical Bridges The musical follows students as they navigate their racial identities address issues of race at their suburban school and challenge a music education system in need of…
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.
To provide access to high-quality music education for anyone who seeks it, regardless of economic status, ability level, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religious affiliation.
The mission of third street music school settlement is to provide access to music and dance education to new yorkers of all ages.
Provide outstanding music programs for students aged 5 to 22 that can create a positive impact on their lives.
How this is measured
22 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.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SUCCESSFUL INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds WE MAKE NOISE INC ↗
- Who funds THE MUSIC EDUCATION GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds UPBEAT ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE MR HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MUSICIANS UNITE INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN WORD INC ↗
- Who funds EL SISTEMA SANTA CRUZ ↗
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: Project Lead the Way Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Round It Up America Inc · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Share Our Strength · Good Sports Inc · Digital Promise Global · The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation · The George W Bush Foundation · The Education Alliance-Business and Community for Public Schools Inc · I Car Education Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Save the Music Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Save the Music Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Young Musicians Unite Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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