Texas · Public charity
Soundwaves Art Foundation
We are a philanthropic foundation that makes original pieces of art by capturing the digital heartbeat of some of the world's most iconic music. 100% of our profits go to charities focusing on social justice, the environment, disaster relief, music education, and mental health.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $705k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $224,165
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Soundwaves Art Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $235k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $695k | 68% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $983k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $770k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $678k | 62% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $329k | 90% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $85k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in Conflict Inc | $1,331,059 | 5 | 22% |
| Sweet Relief Musicians Fund | $737,484 | 5 | 5% |
| KultureCity | $189,463 | 5 | 2% |
| Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Foundation Inc | $137,171 | 2 | n/a |
| Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance Inc | $116,845 | 3 | 13% |
| Notes For Notes Inc | $95,945 | 4 | 3% |
| The National | $85,515 | 1 | n/a |
| Trevor Project Inc | $67,413 | 2 | 0% |
| Share Our Strength Foundation | $63,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Farm Aid Inc | $60,845 | 4 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Soundwaves Art Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Pledgeling Foundation · Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives · Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Inc · Ron and Lisa Brill Charitable Trust · PlusOnePlusOnePlusOne · Simple Generosity Foundation · California Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About Soundwaves Art Foundation
- How much does Soundwaves Art Foundation give?
- Soundwaves Art Foundation reported 20 itemized grants totaling $705,127, out of $1,187,493 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Soundwaves Art Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (39%), Health (38%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are Soundwaves Art Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Children in Conflict Inc ($1.3M), Sweet Relief Musicians Fund ($737k), KultureCity ($189k).
- Does Soundwaves Art Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Soundwaves Art Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Pledgeling Foundation, Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives.
- Where is Soundwaves Art Foundation based?
- Soundwaves Art Foundation is based in TX.
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