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The Carnegie Hall Corporation

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$621k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
17%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$120,400
Organizations funded a year
21 to 47
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
17
Total assets, FY2025
$663M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations The Carnegie Hall Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEducationCommunity ImprovementInternationalHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving23$622k0%
FY202423$603k17%
FY202339$851k31%
FY202241$2.0M7%
FY202147$1.2M34%
FY202034$831k47%
FY201927$803k37%
FY201821$671k48%
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What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$6.9MInternational$735kYouth Development$260kEducation$233k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
VA
NC
HI
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Direct Relief$553,35610%
Fame Airbrush Inc$303,6005n/a
El Paso Symphony Orchestra Assoc Inc$302,00093%
Musicopia Inc$276,05035%
Metropolitan Youth Orchestras Ofcentral Alabama$262,500940%
El Sistema Oklahoma Inc$255,000815%
Community Musicworks$245,00074%
LiveConnectionsorg$244,84844%
Enriching Lives Through Music$244,00086%
20 20 Vision For Schools Inc$232,33657%
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All grantees of The Carnegie Hall Corporation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Direct Relief$553,35610%
Fame Airbrush Inc$303,6005n/a
El Paso Symphony Orchestra Assoc Inc$302,00093%
Musicopia Inc$276,05035%
Metropolitan Youth Orchestras Ofcentral Alabama$262,500940%
El Sistema Oklahoma Inc$255,000815%
Community Musicworks$245,00074%
LiveConnectionsorg$244,84844%
Enriching Lives Through Music$244,00086%
20 20 Vision For Schools Inc$232,33657%
Buffalo String Works Inc$231,00079%
Intempo Organization Inc$228,50088%
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra$200,00083%
International Child Program Inc Icp$181,3275n/a
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra$175,00061%
NYC Salt Inc$162,148211%
Kidznotes Inc$155,00055%
Hawaii Youth Symphony Association$152,50062%
Capital Harmony Works Inc$145,00064%
Educational Video Center Inc$144,58435%
Studeo$143,3755n/a
Juneau Alaska Music Matters$143,367619%
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning$142,51333%
Price Hill Will$140,00042%
NYC Arts Cypher Inc$136,662460%
Projectivity Group Inc$131,990737%
Soundscapes Inc$130,00053%
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic$122,50065%
Atlanta Music Project Inc$110,00035%
The People's Music School$110,00033%
St Lukes Chamber Ensemble Inc$100,00030%
Empire State Youth Orchestra Inc$87,50042%
Opportunity Music Project Foundation Inc$87,0004n/a
Grow Brownsville$80,0942n/a
Drama Club Inc$76,45555%
Tech Kids Unlimited Inc$72,50834%
Make Music Nola$65,000311%
Art of Self Esteem Inc$64,3083n/a
Homer Opus$61,000323%
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts$60,00030%
Community Music Center of Boston Inc$60,00030%
Redz Inc$59,17045%
Changing Perceptions Theater LLC$52,5002n/a
Yakima Music En Accion$50,00034%
West Point Fellowship Inc Dba West Point School of Music$50,00021%
Wake Forest Community Youth Orchestra$49,500315%
Creative Expressions Unlimited Inc$45,0002n/a
Student Dream$43,640317%
The Art Effect of the Hudson Valley Inc$42,00022%
Wave Farm Inc$42,00035%
Staten Island Makerspace Inc$41,82023%
Building Beats Incorporated$40,78725%
Zumix Inc$40,00021%
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras$40,00026%
Cheerful Inc$35,495110%
Maysles Institute Inc$35,00016%
The Animation Project Inc$31,00013%
Green Earth Poets CafE$31,0002n/a
Hispanic Alliance for the Performing Arts$30,00021%
Sprout by Design LLC$30,0001n/a
Music Haven Inc$30,00021%
Southern Ethos LLC Dba Collective Fare$25,5383n/a
Opportunity Music Project$25,000110%
Worcester Chamber Music Society Inc$25,00014%
Dominican Writers Assoc Inc$23,000212%
Art and Resistance Through Education$23,0001n/a
Hip Hop Re- Education Project Inc$23,0002n/a
Cobra Performing Arts Inc$22,6332n/a
The Chris S Owens Foundation$22,260262%
African Peach Arts Coalition$21,750112%
St Lawrence County Arts Council$21,000111%
Upper Jay Art Center$21,000131%
Pneuma Ministries International Inc$15,5001n/a
Chyrsallis Healing Light Ministries Inc$15,0001n/a
Songs Of Solomon An Inspirational Ensemble Inc$15,0001n/a
Publicolor Inc$15,00010%
Dream Dare to Revitalize Education Thru Arts & Mediation Inc$15,00013%
Roots Wounds Words Inc$15,000123%
Mobella Productions LLC$11,8401n/a
Play on Philly$10,00011%
Renaissance Youth Center$10,00010%
Sphinx Organization Inc$10,00010%
Youth Design Center Inc$10,00011%
Urban Dance League INC$9,2501n/a
The Taylor-Davis Agency$8,0001n/a
Music Beyond Measure Inc$8,0001n/a
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc$7,98710%
Josephine Herrick Project Inc$7,70014%
Flex Dance Program Inc$6,00015%
Urban Word NYC Inc$5,98311%

Where it is load-bearing

The Carnegie Hall Corporation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 69 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDirect Relief: $553,356 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEl Paso Symphony Orchestra Assoc Inc: $302,000 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetMusicopia Inc: $276,050 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetMetropolitan Youth Orchestras Ofcentral Alabama: $262,500 over 9y, 40% of budgetEl Sistema Oklahoma Inc: $255,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetCommunity Musicworks: $245,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetLiveConnectionsorg: $244,848 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetEnriching Lives Through Music: $244,000 over 8y, 5.7% of budget20 20 Vision For Schools Inc: $232,336 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetBuffalo String Works Inc: $231,000 over 7y, 9.5% of budgetIntempo Organization Inc: $228,500 over 8y, 8.4% of budgetKalamazoo Symphony Orchestra: $200,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetThe Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra: $175,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetNYC Salt Inc: $162,148 over 2y, 11% of budgetKidznotes Inc: $155,000 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetHawaii Youth Symphony Association: $152,500 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetCapital Harmony Works Inc: $145,000 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetEducational Video Center Inc: $144,584 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetJuneau Alaska Music Matters: $143,367 over 6y, 19% of budgetJamaica Center for Arts and Learning: $142,513 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetPrice Hill Will: $140,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetNYC Arts Cypher Inc: $136,662 over 4y, 60% of budgetProjectivity Group Inc: $131,990 over 7y, 37% of budgetSoundscapes Inc: $130,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetChicago Jazz Philharmonic: $122,500 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetAtlanta Music Project Inc: $110,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetThe People's Music School: $110,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetSt Lukes Chamber Ensemble Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEmpire State Youth Orchestra Inc: $87,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetDrama Club Inc: $76,455 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetTech Kids Unlimited Inc: $72,508 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetMake Music Nola: $65,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetHomer Opus: $61,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetEast Bay Center for the Performing Arts: $60,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCommunity Music Center of Boston Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRedz Inc: $59,170 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetYakima Music En Accion: $50,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetWest Point Fellowship Inc Dba West Point School of Music: $50,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWake Forest Community Youth Orchestra: $49,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetStudent Dream: $43,640 over 3y, 17% of budgetThe Art Effect of the Hudson Valley Inc: $42,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetWave Farm Inc: $42,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetStaten Island Makerspace Inc: $41,820 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetBuilding Beats Incorporated: $40,787 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetZumix Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSeattle Youth Symphony Orchestras: $40,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetCheerful Inc: $35,495 over 1y, 10% of budgetMaysles Institute Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 69.

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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.

D'Addario Foundation IncNY60.2× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: D'Addario Foundation Inc · The Lewis Prize Foundation Inc · Pinkerton Foundation · The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc · New York Council for the Humanities · Brooklyn Community Foundation · Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust · Mid Atlantic Arts Inc · Find Your Light 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.

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About The Carnegie Hall Corporation

How much does The Carnegie Hall Corporation give?
The Carnegie Hall Corporation reported 23 grants totaling $620,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 47 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Carnegie Hall Corporation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (85%), International (9%), Youth Development (3%).
Who are The Carnegie Hall Corporation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Direct Relief ($553k), Fame Airbrush Inc ($304k), El Paso Symphony Orchestra Assoc Inc ($302k).
Does The Carnegie Hall Corporation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Carnegie Hall Corporation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include D'Addario Foundation Inc, The Lewis Prize Foundation Inc, Pinkerton Foundation.
Where is The Carnegie Hall Corporation based?
The Carnegie Hall Corporation is based in NY.

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 90 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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