Massachusetts · Nonprofit
47 Palmer Inc
47 Palmer Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,510,622 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,107,753). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $331k
What 47 Palmer Inc does
Mission
The mission of Passim is to provide truly exceptional and interactive live musical experiences for both performers and audiences, to nurture artists at all stages of their career, and to build a vibrant music community. We do so through our legendary listening venue, music school, artist grants and outreach programs. As a nonprofit since 1994, Passim carries on the heritage of our predecessors-the historic Club 47 (1958-1968) and for-profit Passim (1969-1994). We cultivate a diverse mix of musical traditions, where the emphasis is on the relationship between performers and audience and between teachers and students. Located in Harvard Square, Passim serves Cambridge and the broader region by featuring local, national and international artists. Our ultimate goal is to help the performance arts flourish and thereby enrich the lives of members of our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Club Passim - See Schedule OClub PassimClub Passim put on 366 concerts during fiscal year 2025, conducted in the club and via livestream. In a typical year, in addition to our regular concerts, we hold a variety of special concerts, including our annual Celtic Music Festival. We help develop emerging artists by offering them the opportunity to perform to smaller audiences and opening for better-known musicians. A major vehicle for this is through our weekly open-mic, which we reinstituted in June 2014. At open mic, any musician is welcome to play several songs on our stage. We also typically hold 2 weekend-music festivals ("Campfire Festivals") on the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends that provide an opportunity for lesser-known artists to play. Our audience typically ranges in age from 25-65 and comes mainly from metropolitan Boston.
$1,638,991 spentof which $16,000 as grants$1,367,939 earned by the program89% of program spendingEducation - See Schedule OEducationEducation - Passim School of MusicFrom July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, the Passim School of Music served 746 students through 144 classes, voice lessons, and workshops. The intimate, inclusive environment is specially designed to foster a sense of community across students and instructors. Master classes and workshops give students an opportunity to work closely with their favorite artists and to learn specific techniques from the masters. The School is for adults and does not award degrees or certificates.Education - Iguana Music FundThe Fund, originated in 2009, gives grants to New England-based artists to help develop their careers or assist their community-service efforts. In general, between 250-300 musicians apply and between 20 and 30 receive grants. Passim holds an annual spring celebration of these artists at its Club, where grant recipients perform. Those unable to be present usually send videos that are played to the audience. Artists are generally in their 20s or 30s and while many come from or have roots in the Boston area, they all have a strong New England connection. Two grantees were Grammy nominees in prior years.
$143,444 spentof which $45,500 as grants$110,266 earned by the program8% of program spendingOutreach - See Schedule OOutreachPassim presents artists in the community as part of its Outreach Program. Each summer we present a series of free outdoor weekly concerts in Harvard Square and Kendall Square. In addition, we have stages at the Harvard Square Business Association's Mayfair and Oktoberfest festivals.We also hold or cohost 5 different festivals during the year. These include campfire (TM)(previously mentioned), the Passim Bluegrass Festival, Harvard Square Folk Festival, New England Americana Festival, and BCMFest (Boston's Celtic Music Festival). The latter is the premier presenter of Boston-based Irish, Scottish & Cape Breton music. The festival encourages collaboration across the Celtic spectrum, along with encouraging both traditional and new interpretations of the music. All of these events serve the general public at large.
$59,387 spent$21,427 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,841,822.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $387k to $578k (+49%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 13% · 2022 8% · 2023 5% · 2024 6% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of 47 Palmer Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Annie Bartlett
Director & Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $46k → $230k.
9 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of 47 Palmer Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
47 Palmer Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund 47 Palmer Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 93% · 2020 74% · 2021 72% · 2022 75% · 2023 61% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
40% of 47 Palmer Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
87% of 47 Palmer Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $190k that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
47 Palmer Inc's revenue grew 52% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding 47 Palmer Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $338k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$338k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 47 Palmer Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 47 Palmer Inc?
- 47 Palmer Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,510,622 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,107,753). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does 47 Palmer Inc have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,510,622 in grants to 47 Palmer Inc, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of 47 Palmer Inc?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,107,753 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 47 Palmer Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 16 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing