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AFRO AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE INC

AFRO AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,550,604 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($1,205,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$273k
Funders on record
17
Grants received
$3.6M
Net assets
$702k
8/17 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Afro American Music Institute Inc does

Mission

Provide systematic specialized instrumental & vocal training in african- american music

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Our main program includes one-on-one lessons, music theory, african drumming and vocal class. Jazz lab: the ensemble consists of students from aami who excel on their particular instrument. The ensemble provides performance opportunities for youth who have studied instruction in composition, improvisation, basic theory, chart reading and ear training. Boyd schoir: auditions are open to all young males, starting at the age of eight. They are expected to display intense energy and a strong desire to sing and perform. Summer music institute: 2-week immersion program with instruction in music findamentals, improvisation, voice, keyboards and african drumming and dance. This 2-week session culminates in a performance.

    $155,475 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $155,475.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($294k) Expenses 100 ($253k) Net assets 100 ($30k)2019 Revenue 52 ($153k) Expenses 107 ($272k) Net assets -291 ($-88224)2020 Revenue 114 ($336k) Expenses 81 ($204k) Net assets 144 ($44k)2021 Revenue 89 ($261k) Expenses 88 ($224k) Net assets 267 ($81k)2022 Revenue 362 ($1.1M) Expenses 130 ($330k) Net assets 2681 ($813k)2023 Revenue 145 ($425k) Expenses 254 ($642k) Net assets 2524 ($766k)2024 Revenue 93 ($273k) Expenses 133 ($336k) Net assets 2314 ($702k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (93)Expenses (133)Net assets (2314)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $493k to $1.2M (+146%).

$343k
$276k
$398k
$493k
$1.2M
$1.1M
$1.1M
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 12% · 2019 3% · 2020 4% · 2021 8% · 2022 3% · 2023 6% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$41k
’18
−$119k
’19
$132k
’20
$37k
’21
$732k
’22
−$216k
’23
−$64k
’24
31
months of
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.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed1111111181013
Joined·+0+0+0+4+2+6
No longer listed·000703
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $25k → $490k.

6 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 AFRO AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 17 funders by total. 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

AFRO AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

50% 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 AFRO AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE INC.

34%
largest funder
80%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 54% · 2019 37% · 2020 44% · 2021 45% · 2022 45% · 2023 51% — 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

71% of AFRO AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

94% of AFRO AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

NY
PA
CA
MD

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like AFRO AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

49% of spending goes to programs.

Program 49%Management 43%Fundraising 9%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

77%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AFRO AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE 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 AFRO AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE INC?
AFRO AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,550,604 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($1,205,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AFRO AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE INC have?
IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $3,550,604 in grants to AFRO AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of AFRO AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE INC?
THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS is the largest funder on record, with $1,205,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AFRO AMERICAN MUSIC INSTITUTE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 17 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing