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AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN FOUNDATION

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,500 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2020
$47k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$11k
Net assets
$2k
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What American Friends of Bach Collegium Japan Foundation does

Mission

Educating the public throughout the world about the music of j.s. Bach/other composers through orchestral/choralperformances, recordings, educational and outreach activities, media/online outlets; raising money to support performances and conducting any lawful activities that may be appropriate in carrying out the above purposes noted herein.

As stated on its FY2020 Form 990-EZ.

Program

To support the artistic, cultural, educational and charitable activities of bach collegium japan through its activities as set forth herein re: charitable purposes clause.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $10k.

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN FOUNDATION’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

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

95% 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 AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN FOUNDATION.

95%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

95% of AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN FOUNDATION'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 $500 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 1 state.

FL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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

Against its field

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 12,352 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,352 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2020

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05Profile & governance

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN FOUNDATION?
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,500 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,500 in grants to AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN FOUNDATION.
Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN FOUNDATION?
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2020 (financials across 2020–2020), and the filings of 2 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