Maryland · Nonprofit
AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION (Maryland) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $404,014 to it, the largest being THE MEREDITH AND ROSEMARY WILLSON CHARIT (AKA THE MUSIC MAN FOUNDATION) ($200,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $404k
- Net assets
- $454k
What American Music Therapy Association does
Mission
To advance public awareness of the benefits of music therapy and increase access to quality music therapy services in a rapidly changing world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Advocacy & government relations: advocacy fulfills the mission of amta by "increasing access to quality music therapy services." amta educates the public about the therapeutic value of music and the ways in which music therapy interventions ameliorate symptoms and help to manage illness and disabilities. Select information and programs are provided free of charge to the public, consumers, parents, healthcare and education officials and others.
$136,984 spent$98,185 earned by the program30% of program spendingThe member services program is responsible for managing all interactions with members to ensure high satisfaction, maximize retention, and provide access to the full value and benefits of membership and is the central point of contact, supporting the association's overall mission and growth.
$108,982 spent$315,328 earned by the program24% of program spendingThe American Music Therapy Association sells a variety of books on music therapy from their collection to the public, students, and universities.
$80,665 spent$215,718 earned by the program17% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$134,728 spentof which $48,564 as grants$114,273 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $461,359.
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 2018 to 2019, from $1.4M to $995k (−28%).
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 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
25% of AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $22k → $21k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION’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 MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
45% 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 MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 74% · 2019 73% · 2020 77% · 2021 84% · 2022 71% · 2023 97% — growing more concentrated.
“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
60% of AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $170k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION: 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 AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION (Maryland) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $404,014 to it, the largest being THE MEREDITH AND ROSEMARY WILLSON CHARIT (AKA THE MUSIC MAN FOUNDATION) ($200,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $404,014 in grants to AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION?
- THE MEREDITH AND ROSEMARY WILLSON CHARIT (AKA THE MUSIC MAN FOUNDATION) is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN MUSIC THERAPY ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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