New York · Nonprofit
AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION INC
AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,137 to it, the largest being THE SCRIPPS FAMILY FUND FOR EDUCATION AND THE ARTS ($25,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $168k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $73k
- Net assets
- $14k
What American Songbook Association Inc does
Mission
The American Songbook Association Inc. (asa) seeks to preserve, promote and advance the legacy of american popular music, the great american songbook (classic and new), and the unique form of cabaret. The asa publishes the long established cabaret scenes magazine, conducts educational programs in new york city public schools,
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Publishing cabaret scenes magazine, the only print publicationin the world covering the art form of cabaret, as wellas other musical genres.
$131,310 spent87% of program spendingBringing the american songbook into new york city public schools with its education andoutreach program. Its primary focus is to keep classic american musical traditionsalive and thriving in the hearts and minds of new york citys youth.
$17,655 spent12% of program spendingPresentation of the darrell henline award which honorsan individual whose professional career in the fieldof cabaret is one of consistent excellence and distinction.
$2,179 spent1% of program spendingThe purpose of these grants is to help performers start the process of rehearsing, appearing live, or recording their music.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $151,144.
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 2021 to 2022, from $33k to $86k (+165%).
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.
88% of AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Carolyn Montgomery
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $1k → $12k.
1 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION 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
AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 38% · 2020 51% · 2021 63% · 2022 52% · 2023 41% — 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
50% of AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
52% of AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $142 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.
Against its field
AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 335 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 335 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION INC?
- AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION INC (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,137 to it, the largest being THE SCRIPPS FAMILY FUND FOR EDUCATION AND THE ARTS ($25,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $73,137 in grants to AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION INC?
- THE SCRIPPS FAMILY FUND FOR EDUCATION AND THE ARTS is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION INC 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 12 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