New York · Nonprofit
ATHENA MUSIC FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
ATHENA MUSIC FOUNDATION INCORPORATED (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,939 to it, the largest being THE KANDELL FUND ($47,300). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $142k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $1k
What Athena Music Foundation Incorporated does
Mission
To promote the appreciation of classical music through performances and to support aspiring musicians and performers through sponsorship via awards for outstanding performances at galas and competitions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The organization produced the opera roberto devereaux featuring twelve singers and fifteen orchestra members at two performances.
$45,500 spent47% of program spendingThe organiztion produced an opera gala for the minneapolis art institute ("the institute") featuring fifteen singers for the board and guets of the institiute.
$28,500 spent29% of program spendingEaster gala featuring eleven singers and nineteen orchestra members performing handel's messiah and other classical easter music.
$23,000 spent24% of program spendingAward presented on december 13, 2024 at the athena prize premiere opera competition.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $97,000.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $21k → $22.
1 of 3 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 ATHENA MUSIC FOUNDATION INCORPORATED’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
ATHENA MUSIC FOUNDATION INCORPORATED 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 80% · 2022 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
100% of ATHENA MUSIC FOUNDATION INCORPORATED'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. $139 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
ATHENA MUSIC FOUNDATION INCORPORATED receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $50k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
46%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ATHENA MUSIC FOUNDATION INCORPORATED?
- ATHENA MUSIC FOUNDATION INCORPORATED (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,939 to it, the largest being THE KANDELL FUND ($47,300). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ATHENA MUSIC FOUNDATION INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $49,939 in grants to ATHENA MUSIC FOUNDATION INCORPORATED, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ATHENA MUSIC FOUNDATION INCORPORATED?
- THE KANDELL FUND is the largest funder on record, with $47,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ATHENA MUSIC FOUNDATION INCORPORATED 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 3 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