New Jersey · Nonprofit
BELLA MUSIC FOUNDATION INC
BELLA MUSIC FOUNDATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being YT HWANG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $180k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $2k
What Bella Music Foundation Inc does
Mission
helping blind musicians
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
BMF Concert Series: The BMF Concert Series aims to revitalize the impact of classical music while expanding its reach to diverse audiences. Each event showcases renowned professionals alongside exceptional blind musicians, highlighting their talent and fostering greater inclusivity in the arts. As we bring this series to different locations, we actively discover and feature outstanding local blind musicians, creating opportunities for recognition and collaboration. Beyond its artistic and cultural significance, the series also serves as a key fundraising initiative, supporting BMF's mission to empower blind musicians and promote accessibility in classical music.
$3,057 spent2% of program spendingBMF INT'L MUSIC FESTIVAL: The BMF International Music Festival Series for the Blind is the world's first classical music festival series dedicated to blind musicians, celebrating their extraordinary artistry, resilience, and contributions to the global music landscape. This pioneering event underscores the transformative power of music as a vehicle for hope, unity, and inclusion, fostering cross-cultural understanding and global harmony. As a dynamic platform, the festival strengthens connections within the blind community worldwide, amplifies their impact, and dismantles barriers through shared performances and compelling personal narratives. By convening distinguished blind musicians and thought leaders, the festival cultivates collaboration, empathy, and innovation, advancing a more inclusive and equitable future.
$87,160 spent68% of program spendingPresented by the Bella Music Foundation Youth Orchestra (BMFYO), this special concert was officially invited by UNESCO as part of the global celebration marking the 20th Anniversary of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.
$37,448 spentof which $5,772 as grants29% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $127,665.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $78 to $2k (+2892%).
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.
76% of BELLA MUSIC FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Mira Kim
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of BELLA MUSIC FOUNDATION 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
BELLA MUSIC FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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
“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 BELLA MUSIC FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
BELLA MUSIC FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding BELLA MUSIC FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $18k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$18k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BELLA MUSIC FOUNDATION 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 Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 BELLA MUSIC FOUNDATION 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 BELLA MUSIC FOUNDATION INC?
- BELLA MUSIC FOUNDATION INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being YT HWANG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BELLA MUSIC FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $15,000 in grants to BELLA MUSIC FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of BELLA MUSIC FOUNDATION INC?
- YT HWANG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC 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 BELLA MUSIC FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), 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