California · Nonprofit
BLACK MUSIC ACTION COALITION INC
BLACK MUSIC ACTION COALITION INC (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $96,501 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($32,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $97k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Black Music Action Coalition Inc does
Mission
Black music action coalition ("bmac") works to create a unified force of action for equity and justice within the music industry and to use the power of our collective voice to improve communities and drive systemic change. Bmac advocates on behalf of artists, songrwriters, producers, managers, agents, executives, and lawyers to create access, equity and opportunity. Bmac works together with business leaders to hold companies accountable and ensure change takes root. Bmac works to drive policy change around social and racial justice and protection of artists with a focus on causes that directly impact communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The black music action coalition (bmac) annual gala is a significant event and fundraiser to celebrate music artists and industry professionals for their commitment to positive impact. Bmac uses the event to hire a roster of emerging professionals who have graduated from bmac mentorship and pipeline programs to work in paid positions for the event. 2024 bmac honorees included quincy jones humanitarian award, usher, clarence avant trailblazer award, ll cool j, bmac social impact award, bet, bmac change agent award, ivy mcgregor, bmac 365 award, live nation. Bmac uses the event to create awareness and funding for key bmac programming.
$1,266,537 spent64% of program spendingBMAC works to create access and opportunity in the music industry through our Music Maker Program which consists of Music Maker Grants given to emerging music artists and Music Maker Educational Programming which provides education for emerging music industry professionals. BMAC Music Maker Grant Programs include, the BMAC x Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Music Maker Grants, the BMAC x Victoria Mont Music Maker Grants, the BMAC x Luther Vandross Music Maker Grants. BMAC is proud to present Music Maker programs that offer career education and opportunities like BMAC Live with Live Nation, BMAC Live with Rolling Loud and the BMAC Music Business Accelerator at TSU. The BMAC Music Maker Program also affords graduates from BMAC programs the chance to work Music Maker events and Music Maker Programming as paid interns.
$546,522 spentof which $190,500 as grants28% of program spendingBMAC x Rock & Rolls Hall of FameMusic Maker Guaranteed Income and Mentorship Program - BMAC and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame joined forces for a collaboration to support emerging music artists from across the country through the BMAC x Rock & Rolls Hall of Fame Music Maker Guaranteed Income and Mentorship Program. The program was designed to create economic empowerment and access to the music industry. BMAC and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame provided a year of economic support, and mentorship support to emerging music Artists and music industry professionals. The year of economic support assisted with basic needs such as rent, utilities and food, as well as opened the door for previously challenging career moves such as studio time, travel for shows or networking opportunities, marketing, and even legal services. In addition to economic support, the coalition provided industry exposure, and visibility with BMAC and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members and industry leaders and the chance for future mentorship or career opportunities. This program built on the previous BMAC program that finished in 2024, the BMAC x Academy of Country Music Guaranteed Income & Support Services Program that…
$151,767 spentof which $30,500 as grants8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,964,826.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.3M to $1.8M (−23%).
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.
87% of BLACK MUSIC ACTION COALITION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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.
Chief executive
Willie Stiggers
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 BLACK MUSIC ACTION COALITION 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
BLACK MUSIC ACTION COALITION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 BLACK MUSIC ACTION COALITION INC.
“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
61% of BLACK MUSIC ACTION COALITION INC'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 $38k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $59k 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
BLACK MUSIC ACTION COALITION INC's revenue fell 52% between 2023 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BLACK MUSIC ACTION COALITION 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Black Music Action Coalition Ltd · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLACK MUSIC ACTION COALITION INC?
- BLACK MUSIC ACTION COALITION INC (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $96,501 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($32,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BLACK MUSIC ACTION COALITION INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $96,501 in grants to BLACK MUSIC ACTION COALITION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK MUSIC ACTION COALITION INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $32,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK MUSIC ACTION COALITION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 7 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