Michigan · Nonprofit
BLISSFEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION
BLISSFEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $69,679 to it, the largest being PETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($52,151). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $70k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Blissfest Music Organization does
Mission
The Blissfest Music Organization's mission is to preserve traditions and promote innovations of american and world music, arts and sustainable living through performance, education and community participation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The blissfest annual folk and roots music festival provided cultural enrichment and educational opportunities for the community and performance opportunities for the folk and roots music artist.
$861,430 spent92% of program spendingThe blissfest community folk concert and dance series provided folk and roots music and dance enrichment opportunities for the community and performance opportunities for folk and roots music artists.
$29,228 spent3% of program spendingBlissfest sponsors folk arts education and enrichment opportunities in our community including skill development workshops, community culture events and environmental awareness efforts.
$37,777 spent4% of program spendingThe seasonal campground offers a rustic camping experience on our 200-acre festival farm, a place to gather, collaborate, and connect. Revenue generated supports year-round maintenance and responsible stewardship of the land.
$2,957 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $931,392.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.2M to $1.8M (+47%).
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: 2022 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of BLISSFEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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 FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $16k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 BLISSFEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION’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
BLISSFEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% 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
75% 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 BLISSFEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 80% · 2020 100% · 2021 93% · 2022 95% · 2023 94% — 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.
Where its funders are
75% of BLISSFEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION'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 $18k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $52k 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
BLISSFEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BLISSFEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLISSFEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION?
- BLISSFEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION (Michigan) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $69,679 to it, the largest being PETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($52,151). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BLISSFEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $69,679 in grants to BLISSFEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLISSFEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION?
- PETOSKEY-HARBOR SPRINGS AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $52,151 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLISSFEST MUSIC ORGANIZATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2017–2024), 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