New York · Nonprofit
BUILDING BEATS INCORPORATED
BUILDING BEATS INCORPORATED (New York) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $617,613 to it, the largest being BROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($193,500). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $785k
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $618k
- Net assets
- $552k
What Building Beats Incorporated does
Mission
To provide dj and music programs that teach entrepreneurial, leadership, and life skills to underserved youth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Bbworkshops:in-school and after-school dj, music production and podcasting workshops for k-12 that integrate life, leadership and entrepreneurial skills.
$399,132 spentof which $1,000 as grants$489,608 earned by the program64% of program spendingBbleaders: a free program for youth ages 16-24, comprised of bbworkshops alumni and emerging leaders in the youth music community. Through mentorship, workshops, gigs and employment opportunities, bbleaders helps young artists grow and develop to the next level by providing hands on experience in the creative industry.
$152,558 spent$20,620 earned by the program24% of program spendingBbforteachers: provides training and resources for k-12 teachers, focused on utilizing digital technology to teach music production, podcasting, dj'ing and music coding.
$76,628 spent$8,891 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $628,318.
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 2023 to 2024, from $545k to $832k (+53%).
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: 2021 10% · 2022 10% · 2023 8% · 2024 19% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
32% of BUILDING BEATS INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% 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.
Chief executive
Phi Pham
Member/executive director
Board chair
Ebenezer Bond
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $25k → $126k.
7 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 BUILDING BEATS 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
BUILDING BEATS INCORPORATED has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
69% 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 BUILDING BEATS INCORPORATED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 47% · 2019 97% · 2020 41% · 2021 46% · 2022 31% · 2023 40% — 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
33% of BUILDING BEATS INCORPORATED's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
98% of BUILDING BEATS 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. $271k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
BUILDING BEATS INCORPORATED has grown faster than half of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BUILDING BEATS INCORPORATED
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.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BUILDING BEATS INCORPORATED?
- BUILDING BEATS INCORPORATED (New York) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $617,613 to it, the largest being BROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($193,500). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUILDING BEATS INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $617,613 in grants to BUILDING BEATS INCORPORATED, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUILDING BEATS INCORPORATED?
- BROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $193,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUILDING BEATS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 23 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing